Lag lag and more lag

[purgatori11]

Is it just me or is everyone else getting really bad lag.
Its making the game unplayable for me.
I dont have this problem with any other games I play.
I have decent computer hardware so it cant be that.
I know if you put up to many touches you get lag.
I even tryed to go nomad and not base build and only have a couple of tourches but the lag is even worse.
Is there a way to fix it .

[RogueBurn the DayWalker]

one word.....Alpha

[Outcast]

Could be a lot of things. Decent system might not be decent enough. GPU may not be able to handle the settings. Memory leak over time will lag you. MP lags. Background programs can do it.

All I can say is that even with s 7th day spawn, or a full hub zombie army around, I don't get lag but sometimes in the middle of nowhere, wandering aimlessly with nothing apparent around, I can be hit with a lag spike out of nowhere that makes me stop dead in my tracks for a couple seconds, then I'm fine again. I would imagine it's loading something large like a horde or hub-like city but I just wasn't heading close enough to see it visually, just close enough for the loading lag spike.

[YamaKami]

Not sure if lag or poor FPS. Post your specs and we will go from there.

[JennyTheGhoul]

Things were running great the other day but tonight i had terrible FPS. Not sure what was causing it, if it was on my end or what. It made it pretty unplayable though and was weird because it was out of the blue.

[YamaKami]

Originally posted by JennyTheGhoul:

Things were running great the other day but tonight i had terrible FPS. Not sure what was causing it, if it was on my end or what. It made it pretty unplayable though and was weird because it was out of the blue.

SP, or MP in a server or lan? (hosting or not if MP?) Specs too.

[JennyTheGhoul]

MP on server, I wasn't hosting. I'm thinking it was on my end because the host wasn't seeing any FPS drop but I was seeing major spikes during gameplay, in the thousands. Yes, you read that right. Which is really unusual. I tend to run on low graphical settings because I need more RAM in particular and a have an older processor.


64bit Windows 10
8GM of RAM
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @2.40ghz
AMD Radeon R9 200 series video card

[YamaKami]

I assume 8GM was meant to be 8GB, so you have ample RAM. 6GB is recommended for 7D2D. 4GB is the min. Being a voxel based game though, it is load heavy on the CPU. Your Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @2.40ghz meets the min specs only, but is below the recommended. That is your most glaring choke point that would cause poor FPS. After extended play the memory leak could also effect things, but with 8GB of RAM it would take a while. That can be solved now by logging off closing the game, and then restarting again though. Other issue on a server can be lag on your end too. Could be fps in tandem with lag. Biggest graphic options to have turned off for performance now are reflections and Vsynch. (leave tone mapping on though or the game gets dark)

[JennyTheGhoul]

Thanks :) Yeah, that's pretty much what I've been doing (so I know to keep doing it). It was really weird with the FPS spikes earlier, though. I've had moments of slow down but this was really out of the blue. I mentioned it here since the OP was having lag too. I did shut down my game a couple times tonight and it didn't help. I even rebooted once in desperation. No love. LOL.

I can't wait to upgrade the processor but I need a new motherboard. I have upgraded on this MB as much as I possibly can, sadly.

As a side note, this is affecting both myself and the server host. Has anybody noticed super thick fog that appears almost out of the blue? If I restart the game, the weather will be clear but it only lasts a few minutes. I almost wonder if it's not adding to my FPS problems.

[YamaKami]

Originally posted by JennyTheGhoul:

Thanks :) Yeah, that's pretty much what I've been doing (so I know to keep doing it). It was really weird with the FPS spikes earlier, though. I've had moments of slow down but this was really out of the blue. I mentioned it here since the OP was having lag too. I did shut down my game a couple times tonight and it didn't help. I even rebooted once in desperation. No love. LOL.

I can't wait to upgrade the processor but I need a new motherboard. I have upgraded on this MB as much as I possibly can, sadly.

