The lag before the event was bad enough. Now I'm getting full 5-10 second delays and displacement. Trying to play around with monk skills but can't even play with this lag. I see a war hit then I'm dead.
I have a 2.4ghz AMD, 1 gig ram, 256 MB vid card 550 mhz bus. I know its not my comp. High Speed dsl connection.
My guild has post-poned GvG till the lag stops.
Anet you cannot blame the lag and problems on the local ISPs forever. All my other programs and games work just fine. Its ONLY GW that has lag.
I stopped doing pve because it takes over a minute to load a town. No I'm not downloading any new files. This is happening at places I've already been to.
This lag is getting old
twicky_kid
Exoudeous
no lag here.
arcanemacabre
And yet, my computer sucks, but I'm experiencing no lag. It's only a little choppy in towns when it's crowded, but that's to be expected with my below average video card. Otherwise, lag-free.
lightblade
No lag here either. Try doing this. Go to your command prompt and type in: ping www.yahoo.com
or google...if you like
it's the simplest way to find out if the lag is your side problem
or google...if you like
it's the simplest way to find out if the lag is your side problem
derrtyboy69
Ive had some lag too, although im pretty damn sure it was god damn time warner cable. mother fukers cut my nfl network, ahve annoying commercials, destroy the menus, and give shitty internet 
twicky_kid
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No lag here either. Try doing this. Go to your command prompt and type in: ping www.yahoo.com
or google...if you like it's the simplest way to find out if the lag is your side problem |
lightblade
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What exactly am I looking for here??
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anywhere from 20 to 300ms is fine, means that the lag is Anet's problem.
anywhere from 300 and up is your problem, and don't complain.
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Oh yea...suggest to move this to the tech forum.
Narutoscryed
Well i will agree with opp.. i seem to be getting about 4 err 7's a day.. thinkin about completly reinstalling my os and guild wars.. that way i can be sure its a-nets fault.. lol
but seriously after all these updates i have found that corrupt data on your drive can cause an error seven message..
it happens mostly when your game loads a map and im sure it has happend to some. you will get to 100% loaded and then you will error 7..
So uninstall guild wars then reinstall then disk cleanup and total spyware scan and all that jazzz it mayyyy help ya out... keep defraged on a regular bassis
but seriously after all these updates i have found that corrupt data on your drive can cause an error seven message..
it happens mostly when your game loads a map and im sure it has happend to some. you will get to 100% loaded and then you will error 7..
So uninstall guild wars then reinstall then disk cleanup and total spyware scan and all that jazzz it mayyyy help ya out... keep defraged on a regular bassis
The Chimpster
I agree with the poster entirely. My guild had to stop GvGing last night after our first game (which we won in 7 minutes). It was gutting really, rank 1800 or something (were about 800 at the time) korean guild who we could have annihalated beat us because half our team had latency of about 7000+
We decided to call it a day after that, very fustrating.
We decided to call it a day after that, very fustrating.
twicky_kid
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Average ping time, measured in millisecond.
anywhere from 20 to 300ms is fine, means that the lag is Anet's problem. anywhere from 300 and up is your problem, and don't complain. ADD: Oh yea...suggest to move this to the tech forum. |
I thought about putting this in tech problem but this is not just me. So I felt its something for everyone to discuss. Do appreciate the tips though.
Keep in mind I'm on the east coast USA. The servers on the west coast. Physical location has a lot to do with it.
Wish I knew GW's server address I would ping it.
Also GW is causing driver problems on my comp. If I run firefox and GW at the same time it will lock my comp. I can run firefox at the same time with any other program and that doesn't happen.
arcanemacabre
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Keep in mind I'm on the east coast USA. The servers on the west coast. Physical location has a lot to do with it.
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twicky_kid
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Where at on the East coast? I'm in North Carolina.
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Reinstalling now. 16 thousand files to go
Still causing driver problems. Locked my comp while dl the files.
explodemyheart
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No lag here either. Try doing this. Go to your command prompt and type in: ping www.yahoo.com
or google...if you like it's the simplest way to find out if the lag is your side problem |
De Frozen
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Keep in mind I'm on the east coast USA. The servers on the west coast. Physical location has a lot to do with it.
