Lag getting worse?

dgrotto · **Joined:** Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:52 am **Posts:** 5

I've been here for about a month now. It seems like the lag in the city is getting worse. I didn't notice it at all to begin with, and now it's so bad that moving around the city is more frustrating than fun. My computer and internet server haven't changed.

Is it possibly due to more areas of the city opening up? Will it get worse after launch and more explorers arrive? Is it just me?

Moleculor · **Joined:** Sun May 28, 2006 6:38 pm **Posts:** 787

Defrag.

Islander · **Posted:** Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:49 pm

I have actually heard a few more explorers in the cavern commenting on this, which is odd, because if anything things are getting quicker and less 'laggy' for me.

Erik · **Posted:** Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:01 pm

Since the opening of the Library path, lag has been worse for me.

Moleculor · **Joined:** Sun May 28, 2006 6:38 pm **Posts:** 787

Ok. The word 'lag' is now officially banned from this thread.

Please use something more descriptive to describe your problem.

Are you experiencing momentary hitches?

Are you experiencing delay in text chat?

Are you experiencing 'deja vu' where your character repeats the same action without you telling it to?

Are you experiencing low frame rates?

What is it that you're seeing?

Artic_Wagon · **Joined:** Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:00 pm **Posts:** 4095

Quote:

Ok. The word 'lag' is now officially banned from this thread.

Mayby Moleculor should add a smiley at the end of the line to sound a bit more like a "normal" user. :oops:

Moleculor · **Joined:** Sun May 28, 2006 6:38 pm **Posts:** 787

I'm not normal! You take that back!

lego_addict · **Posted:** Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:16 pm

That's odd. I've experienced significantly less latency (

). Leonor and I observed that alot of avis were switching clothes momentarily. She suggested that maybe Cyan did something to relieve the load of loading avatar movements and clothing.

Rusty_Russell · **Posted:** Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:19 pm

The twitches are an unforseen consequence of the hotfix, I think.

Whilyam · **Joined:** Tue May 09, 2006 1:04 am **Posts:** 4134

I've noticed some more lag as in, I turn my character around and get a momentary freeze like it's loading something and then I continue. I'm also still getting low framerates in some areas and overall jitters.

Herohtar · **Joined:** Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:45 pm **Posts:** 2553

The only "lag" that I ever have problems with is when people link in -- when that happens the game freezes for several seconds. However, this is not a new problem, and I think the only reason it seems worse is because we are getting more players and more people are linking in to the City at a given time.

As for lagging when you turn your avatar around, as in Whilyam's case, that very well could be caused by the game loading the textures. Turning down the texture resolution should help with that.

dgrotto · **Joined:** Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:52 am **Posts:** 5

Moleculor wrote:

Ok. The word 'lag' is now officially banned from this thread.

Please use something more descriptive to describe your problem.

Are you experiencing momentary hitches?

Are you experiencing delay in text chat?

Are you experiencing 'deja vu' where your character repeats the same action without you telling it to?

Are you experiencing low frame rates?

What is it that you're seeing?

I'm not sure what you mean by low frame rates, but "yes" to both hitches and text delays and sometimes the deja vu. I will hold down either the arrow or mouse button to move, and nothing happens for what seems like a l-o-n-g time, then my avatar mean person/people ahead a few steps and stops, mean person/people ahead again and stops...it may smooth out for awhile, and then lock up and get mean person/people again. It seems worse in first person.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:41 pm

I think of it in at least three ways:

Lag = latency = Delay between initiating an action (clicking on a cloth or initiating an avatar action) and seeing the result. I've been getting some of this in Relto and other places, where you click a book, a Nexus station, or a cloth, but I'm pretty sure it's my internet connection.
Stutter = hitch = Periodic freezing of avatar movement. See below.
Frame rate problems = walking in molasses = Abnormally slow and mean person/people movement of avatar or other objects. With the cap on frame rates at 30 fps, I don't have any frame rate problems.

And yes, for me, the stutter/hitch problem has gotten worse in the city over the past week or so.

dgrotto · **Joined:** Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:52 am **Posts:** 5

Thanks for the definitions--it really helps. I'm experiencing all three that you listed--but only in the city, nowhere else.

ToriaURU · **Joined:** Tue May 09, 2006 1:19 am **Posts:** 1300

I have FRAPS on my computer, and often have it running at the same time as Uru Live. With the overlay on the top left corner of numbers, that tells me the FPS (frames per second). In the city it's been consistently about 3 or 4 for me. That's with an older machine (P4 2 Ghz, 1 GB RAM). But yes, it's like "stuttering" or "moving through molasses", exactly.. Now, on the same machine, in Prologue, it was continous Freeze, then move for about 5 secs. then freeze, i.e. machine unable to do anything.... for like 2 minutes at a time, then 5 secs of movement. Etc. Why I never got any markers in Prologue :roll:

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