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06-20-2008, 02:30 PM
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Marlone Captain
In-Game Name: dunno
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Slow Fiesta client / lag
Ok, I’m running Windows Vista (not by choice) and recently got the SP1 update.
Ever since then I have *huge* load times when starting the Fiesta client, when going through portals, and when scrolling back to towns. Sometimes (about 40%) the screen will actually go white for about 40-60 seconds, then the music will return, then the screen with my character, then slowly the people and or shrooms around me.
I have also been getting *very* choppy lag, but this is infrequent and was only most noticeable in GC. This may be unrelated?
I have this problem on both Epith and on Teva. I have tried downloading and reinstalling the client and the updates and it did not change anything. Normal Internet usage (video streaming etc…) is still normal. I normally run wireless Internet, but also tried my higher-speed Ethernet hard-line with no difference.
I’ve got plenty of memory(4GB)/video/blahblahblah…tech specs shouldn’t be an issue cause this has never been an issue for the past 2 months. So I’m guessing its one of two things.
1. Something is jacked up on the outspark/server end
2. Something is playing nice between Vista SP1, my video card, and the Fiesta client
So…
Has anyone else been experiencing this problem recently (past few days) ? If so, has anyone found a solution to it?
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06-20-2008, 02:38 PM
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Site Supporter
In-Game Name: Dezza
Current Level: 55/Archer, 35/Cleric, 15/Mage
Server: Bijou [EU]
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Try closing down all programs before playing fiesta. This includes 'power toys' in the system tray, and press ctrl+alt+del and close any non-critical processes there. Also turn aero off and use windows standard/classic/whatever it's called on NT6, and turn any desktop effects off.
See if that helps.
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Also run regular (I do it daily) virus / spyware / adware / malware scans too to catch any naughty programs that are leeching your system resources.
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Also take a look at the resources (?) tab in task manager to see what's using the most memory / CPU time
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06-20-2008, 02:47 PM
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Marlone Captain
In-Game Name: dunno
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Originally Posted by Dezza
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Try closing down all programs before playing fiesta. This includes 'power toys' in the system tray, and press ctrl+alt+del and close any non-critical processes there. Also turn aero off and use windows standard/classic/whatever it's called on NT6, and turn any desktop effects off.
See if that helps.
Edit:
Also run regular (I do it daily) virus / spyware / adware / malware scans too to catch any naughty programs that are leeching your system resources.
Edit2:
Also take a look at the resources (?) tab in task manager to see what's using the most memory / CPU time
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yep...I've been doing all that since day one
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06-20-2008, 02:49 PM
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Site Supporter
In-Game Name: Dezza
Current Level: 55/Archer, 35/Cleric, 15/Mage
Server: Bijou [EU]
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Originally Posted by Eruantien
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yep...I've been doing all that since day one
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In that case I don't know what else to suggest, having the good fortune to be using NT5.1 (would be even better if I could get fiesta to work under wine, but shh)
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06-21-2008, 02:50 AM
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Zombie
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most likley driver incombality. get the newest graphic card drivers
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06-21-2008, 03:03 AM
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Karasian Solider
Tournaments Won: 5
In-Game Name: Dynamics
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Most likely a conflict with SP1 and Fiesta I'd say. I suggest you rollback SP1, I believe the security risks wouldn't be large, as I trust you know how to look after your computer and avoid suspicious sites from reading your post.
Another possible solution if you have a dual core processor is to change Fiesta's process affinity to 1 via the task manager (Task manager > Processes > "Right click" Fiesta.bin > Affinity 1. This changes the processors working simultaneously on the Fiesta client from 2 to 1. Fiesta isn't well catered for dual core processors.
Originally Posted by Destrus
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dual core cpu + game pains
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this seems to work pretty well: http://www.geocities.com/edgemeal_so...nity/index.htm
haven't gotten the chance to test it with everything yet but it worked for flyff. see first my problem was just with 7hearts and nostale. i had to set the affinity but not too much of a problem though i wished i had something to do it for me every time. but then, i was trying to play flyff and 2moons. both seemed to be doing fine at first but today i tried to play my psy and of course CRASHBSODRESTART. then in 2moons i moved on to another area and fought for a while but then CRASHBSODRESTART. and the biggest problem with these two games was THEY BOTH USE GAMEGUARD AND THEIR PROCESSES ARE HIDDEN. so yea, no rightclicksetaffinity for me.
so then i turned to trusty google and i got that little tool. it lets me set programs to favorites so that it automatically sets the affinity when the process starts. since i knew which processes it was (tyantivirusbuggingmeforpermissions) i was able to set nostalex.dat, neuz.exe, and the 2moons file (can't remember the name now lol) to automatically set to 1. and it worked pretty weel for flyff though i need to check on a weird lag issue that may or may not have anything to do with it.
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Quoted above is a program that will do this automatically when you run processes. Useful if a process refuses access to alt+tab functions.
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06-21-2008, 04:48 AM
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Zombie
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when u set the Processor Affinity to 1, it means that only the 2nd core is used.
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06-21-2008, 06:19 PM
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Marlone Captain
In-Game Name: dunno
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Very cool guys!!!
I will try the dual core thing first as that is the easiest...
If that does not change anything then I will also rollback SP1.
I'll also post my findings in case there are any other poor saps out there running vista that are getting screwed
Edit:
Hey, while I was in mucking around with the affinity setting, I also noticed a "priority" setting. Has anyone had experience setting this to either "High" or "Realtime" for fiesta.bin?
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Last edited by Eru; 06-21-2008 at 06:23 PM..
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06-21-2008, 06:36 PM
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Where shall we wander?
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I've tried changing the priority before.
Refused to budge.
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06-21-2008, 07:09 PM
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Bored Imp
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In-Game Name: yourboma
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Server: teva/apoline
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i use vista also and got also the white screen and stuff
but i don't really mind anymore once the screen is loaded i don't got problems sometimes laggy but not all the time
(you clean your RAM often? i once had 1.9G byte temp memory )
ps: you also think sometimes you comp is more a hely than a computer?
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