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In other games, we Aussies/Kiwis get booted for having a high ping.
Your lucky you have a server in your country, we don't even have one in our hemisphere.
Live with it, we have to.
blastm
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Try living in Australia, the lag we get is terrible.
In other games, we Aussies/Kiwis get booted for having a high ping. Your lucky you have a server in your country, we don't even have one in our hemisphere. Live with it, we have to. |
having a server in your area doesn't help much, most of my guildmates are playing on the EU server and are laging as bad as I am.
we can blame the pve event for this this WE, but if it isn't solved before NF is released.. I'll forget the survivor title i want to give to my dervich-to-be
bele
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Also GW is causing driver problems on my comp. If I run firefox and GW at the same time it will lock my comp. I can run firefox at the same time with any other program and that doesn't happen. |
Hope it gets solved
Misa
On friday (first update), I have been lagging like crazy (teleporting, rubberbanding.. etc) and I err7 whenever I load into a map (old AND new).
But the lag and err7 got alot better today Not sure if it's my internet or GW's server load.
But the lag and err7 got alot better today
Not sure if it's my internet or GW's server load.
bigwig
lag is an internet fact of life. deal.
De Frozen
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I live in the EU, i play on the US server, and if the lag was pretty bad those past few weeks, it's been worse since the start of the event..
having a server in your area doesn't help much, most of my guildmates are playing on the EU server and are laging as bad as I am. we can blame the pve event for this this WE, but if it isn't solved before NF is released.. I'll forget the survivor title i want to give to my dervich-to-be |
When the game ends, I loose my party because I take too long to load.
Sure the WPE is making the lag alot worse, but the lag we aussies/kiwis have is nearly all of the time
And having a server in your area helps ALOT.
twicky_kid
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lag is an internet fact of life. deal.
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I can easily take my money to another game and enjoy the free subscription for the duration of GW existance.
I have reinstalled GW and I still have the same lag and device errors as before. Its not with just firefox. If I GW up in window mode and start or switch to another program it locks my comp. I can run multiple programs at one time with no problems as long as GW isn't up.
I'm not looking for a fix because there is nothing wrong on my side. I've done all the test and scans possible. Found nothing. At this point I'm very frustrated.
Uninstalled GW. Wiped all the files after unistall. Also wiped it out of my regestry before reinstalling just to make sure nothing is corrupt.
JYX
Yeah well...GW randomly reboots my PC. I had thought it was a heat issue...but I get nothing while playing CS:S, Warcraft or any other game for that matter. It would appear that GW simply likes to reboot my PC. That said, you might consider checking on your cooling, probably not very helpful but it's the best I've got.
twicky_kid
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Yeah well...GW randomly reboots my PC. I had thought it was a heat issue...but I get nothing while playing CS:S, Warcraft or any other game for that matter. It would appear that GW simply likes to reboot my PC. That said, you might consider checking on your cooling, probably not very helpful but it's the best I've got.
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I also went to my vid card settings and turned everything to pure performance. In GW I turned the graphics all the way down. I don't get the 5-10 delays but I still get lag. Also takes at least 1 minute for the game to come up from the loading screen when entering a map.
Hate to say it but its good to know I'm not the only one. Sorry you have problems too.
Talon one
i had one err 7 since the event started and had trouble singing on right after one of the first updates. but no lag in game (i only played pve though). i have a 2 GHz pc with 1GB ram and a cheap 128 MB radeon agp card.
did you check dxdiag.exe for direct x problems? i used to have problems with random restarts of some games when my driver/directx installation was messed up and not all 3 direct x features were enabled.
did you check dxdiag.exe for direct x problems? i used to have problems with random restarts of some games when my driver/directx installation was messed up and not all 3 direct x features were enabled.
TheOneAndOnlyX
Sorry but its you, I have only got an error 7 once and that was the fact someone was spamming me on skype.
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I noticed the lag after I have been playing "awhile" = wondered if it was "memory leak" instead of where the servers are located?
I am in Florida (east coast USA) and can play fine when I first enter the game - but the lag gets slowly worse the longer I play.
Anyone else notice this - or are you getting consistant lag?
