# Reading, Crafting, and Sleeping are suddenly slow
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reading-crafting-and-sleeping-are-suddenly-slow/12222
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [July 18, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reading-crafting-and-sleeping-are-suddenly-slow/12222 "2016-07-18T15:20:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Fox](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fox)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reading-crafting-and-sleeping-are-suddenly-slow/12222/1 "2016-07-18T15:20:23Z")
I’m playing on 0.C gff3f866 SDL. I’m running on Windows 8.1 64x if that matters.
The game was running perfectly until rather suddenly, reading\crafting\sleeping became extremely slow. It doesn’t matter whether I’m sleeping in the LMOE Shelter, or on the surface level, it still happens.
My save file, for reference: [https://www.dropbox.com/s/5k4ijljtoiarsu9/Fox%20Save.7z?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/s/5k4ijljtoiarsu9/Fox%20Save.7z?dl=0)
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### Author:  [@Breligar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Breligar)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reading-crafting-and-sleeping-are-suddenly-slow/12222/2 "2016-07-19T14:54:24Z")
Had this happen to me a week ago, turned out there was an NPC survivor hanging out around the back of my safehouse. I gunned him down in cold blood and everything sped back up again. Might not be your issue, but worth a look?
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### Author:  [@Fox](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fox)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reading-crafting-and-sleeping-are-suddenly-slow/12222/3 "2016-07-19T15:46:33Z")
Well, can’t be an NPC since I dont’ have NPCs set to spawn at all. I checked for creatures around anyway, but couldn’t find any. Thanks for the suggestion though.
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### Author:  [@SpadeDraco](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/SpadeDraco)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reading-crafting-and-sleeping-are-suddenly-slow/12222/4 "2016-07-19T16:20:22Z")
I’ve had this happen as well. No lag or framerate drops. The time counter (was wearing a watch) would just take alot longer to move to the next tick. Exiting and restarting the game has resolved this for me every time it’s occurred.