As a side note, this is affecting both myself and the server host. Has anybody noticed super thick fog that appears almost out of the blue? If I restart the game, the weather will be clear but it only lasts a few minutes. I almost wonder if it's not adding to my FPS problems.

Yea fog is whack but I have not noticed an fps hit from it. Zombies create the biggest hit when they spawn in. Hub city is best avoided if you are struggling with fps. Torches and candles are also going to give you a hit to your fps. Use a flashlight or mining helmet instead when possible.

[JennyTheGhoul]

Originally posted by YamaKami:

Originally posted by JennyTheGhoul:

Thanks :) Yeah, that's pretty much what I've been doing (so I know to keep doing it). It was really weird with the FPS spikes earlier, though. I've had moments of slow down but this was really out of the blue. I mentioned it here since the OP was having lag too. I did shut down my game a couple times tonight and it didn't help. I even rebooted once in desperation. No love. LOL.

I can't wait to upgrade the processor but I need a new motherboard. I have upgraded on this MB as much as I possibly can, sadly.

As a side note, this is affecting both myself and the server host. Has anybody noticed super thick fog that appears almost out of the blue? If I restart the game, the weather will be clear but it only lasts a few minutes. I almost wonder if it's not adding to my FPS problems.

Yea fog is whack but I have not noticed an fps hit from it. Zombies create the biggest hit when they spawn in. Hub city is best avoided if you are struggling with fps. Torches and candles are also going to give you a hit to your fps. Use a flashlight or mining helmet instead when possible.

Thanks again!

[YamaKami]

Originally posted by JennyTheGhoul:

Originally posted by YamaKami:

Yea fog is whack but I have not noticed an fps hit from it. Zombies create the biggest hit when they spawn in. Hub city is best avoided if you are struggling with fps. Torches and candles are also going to give you a hit to your fps. Use a flashlight or mining helmet instead when possible.

Thanks again!

You're welcome, hopefully the CPU fairy visits you soon ;)

(...Right after the mobo bunny lol)

[JennyTheGhoul]

From your ears to the CPU fairy's mouth. :P

[purgatori11]

Here are my specs
Intel core i5-2310 cpu @2.9 ghz
6gb memory
windows 7
64 bit
Geforce GT 530

Also im only playing single player as I dont play well with others lol

[oohbetty]

i've been getting intermittent chronic lag since a12 hit, when it hits i cant look at a fire/forge, hold any glass jar, zoom with snipe or crouch without the frames dipping from 60-80 down to 7-29, rejoining stops it or i muddle through till it goes of its own accord, never had this before and had thought it may be the memory leak issue, but i am led to believe i should be ok with 10gb

not looking for help on this tho, have been fiddling for weeks and not seen a single post with the same issues as me, been at least 2 years i had my rig and not formatted it once in that time with hardly any maintenance, my system is dirty and runs like a dog by comparison to when i got it and i blame this, chucked it out there in case it is a bug of some kind and other people r getting it.

[YamaKami]

Originally posted by howitt69:

Here are my specs
Intel core i5-2310 cpu @2.9 ghz
6gb memory
windows 7
64 bit
Geforce GT 530

Also im only playing single player as I dont play well with others lol

Specs seem okay, though GPU could be better. On SP you have no "lag" ever. Lag is the short hand for latency which as far as gaming goes usually is used to describe poor connection speeds. What you are experiencing rather is low fps (Frames Per Second). The two biggest qucik fixes to increase this is to turn the reflections off and Vsync in your 7D2D video options. You should also scale back on most if not all of the other settings too. with 6GB RAM if you play for an extended period of time time, the memory leak in A12 will start to effect you too. So be sure to save every so often and shut the game down and restart again. Just a go around, until TFP can fix the leak. Lastly being in Alpha the game still has to see much more development before they get around to fully optimizing it for performance. Until then expect it to not run as good as completed games normally would for you.

Edit: Leave tone mapping on (box checked) or the game gets too dark.