I am in Florida (east coast USA) and can play fine when I first enter the game - but the lag gets slowly worse the longer I play.
Anyone else notice this - or are you getting consistant lag?
Priceykins
Tbh, I have to say that I have been playing the event totally lag free since it started, and i usually lag quite badly, so I think anet have done better with this event.
It could be that the particular part of the server you play from is suffering overheating issues possibly, due to the amount of people on it, and that may account for heavy lag.
However, if you are experiencing trouble running GW in windowed mode, and switching between programs, dont do it, simple as that.
That isnt an anet lag issue, that is an issue on your computer, most likely a memory usage issue if your computer is freezing, or it could very possibly be a porgram/driver conflict.
I had a strange conflict once between kodak easy share and baldurs gate 2, couldnt run both programs at same time, or i got C++ errors. Could be something the same.
However, GW is a fairly memory intensive game, and running it in windowed mode makes it even more so, hence I suggest closing alot of programs if you plan to use GW like this, or possibly buying more ram.
It could be that the particular part of the server you play from is suffering overheating issues possibly, due to the amount of people on it, and that may account for heavy lag.
However, if you are experiencing trouble running GW in windowed mode, and switching between programs, dont do it, simple as that.
That isnt an anet lag issue, that is an issue on your computer, most likely a memory usage issue if your computer is freezing, or it could very possibly be a porgram/driver conflict.
I had a strange conflict once between kodak easy share and baldurs gate 2, couldnt run both programs at same time, or i got C++ errors. Could be something the same.
However, GW is a fairly memory intensive game, and running it in windowed mode makes it even more so, hence I suggest closing alot of programs if you plan to use GW like this, or possibly buying more ram.
Mr_T_bot
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No I don't have to deal with it. There is nothing wrong with my comp when I run anything else and experience no lag on other online games. I know for a fact its not my connection with GW. In game I get anywhere from 500-700k transfer rate. The connection is good.
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What other games do you play?
Aradia Ashkal
Twicky:
To me I would run memtest to make sure you don't have a bad stick of ram I deal with PC repairs all freaking day and from what you have said about the system locking up and such. I would say 99% that it is a bad ram. The other 1% could be a driver conflict or IRQ sharing issue. Just because other games and stuff run fine doesn't mean there isn't a problem with your system.
If you built the system yourself then try running one stick of ram if you have two of them. Also make sure they are pushed all the way into the socket. If you didn't built the system yourself then you have bigger problems lol.
That last part was a joke btw.
To me I would run memtest to make sure you don't have a bad stick of ram I deal with PC repairs all freaking day and from what you have said about the system locking up and such. I would say 99% that it is a bad ram. The other 1% could be a driver conflict or IRQ sharing issue. Just because other games and stuff run fine doesn't mean there isn't a problem with your system.
If you built the system yourself then try running one stick of ram if you have two of them. Also make sure they are pushed all the way into the socket. If you didn't built the system yourself then you have bigger problems lol.
That last part was a joke btw.
NJudson
I only recall seeing an ERR 7 once before and that was months ago. I do lag a bit, but I think it is on my end. I'm running an old 1ghz AMD with 512mb ram and 128mb video. I only play PvE and I too despise going into some of the towns/outposts/cities because of the huge loading time and lag (Droks, Lions Arch and Ascalon are the worst in that order). I do seldomly get into problems when playing my monk because of lag and that is part of the reason why I shy away from that character now.
Come to think of it after reading Mr T Bot's post I should check for updates on my video card and defrag the hard drive.
The last time I reformatted/re-loaded windows something got hosed and I don't have the defrag utility...huh???
Come to think of it after reading Mr T Bot's post I should check for updates on my video card and defrag the hard drive.
The last time I reformatted/re-loaded windows something got hosed and I don't have the defrag utility...huh???
Renegade26
My computer randomly restarts when im looking at IE with GW windows in the background. Very annoying.
Carth`
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No lag here either. Try doing this. Go to your command prompt and type in: ping www.yahoo.com
or google...if you like it's the simplest way to find out if the lag is your side problem |
I think the event has caused some lag. I was getting error 005s when it tried to connect quite a lot. Also it downloads updates at 2KB/sec and it used to go at 600KB/sec. And there is a 4-5 second delay when it connects.
