Act 3 workaround: turn off your WIFI !! (I'm on a macbook air m1 8gb memory)

[snaxatax]

Hello world. I'm on my second run-through and the first was absolutely horrific with lag as soon as I entered the shadow-cursed lands due to all of the extra stuff (ash?) flying around in the air space. Then when I got to Baldur's Gate I had to borrow someone's desktop to play and it still lagged really bad.

Anyhoo, I turned WIFI off because I took my macbook air on vacation and I noticed everything is running better. WHAT. I am now in Wrym's Crossing which I suffered so much lag during first run through and it is SO MUCH BETTER. I got through shadow cursed lands with few hitches.

The real test will be soon in the city-city but SO FAR IT IS NIGHT AND DAY PERFORMANCE DIFFERENCE. Y'all I am on a macbook air m1 8gb memory. LIKE I SHOULDNT BE ABLE TO PLAY LOL (and well, I didn't for Act3 first run-through).

Anyway. When I am done and saved during my sessions, I turn WIFI back on for cloud uploads and it's all fine. When ready to play again, I turn it back off.

The cloud saving WHILE you're playing SEEMS like it could be causing so much lag suffering.

TRY IT AND SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. Hope it works for you.

-----a humble monk drow

[wilsonjeff389]

I thought about doing that

[bk]

I hooked my Mac Book Pro up to an ethernet cable and now it runs like a charm. Had so many problems even getting it to load when I was using wifi.

[Anima Mundi]

I turn WIFI back on for cloud uploads and it's all fine. When ready to play again, I turn it back off.

Cloud saves in particular make autosaves take longer and the game hang. I don't use cloud saves, and a lot of people recommend just turning them off in settings - no need to switch off wi-fi.

This is not something that fixes the actual issues with Act 3 when it comes to input lag or the performance. If it helped you smooth out Act 2, all the better,. But the majority of ppls problems aren't with cloud saves.

Another suggestion since you're on a terrible computer, switch off dynamic crowds in visual settings. And hopefully patch 5 will help smooth out Act 3