Long delay when choosing variables tab or opening global variables

[kavery]

Unity 2018.4.3  PM 1.9.1 p5

Didn't have this issue with the same project in Unity 5. Everything else in PM editor is snappy, but this causes many delays in production. Almost a minute between clicking on the variables tab and seeing the page. It happens in play mode and not in play mode. Small fsms or big fsms.

There's usually a long delay when just opening the PM editor as well.

I've tried any combo of settings I can think of from General to Experimental options.

[kavery]

Still a major issue, bringing my productivity speed to 1/3. Opening PM is slow, selecting actions list, any tab, and especially variables tab. 1+ minute each time, just to try a small variable tweak or add an action.

This project ran very well in Unity 5 (now latest 2018). And I don't see any new beefs with Unity in the project. It does seem to be affected by how many FSMs are in the scene. I've tried disabling the various editor checks.

Can anyone tell me if updating to 2019, or to a new version of PM (currently 1.9.1 p5) would potentially help this? What about a new i9 computer? I'm desperate! 

[djaydino]

Hi.
Did this start right after updating from unity5?

You can try to update (make a backup so you can revert).

[kavery]

I get the best PM performance using unity 5. But I can't publish a game to Steam w/out Steamworks, which requires me to upgrade Unity. It has partly to do with the amount of variables I have in the project, and how many FSMs I have in the scene. But even a lean scene causes a little delay.

I tried upgrading to a newer PM but it was worse. I just got a brand new machine, it didn't make a difference. However I wasn't expecting it to. When the long pauses happen, I don't get a cpu performance draw.

The pauses only happen when I select variables, or select the actions list. If I close PM editor, it takes just as long every time I select variables tab, upon reopening editor window.   

[djaydino]

Hi.
Do you have the Actions Tab always visible, if so right click on the gear and disable Auto Refresh Action Usage.

not sure if that's the reason but for me i have issues with it (PM 1.9.0) as our project became quite big

[kavery]

Well that did fix the slow down I was having for the actions tab. So that is most excellent. But no affect on the variables tab.

[kavery]

Well heck yah! It turns out there's a similar option under variables called Auto Refresh Used Counts. I suspected it had something to do with my high use counts.