Stutter after ending combat?

[marbhlann]

Hello! This is my first post here so excuse me if my formatting is weird.

Recently I've noticed that when I end combat, whether it's a real fight or simply toggling auto attack, the game stutters for a moment. As in 59fps down to 57. Not really big but noticeable.

I've tried several fixes mentioned on the forums. WinEQ2, DGVoodoo2, Duxa de-bloat & CPU fix, 59fps lock, etc. So far nothing has worked. I can recreate it consistently as well and it happens whether or not I'm mouse turning or keyboard turning.

If it helps, I'm running a GTX 1660 Super, Ryzen 5 2600, and 16gigs of RAM. Thanks all!

[Naethyn]

right click you eq folder. go to properties, advanced button. uncheck every box. ive seen this happen when windows tries to index the combat log.

[marbhlann]

right click you eq folder. go to properties, advanced button. uncheck every box. ive seen this happen when windows tries to index the combat log.
Thank you for the quick response! I forgot to mention that I had already disabled logs. Despite that, I tried the fix mentioned and it doesn't seem to have had any effect.

[Jimjam]

Your character may have battle fatigue / shell shock / ptsd.

[marbhlann]

Your character may have battle fatigue / shell shock / ptsd.
With the way my leveling goes? I wouldn't be surprised lol

[loramin]

It's unlikely, but it could be networking related. If you have a mobile hot spot on your phone, you could try using it temporarily to see if it helps (but I wouldn't give great odds that it will).

One other thought: https://wiki.project1999.com/Tech_Support:_Graphics_Problems#Problem:_Game_Expe riences_Intermittent_Stuttering suggests that the problem might be a too large log file. If that's the case, even though your logs might be turned off, you might still have the problem.

If so, you should be able to fix things by renaming your logs folder (eg. to "Old Logs"). Again, I have no confidence this will help, but it will only take a minute to test, and it might.

[marbhlann]

It's unlikely, but it could be networking related. If you have a mobile hot spot on your phone, you could try using it temporarily to see if it helps (but I wouldn't give great odds that it will).

One other thought: https://wiki.project1999.com/Tech_Support:_Graphics_Problems#Problem:_Game_Expe riences_Intermittent_Stuttering suggests that the problem might be a too large log file. If that's the case, even though your logs might be turned off, you might still have the problem.

If so, you should be able to fix things by renaming your logs folder (eg. to "Old Logs"). Again, I have no confidence this will help, but it will only take a minute to test, and it might.
Unfortunately neither seem to have had any effect. I've been testing though and it seems like this issue occurs on both my laptop and desktop on two completely fresh installs. So either I'm very unlucky or it's a server issue. No clue, sadly. Thanks for the info though!

[Jimjam]

Check out dbg.txt

[marbhlann]

Check out dbg.txt I'm not exactly sure what I'd be looking for, but I generated a new one in which I logged in, had the lag spike happen twice, then logged out. Here's a pastebin link if anybody can diagnose anything from it.

https://pastebin.com/7tZAWHz9

[loramin]

Duxa de-bloat

I'm guessing from this that you use the custom Duxa UI. Out of curiosity, does the issue still occur with the default UI?

(I didn't see any red flags in your logs, but I noticed some UI file loading logs ... which could be perfectly normal ... but it made me curious about UI skins.

[marbhlann]

I'm guessing from this that you use the custom Duxa UI. Out of curiosity, does the issue still occur with the default UI?

(I didn't see any red flags in your logs, but I noticed some UI file loading logs ... which could be perfectly normal ... but it made me curious about UI skins.I actually don't. I use the default UI.

In the last few hours I also had my boyfriend install the game and sure enough, the lag spike happened after he toggled combat as well. He's not on the same network either so it isn't that.

[loramin]

I actually don't. I use the default UI.

Well that rules that out.

In the last few hours I also had my boyfriend install the game and sure enough, the lag spike happened after he toggled combat as well. He's not on the same network either so it isn't that.

I've been testing though and it seems like this issue occurs on both my laptop and desktop on two completely fresh installs. So either I'm very unlucky or it's a server issue.

I think you're getting to the heart of it. Either its an issue that affects everyone, or ... well, instead of "luck", maybe it's the fact that all three machines share a common source?

Did you copy an existing folder, or did you use the Titanium disks to install those three machines? If it was the former, there could be something (eg. a big log file ... although you ruled that particular possibility out) in that folder you're copying that is responsible, and you could test by comparing to a clean Titanium install.

[marbhlann]

Well that rules that out.





I think you're getting to the heart of it. Either its an issue that affects everyone, or ... well, instead of "luck", maybe it's the fact that all three machines share a common source?

Did you copy an existing folder, or did you use the Titanium disks to install those three machines? If it was the former, there could be something (eg. a big log file ... although you ruled that particular possibility out) in that folder you're copying that is responsible, and you could test by comparing to a clean Titanium install.
I think I've figured it out!

It seems like the midis are causing it. I had deleted the combattheme.mp3 files so I could hear the originals, however when I did a step by step reinstall that was the step where lag started occuring. Which I suppose makes sense since toggling combat was what caused the lag. It's unfortunate I can't use the originals without this issue, but I'm much happier to not have the lag.

I've only tested for a small period though so hopefully the issues are gone completely. Thanks for the help everyone!

[loramin]

Thanks for reporting your solution back! We now have one more Tech Support page answer to help anyone with the same problem in the future: https://wiki.project1999.com/Tech_Support:_Graphics_Problems#Problem:_Game_Stut ters_When_Combat_Ends