Since I've come back from my holidays, I experience some latency while playing, which I never had before.
Did something change in the recent past (~4 weeks), that I missed?
Lag and latency
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Lag and latency
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Re: Lag and latency
Not that I'm aware of... though as we're hosted on Google's compute cloud, it's entirely possible that things have changed on their end.
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Re: Lag and latency
I can't seem to find the issue.. someone out there who could give me a hint what could be the problem?
I experienced this before when there were many players on the servers / a big event happening, so that you click to walk somehwere, but your toon would start walking with a delay of half a second.
As well as when I open containers, type something, use spells... everything happens with some temporal delay
It's not unplayable, but this never persisted before but seems now to be the status quo.
I experienced this before when there were many players on the servers / a big event happening, so that you click to walk somehwere, but your toon would start walking with a delay of half a second.
As well as when I open containers, type something, use spells... everything happens with some temporal delay
It's not unplayable, but this never persisted before but seems now to be the status quo.
Might I respectfully suggest playing the game, rather than indulging in speculation about how we might screw the game up in future? - Mithreas, 2014
Re: Lag and latency
On all 3 main servers plus FL?
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Re: Lag and latency
On all 3 servers. FL I can't say, I haven't logged in there.
I don't have this on any other server I connect to..
I don't have this on any other server I connect to..
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Re: Lag and latency
Try going to a cafe or something with internet, and connecting from there. Does the problem still happen from a different connection?
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Re: Lag and latency
I can't move it, it's a Desktop 
But from what my friend says, it has only affected NwN. Everything else just works fine. We did a speed test, which showed that everything was according to our internet DSL contract.
I tried to switch the compatibility mode to several other Windows XP SP2, 3, etc.. run as Administrator (Which I do anyway all the time).
Not sure what it is. As it's only affecting Arelith so far.
Edit: My friend actually made a complete shut down of everything that's related to internet. Cables, devices, (me
), and now after all is back up and installed, it seems that a total disconnection, including break has solved the issue.
I'll say everything is good again and if nothing is heard, this is no issue anymore, yay
But from what my friend says, it has only affected NwN. Everything else just works fine. We did a speed test, which showed that everything was according to our internet DSL contract.
I tried to switch the compatibility mode to several other Windows XP SP2, 3, etc.. run as Administrator (Which I do anyway all the time).
Not sure what it is. As it's only affecting Arelith so far.
Edit: My friend actually made a complete shut down of everything that's related to internet. Cables, devices, (me
), and now after all is back up and installed, it seems that a total disconnection, including break has solved the issue.I'll say everything is good again and if nothing is heard, this is no issue anymore, yay
Might I respectfully suggest playing the game, rather than indulging in speculation about how we might screw the game up in future? - Mithreas, 2014
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Griefmaker
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Re: Lag and latency
A complete shutdown of everything often fixes 95% of computer problems 
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But... HOW?! It was literally only plugging out and in.
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Might I respectfully suggest playing the game, rather than indulging in speculation about how we might screw the game up in future? - Mithreas, 2014
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Griefmaker
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Re: Lag and latency
For a limited time offer of $9.95 + $1/minute I shall speak for your benefit the wonders of such magic!
Don't worry, I am an "expert" from the internet so all I say must be legit!
Don't worry, I am an "expert" from the internet so all I say must be legit!
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Re: Lag and latency
I am very familiar with the "magic" of the reset/ reinstall/reboot phenomenon that fixes so many computer problems. I have some theories on why it works, but nothing with proof.
Re: Lag and latency
Complete shut-down? Explain, please.
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Re: Lag and latency
We all wanna know!
Re: Lag and latency
When a program is running it requests slices of cpu gpu time and memory. When a program is closed it's SUPPOSED to return those slices to the pool. So other programs can use them. For a variety of reasons this doesn't happen all the time. So the longer your computer runs the more of these lost slices, oft called memory leaks pile up. Restarting clears them from the cycle giving your OS more to use
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