So I've recently updated my system to a new processor, motherboard, ram, and GPU. Since the hardware changes, I've had no issues playing the game... until yesterday.
After the patch (6/3/20), my game is freezing/locking up for 1-2 seconds every 20 seconds.
I can actually watch the spell buff timers (like from Bless/Prayer/etc) count down, and every 20 seconds exactly the game will freeze.
Sitting in the character select menu when the game lags/locks up, it restarts the background menu music. 20 seconds later, the game freezes for a second or two, and the music starts over at the beginning again.
Doesn't matter if I'm in character select or if I'm in-game, the same freezing problem occurs. Doesn't matter what character I'm on either.
Again- I had NO ISSUES on my PC BEFORE the 6/3 update.
I'm tried the following, none of which has fixed the issue:
I am running as Administrator.
Changed to the 32-bit client.
Changed back to the 64-bit client.
Changed to DirectX10/11.
Reverted to DEFAULT settings.
Enabled/Disabled EAX.
Deleted the game cache.
Deleted the entire client and reinstalled.
Repaired Game Data via the launcher.
Reinstalled DirectX.
GPU drivers were up-to-date.
Sound drivers were up-to-date.
Full-screen, Full-screen windowed, Windows modes.
A different DDO account.
Disabling GeForce Experience overlay
Disabling Discord
Disabling antivirus software/firewalls
Temporarily Port-Forwarding 2900-2910, 9000-9058 (didn't work; closed ports back after)
The only other thing that I can think is that maybe it's something with NVIDIA Control Panel... but everything in there is set to default and I have made no changes to that and had made no changes to it anyways.
At this point, I'm 99% certain that it's something that was changed in the most recent update... I have no idea what change could've been made to cause this.
Does anyone have any ideas?