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gerometokic

gerometokic

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I've been experiencing lots of apparent network lag the last two weeks or so. Seems to only be getting worse. Monitored my system, and CPU usage is usually between 10-20%. When I'm running in one direction and then start running in the opposite direction, the CPU usage consistently spikes past 50%. Bit weird? But what makes it feel like network lag is the constant micro freezes and rubberbanding. Stacking scarabs is also pretty much impossible now. Instead of just clicking 4 scarabs quickly to stack 3, I now often have to spam click EVERY scarab sometimes MULTIPLE times before it registers (does show the click animation though). This suddenly increases the requirements by a factor of 3-4.. Not Fun..

25-Sep-2023 02:05:08

Aslon Dak

Aslon Dak

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Your issue may well be a result of the Open GL 3.0/3.1 graphics driver update Jagex announced two weeks ago. On that day, some players (myself included) experienced a range of problems, including severe lag, game freeze, and the client suddenly closing completely.

I run Windows 10, and was unable to find a driver update beyond what I already have.

However, I found that lowering the graphics setting fixed these problems for me. I dropped my graphics down from HIGH to LOW, which made RS playable again. I have been playing in LOW detail the past two weeks, and have had no further problems since the lagging, freezing, and crashing which started for me on Sept. 11th.

Settings ----> Graphics ----> LOW

This may well help with your lagging and CPU issues. Good luck! Aslon Dak: Still 'Scaping after 19 years!
You can buy XP. You can't buy experience.
"...From The 'Scape" is very nearly here.

26-Sep-2023 02:56:56 - Last edited on 26-Sep-2023 02:59:29 by Aslon Dak

gerometokic

gerometokic

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Thanks. I'll try that once maintenance is done.
Seems reasonable that there is some bug with the openGl update. Client graphic lag shouldn't affect network lag stuff though IMHO. But I have no idea how Runescape is multithreaded (stays a hard problem especially in online games). Best quick theory I got is that the network communication and graphics are partially on the same thread (/ Something is sometimes waiting on client calculations before communicating with server?) and my 5 generations old laptop cpu literally can't keep up?(only using half the cores) Seems to me like something that could be put on different threads with no awaits.

26-Sep-2023 09:55:12

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