Noticeable Stuttering with the Bots deployed

I know, I know.. the "solution" is setting your match in a custom server but.. really? Now we have to deal with such a hassle in order to play decent? Because back in the day, this mod used to run way smoother, what exactly changed? This issue also affects the IW4x version nowadays. Is there any parameter from our game that we can change so the mod runs smooth again? For the record, I'm only deploying 11 bots for a regular 6v6 match.

[SRC267]

I don't know if my issue is the same as yours, but for me, I've set the bots to automatically add 8 players from the bot.zvr file. Now when the game begins (usually only the first game when booting up IW4x, during bots being added, the countdown part will freeze, then eventually unfreeze, after 10 seconds. Then subsequent matches will be smooth and not freezing, but I think at one time it did freeze again after a few new games.

Also to point out, this only affects my Intel PC from 2015. I have the game setup on two other PC's One is also an Intel (handheld) and the other is AMD / Nvidia. These two do not suffer from the same freezing.

I've also set difficulty defaulted to the hardest (7) and set rubbish load outs to "true" which eliminates crap perks and guns. This way I don't need to open the bot menu, which is much more convenient for me, especially on a handheld, where the keyboard isn't really present. Oh, and I've edited the bot chats, so that they swear and say bad words lol like in real life back in the day.

hmm.. havent tried adding less bots... prolly that could solve the issue.. too bad this mod now is so packed that I have to set it in "halo mode" in order to make it work decent. with cod i'm more of a "hit n run" gamer.. open it, play one match and then leave so.. havent tried more matches either, thx for the info.

[ineedbots]

this explains why this issue occurs, even on iw4x; ineedbots/iw4_bot_warfare#45

but short version is that the server thread is non existent on the pc version of t4, and is part of the main thread.

[SRC267]

Also ignore my message here, I thought this was MW2 bots. But yea, my issues instated happen there.

Also ignore my message here, I thought this was MW2 bots. But yea, my issues instated happen there.

Aint worry.. u were just trying to help.. totally appreciate it.. but so u know, tried the 4v4 bots and.. didnt work.. still had its logic so.. nice try.

this explains why this issue occurs, even on iw4x; ineedbots/iw4_bot_warfare#45

but short version is that the server thread is non existent on the pc version of t4, and is part of the main thread.

Well, so far the "com_maxfps 0" is the best option to reduce stuttering. For the record, my gear is a Ryzen 5 5600g and 16gb of Ram, no GPU. Havent tried IW5 so idk if what u said is true about engine performance.