2010-04-06, 11:47 AM
(This post was last modified: 2010-04-06, 12:14 PM by MissingLink.)
I'm getting this too, very badly. Almost a second freeze-up every 15 seconds. It seems to only affect some people, and some much worse than others.
It is also not just GMS, see EMS players complaining about same problem:
http://www.sleepywood.net/forum/showthre...?t=1637307
It is definitely client related. I see the freeze even on the login screen before typing in name and PW. The freeze also often causes the PIC entry to fail.
The 15-second bit makes me think it is something to do with Hackshield waiting on some system response and freezing up the video and user inputs in the meanwhile.
I have tried disabling antivirus, different screen resolutions, deleting all non-essential processes, but nothing helps.
The problem is related to CPU usage. Usage goes to 100% during the freeze-up.
I think I had some of the lag (maybe 100-200ms) since the Aran patch, but learned to live with it. But now since the Evan patch it is unplayable.
Admittedly, my computer is old and slow, but I have seen others with new fast computers complain too.
At above: Bad hard disk should not be an issue, since the problem occurs like clockwork every 15 seconds even when doing nothing, not during disk accesses.
Specs: XP on 2.4GHz P4 (Northwood), 1.5G memory, internet thru wired link to Linksys router
It is also not just GMS, see EMS players complaining about same problem:
http://www.sleepywood.net/forum/showthre...?t=1637307
It is definitely client related. I see the freeze even on the login screen before typing in name and PW. The freeze also often causes the PIC entry to fail.
The 15-second bit makes me think it is something to do with Hackshield waiting on some system response and freezing up the video and user inputs in the meanwhile.
I have tried disabling antivirus, different screen resolutions, deleting all non-essential processes, but nothing helps.
The problem is related to CPU usage. Usage goes to 100% during the freeze-up.
I think I had some of the lag (maybe 100-200ms) since the Aran patch, but learned to live with it. But now since the Evan patch it is unplayable.
Admittedly, my computer is old and slow, but I have seen others with new fast computers complain too.
At above: Bad hard disk should not be an issue, since the problem occurs like clockwork every 15 seconds even when doing nothing, not during disk accesses.
Specs: XP on 2.4GHz P4 (Northwood), 1.5G memory, internet thru wired link to Linksys router