Huge latency lag spikes, game actually unplayable, whats wrong?

[Sev]

Sometimes the game works just fine and sometimes it randomly starts lagging really hard out of nowhere, constant spikes(F1 showing it). Game is literally unplayable for me right now and i just wanna play...

I tried changing servers in-game, tried getting latest windows update, latest drivers for my PC, restarted my router, tried literally everything. Nothing is fixing it.

I've run speedtest and i have 1000 down/up with 1ms(Swedish fiber). Internet works fine in any other game and i can browse, watch videos or streams with no issues,

Does anyone else have a similar problem and know of a possible fix?

[PatrickFF]

Locked at 60 frames running fine for me.

[Boomstick]

I can't even play today, game keeps crashing or freezing on every loading screen lol

[Sev]

Originally posted by PatrickFF:

Locked at 60 frames running fine for me.

Not talking about frames, i have 165fps with my giga PC, its internet ms.

[Heady]

My issue involves CPU stuttering. (Check F1 and have a look on ur cpu usage) The PoE forum is filled with users facing the same problem. One possible "fix" is to keep the CPU running permanently at over 90% load. However, for me, this isn't a truly satisfying solution, but it is said to help. So for those willing to try it — go ahead.

[Sev]

Originally posted by Heady:

My issue involves CPU stuttering. (Check F1 and have a look on ur cpu usage) The PoE forum is filled with users facing the same problem. One possible "fix" is to keep the CPU running permanently at over 90% load. However, for me, this isn't a truly satisfying solution, but it is said to help. So for those willing to try it — go ahead.

Nope no issue with FPS, CPU or GPU. Its MS(Latency) because i can see the white line spiking hard.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/893258292820869170/1316895912039157810/image.png?ex=675cb664&is=675b64e4&hm=6c4dfb31e476a942d1fb4e2f7ab9a635575025a9ea5a0c5da7768292b5d87b47&

[Lucyfar]

The game randomly gets stuck on a infinite loading screen sometimes.

[Tony]

same

[Heady]

Originally posted by Sev:

Originally posted by Heady:

My issue involves CPU stuttering. (Check F1 and have a look on ur cpu usage) The PoE forum is filled with users facing the same problem. One possible "fix" is to keep the CPU running permanently at over 90% load. However, for me, this isn't a truly satisfying solution, but it is said to help. So for those willing to try it — go ahead.

Nope no issue with FPS, CPU or GPU. Its MS(Latency) because i can see the white line spiking hard.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/893258292820869170/1316895912039157810/image.png?ex=675cb664&is=675b64e4&hm=6c4dfb31e476a942d1fb4e2f7ab9a635575025a9ea5a0c5da7768292b5d87b47&

Yes, I understand you. The white line in my graph shows the same thing, yet it is still CPU stuttering for me^^ (9800X3D). With the CPU stutter, the latency also briefly spikes. However, if that's not the case for you, you might be dealing with a different issue than many other users. ^^

[Heady]

Originally posted by Lucyfar:

The game randomly gets stuck on a infinite loading screen sometimes.

By limiting the CPU usage for pathofexile2.exe by -7% using BES, I was able to resolve the issue for myself.

[coachcompton45]

Same problem, started yesterday. Could play just fine until then... need a fix!

[Frosti]

cant log in right now

[opAw←G]

Make another instance of the map until you find a good lantency one. That's what I always do when I enter a map and the ping is unstable.

[ANDR3WS]

Copied this from another post---

Posting this here as well as in its own thread to attempt to increase visibility and hopefully help some of my fellow Exiles.
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Anyone having issues with the game jittering, stuttering, whatever you may call it, that are seeing the "network" performance metric spike every time this occurs I highly recommend the looking at the following links for information on the nature of the problem. They were written in regards to poe1 but are still relevant to this game.
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/889669
https://pathofexile.fandom.com/wiki/Networking_mode

It seems to me the root of the issue is they implemented the networking options but failed to make them visible in game. If you follow the steps below you can mess with your networking mode and it may resolve the issue.
In poe2 there are three options that I'm aware of "auto" which is default, "lockstep" and "predictive".


If you go into Options->Game and click the folder icon next to "Item FIlter"
It will open the folder that contains your configuration settings.

After this folder opens close the game client. You need to restart the game for changes made directly to this file to take effect.

Open "poe2_production_Config.ini" .ini may not be visible depending on your system settings.
You can open ini files with any word processing program, notepad++ is a solid choice.
Within this file about a 4th the way from the top of the page you'll find the following:

[NETWORKING]
networking_type=auto

where the word auto is present, change it to either predictive or lockstep.
examples for those intimidated by manually editing settings like this.

networking_type=predictive
networking_type=lockstep

[Sev]

Originally posted by ANDR3WS:

Copied this from another post---

Posting this here as well as in its own thread to attempt to increase visibility and hopefully help some of my fellow Exiles.
---
Anyone having issues with the game jittering, stuttering, whatever you may call it, that are seeing the "network" performance metric spike every time this occurs I highly recommend the looking at the following links for information on the nature of the problem. They were written in regards to poe1 but are still relevant to this game.
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/889669
https://pathofexile.fandom.com/wiki/Networking_mode

It seems to me the root of the issue is they implemented the networking options but failed to make them visible in game. If you follow the steps below you can mess with your networking mode and it may resolve the issue.
In poe2 there are three options that I'm aware of "auto" which is default, "lockstep" and "predictive".


If you go into Options->Game and click the folder icon next to "Item FIlter"
It will open the folder that contains your configuration settings.

After this folder opens close the game client. You need to restart the game for changes made directly to this file to take effect.

Open "poe2_production_Config.ini" .ini may not be visible depending on your system settings.
You can open ini files with any word processing program, notepad++ is a solid choice.
Within this file about a 4th the way from the top of the page you'll find the following:

[NETWORKING]
networking_type=auto

where the word auto is present, change it to either predictive or lockstep.
examples for those intimidated by manually editing settings like this.

networking_type=predictive
networking_type=lockstep

Thanks, gonna try it!

[Sev]

It actually helped, thanks!