Legendary Shiz
I've been getting lag like a BIATCH this weekend. My guild won't even gvg because of the high likelyhood of an err7 and the constant rubber banding. Heck, we hardly even did tombs and I was the only person to step into TA.
The servers have been blowing arse lately, and the event is only making it worse...much worse.
The servers have been blowing arse lately, and the event is only making it worse...much worse.
yesitsrob
I think it was maybe just me who was suffering from lag when 8 error 7's happened in the same match. The lag has been appauling for myself, and just about everyone else I've spoken to, and played with over the weekend. Or at least this is what I gathered when 8 people simultaneously say "whoah RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing lag spike" about 20 times in a 5 minute match
Solar_Takfar
I had lag when people were downloading the 450mb update the other week. I had lag in the first few hours of the NF preview event. Now it's just fine. Basically, lag kicks in when a large amount of players are coming online at the same time (ie. special events), or when there's a lot to download. I got used to it. Now, if you are having lag at other times and it's with GW only, I think you should contact Anet's technical assistance crew; that's what they are there for.
Sephiroth Istari
I have lag sometimes, but it wasn't nearly as bad as it was at the start of the Nightfall Event. I'm glad the lag is gone now but I hate watching the skill icons load.
awesome sauce
Run a tracert in command prompt. ("tracert www.guildwars.com"). That will give you a more accurate description of your timings on the path it follows to their servers. If you get any time-outs, then it's probably the problem of your ISP.
Aerian_Skybane
P4 3.2 GHz
512 MB RAM
64 mb GO vid card
No lag, takes a little bit for heavily graphical areas to load and settle, but never more than 30 seconds. And when poppers rear their ugly heads i might get a little lag, but really, I have no problems whatsoever...
512 MB RAM
64 mb GO vid card
No lag, takes a little bit for heavily graphical areas to load and settle, but never more than 30 seconds. And when poppers rear their ugly heads i might get a little lag, but really, I have no problems whatsoever...
bizarresk
I lag as hell too. EU, Slovakia. Athlon XP 2600+, 1GB ddr400, Radeon x1600 Pro 256MB... Fresh install of Windows, fresh install of GW, latest everything, all winxp updates, contacted the GW support, they are telling me there has to ba something with my PC, yea right. I work as a PC technician and web developer so I guess i can take care of my PC. There has to be some problem with anet servers IMHO. I think they simply cant handle so many ppl.. Anyway u guys having problems with err7 and lag try downloading PingPlotter (google.com :P) and try pinging anet server IP
Route for West US (206.127.149.36) 206-127-149-36.plaync.com
Route for East US (209.0.88.72) 209-0-88-72.plaync.com
Route for EU (206.127.145.228) 206-127-145-228.plaync.com
Route for West US (206.127.149.36) 206-127-149-36.plaync.com
Route for East US (209.0.88.72) 209-0-88-72.plaync.com
Route for EU (206.127.145.228) 206-127-145-228.plaync.com
logan90
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I lag as hell too. EU, Slovakia. Athlon XP 2600+, 1GB ddr400, Radeon x1600 Pro 256MB... Fresh install of Windows, fresh install of GW, latest everything, all winxp updates, contacted the GW support, they are telling me there has to ba something with my PC, yea right. I work as a PC technician and web developer so I guess i can take care of my PC. There has to be some problem with anet servers IMHO. I think they simply cant handle so many ppl.. Anyway u guys having problems with err7 and lag try downloading PingPlotter (google.com :P) and try pinging anet server IP
Route for West US (206.127.149.36) 206-127-149-36.plaync.com Route for East US (209.0.88.72) 209-0-88-72.plaync.com Route for EU (206.127.145.228) 206-127-145-228.plaync.com |
twicky_kid
bizarresk and Aradia Ashkal thanks for the good info. A friend of mine built the comp. I replaced the ram and vid card once I got it. Will be running some test on the ram.
Thanx for the ips for anet's servers will be doing some ping test. I'll post my results later.
Thanx for the ips for anet's servers will be doing some ping test. I'll post my results later.