Psorion
Absolute Wrath Inc. Executive Outcomes
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Posted - 2007.07.10 12:18:00 -
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Originally by: Na'Kunni
Originally by: Morris Falter Edited by: Morris Falter on 28/06/2007 14:03:03 Edited by: Morris Falter on 28/06/2007 11:56:34 Copied from my post in one of the lag threads atm, just to avoid it getting lost in the noise. This is as much as I (and others who have contributed, thanks) know about reducing client-side lag (graphical):
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1. Reduce Colour depth to as low as it can get.
2. Turn off dithering
3. Turn off depth buffer
4. Turn off sounds
5. Turn off effects (ctrl+alt+shift+e)
6. Turn off turret effects (ctrl+alt+shift+t)
7. Minimize or close any irrelevant chat windows (preferably close)
8. Make any remaining windows transparent (the little circle on the top right)
9. If you are jumping into a system, minimize overview until you have loaded (hopefully will take less than 30s... ^^) and ZOOM OUT :D
10. Reduce resolution to the minimum you're comfortable with and run fullscreen. (I generally just leave it at 1280x1024, with these other things it seems to be ok..)
11. Optimise overview settings - there's a whole book you could write about this, but basic settings should be only have stuff you actually want to shoot on it. Rest is noise + lag inducing. Also remove columns that you dont need (ty Aleatory).
12. Also remove blinks from wallets, mail everything including local chat window. (ty Lord W)
13. TURN OFF BACKGROUND COLORS FOR SHIP ICONS. This is an absolute must. Also, minimize usage of the standings icons themselves. Have them only turned on for hostiles, or just turn them off completely. (I don't totally agree with this one, but other people have mentioned it, so including it here - thanks Chris, Mo)
14. Point camera away from ship blob, remove the "damage message", Logging and make all windows opaque (remove all transparency), and defrag hdd (ty Simon Illian)
15. If you are flying a drone ship, and you lag after launching drones (carriers and up included) left clicking on something in space will usually unlag you (ty Farjungle)
16. Turn off "Trails" as well - just remembered this one ;)
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Apart from this, not sure what else can be done - I'm assuming you're all not running stuff like MSN in the background - thats for afterwards shurely (hoho) - or leaving like.. .net or photoshop open, or whatever. And for the record - the really bad lag seems to be when caps are involved, so something is definitely up there.
If you want to see your FPS its ctrl+f - but watch out, as the monitor has a FPS hit itself, so don't leave it running..
If I've missed anything, please add it below, and I'll update this list with good suggestions.
But rules overall
Those are good suggestions. Here is something I have done ..
Improve the home infrastructure. Im talking Router/Switch improvements. Im using a nice Dlink Router . I used to run Eve with my Wireless router. Big mistake. I wired my primary computer to my router using 100BaseT Ethernet and it alot smoother. Likely bandwidth issues for me personally.
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