I still have the issue after setting the value to 0. Also, my antiviruses are disabled as well as Windows firewall. This is a really weird issue. Also, my PC hasn't really been performing good lately, but I don't think that should affect my performance in EM4 because it is way above the recommended requirements, and it only happens sometimes and after around 3-6 tries, sometimes I will get lucky and then I will be able to get into a game without any lag. Also, if the lag does happen, it only starts when I either start a free play, challenge, or campaign without loading any mods, or it just happens when I start a fre play, challenge, or campaign when I loaded a mod.