It would have been nice to know which plugin is problematic and why. My curiosity is unsatiated.

I actually really enjoyed reading this write-up, and kudos to the author for doing the deep dive.

But as someone who has been modding games since the early 2000s, whenever performance issues come up, disabling the mods is usually my first step when diagnosing issues. The author explains why this wasn't his first instinct (given the warning signals), but testing from a vanilla state is always a good methodology IMO.

Great write-up. Curious to know what's going on with the video though.

I feel rug pulled by the fact this turned out to be external mods to the game.

“My installation is non standard” should probably be disclosed early.