Multiple Lag Spikes + Disconnections Since Patch

Esnemyl - Dreamweaver
Esnemyl - Dreamweaver Posts: 3,079 Arc User
edited July 2010 in Support Desk
Ok, heres what gone down.

After this weeks patch, i've noticed there has been far more lag spikes then before.
Not only that, but I have been disconnecting quite alot ingame (4 times today), asking a couple of freinds, they have all been disconnecting too.

This isn't normal in my opinion, since my computer runs the game at a good FPS.
Anybody else here been getting these Lag Spikes/DC's?
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  • MistaBwanden - Sanctuary
    MistaBwanden - Sanctuary Posts: 2,803 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    There is a possibility it's just your server.
    I've been fine all night so far.
  • Chillum - Dreamweaver
    Chillum - Dreamweaver Posts: 887 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    There was a point earlier today when the forums were slower than a week in the jail and half the servers had 3000ms pings.

    It's fine now but it was a bit wacko jacko earlier.

    Regards.
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  • Okeano - Harshlands
    Okeano - Harshlands Posts: 4,943 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    This is happening to me now. Been d/c 3 times in the last half hr. I d/c very very rare on this connection usually.
  • btornado
    btornado Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    It's most likely a problem with a routing point between you and the servers. Especially if you are a long ways from where the servers are. (i.e. Server is in California and you are way over in England or Germany.)
  • Allisandre - Sanctuary
    Allisandre - Sanctuary Posts: 1,452 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    btornado wrote: »
    It's most likely a problem with a routing point between you and the servers. Especially if you are a long ways from where the servers are. (i.e. Server is in California and you are way over in England or Germany.)

    Yes, this is most likely the case. Anytime I am experiencing heavy lag or disconnects, I can run visual IP trace and see that there is a slowdown with one or more routers between myself and the PWI servers. ((% of the time it has nothing to do with PWI at all. One one rare occasion it was a problem with the IP that PWI is connected to and they announced it immediately that they were having an issue. (It was a DDNS attack if I remember correctly.)

    For the technicaly inclined, open a Dos box and type in "tracert pwiserver address".

    Server Addresses: 
    Archosaur       (PvE) West	29000:pwiwest4.perfectworld.com
Harshlands      (PvP) East	29000:pwieast1.perfectworld.com
Dreamweaver   (PvE) East	29000:pwieast2.perfectworld.com
Lost City         (PvP) West	29000:pwigc3.perfectworld.com
Sanctuary       (PvE) West	29000:pwigc2.perfectworld.com
Heavens Tear  (PvE) West	29000:pwigc4.perfectworld.com
Raging Tide     (PvE) East	29000:pwieast3.perfectworld.com
    29000 is the port used, you can just use "pwiwest4.perfectworld.com" for Archosaur for example.

    For those not technically inclined... use VisualRoute.

    It's truly amazing the number of people that blame PWI or the servers when, in fact, the problem has nothing to do with them at all.
    Take the time to look for your answer before you post like an idiot.

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  • SylenThunder - Twilight Temple
    SylenThunder - Twilight Temple Posts: 7,908
    edited July 2010
    +10 to the above post
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  • Okeano - Harshlands
    Okeano - Harshlands Posts: 4,943 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    btornado wrote: »
    It's most likely a problem with a routing point between you and the servers. Especially if you are a long ways from where the servers are. (i.e. Server is in California and you are way over in England or Germany.)
    Allisandre - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Yes, this is most likely the case. Anytime I am experiencing heavy lag or disconnects, I can run visual IP trace and see that there is a slowdown with one or more routers between myself and the PWI servers. ((% of the time it has nothing to do with PWI at all. One one rare occasion it was a problem with the IP that PWI is connected to and they announced it immediately that they were having an issue. (It was a DDNS attack if I remember correctly.)

    For the technicaly inclined, open a Dos box and type in "tracert pwiserver address".

    Server Addresses: 
    Archosaur       (PvE) West	29000:pwiwest4.perfectworld.com
Harshlands      (PvP) East	29000:pwieast1.perfectworld.com
Dreamweaver   (PvE) East	29000:pwieast2.perfectworld.com
Lost City         (PvP) West	29000:pwigc3.perfectworld.com
Sanctuary       (PvE) West	29000:pwigc2.perfectworld.com
Heavens Tear  (PvE) West	29000:pwigc4.perfectworld.com
Raging Tide     (PvE) East	29000:pwieast3.perfectworld.com
    29000 is the port used, you can just use "pwiwest4.perfectworld.com" for Archosaur for example.

    For those not technically inclined... use VisualRoute.

    It's truly amazing the number of people that blame PWI or the servers when, in fact, the problem has nothing to do with them at all.

    Did you 2 even read my post? I rarely d/c on the same internet connection before the update. It happens maybe once or twice a month with hrs a day of playing. But I was kicked off 3 times within half a hr last night.
  • Graviora - Dreamweaver
    Graviora - Dreamweaver Posts: 1,073 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    No problems here.
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  • fulgida
    fulgida Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Okeano - Harshlands wrote: »
    Did you 2 even read my post? I rarely d/c on the same internet connection before the update. It happens maybe once or twice a month with hrs a day of playing. But I was kicked off 3 times within half a hr last night.

    Then again, updates happen almost every week and network problems happen several times a year.

    Coincidence? Or EVIL PLOT DESIGNED TO DESTROY OUR LIVES?

    You be the judge.
  • Deceptistar - Sanctuary
    Deceptistar - Sanctuary Posts: 10,454 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    well unless the servers decided to take a move, im starting to dc a little more too. Before, DC was a fairytale, something that happened to others and never to me. Nowadays (last 3 months) DCing and lag spikes have become too common
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  • Cutlspbm - Archosaur
    Cutlspbm - Archosaur Posts: 19 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    I disconnected over 10 times last night in under a 30 minute period.... It could have been my internet connection but I doubt it. I will however look into it.
  • /Gohan - Dreamweaver
    /Gohan - Dreamweaver Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    It's a sign the PWI Apocalypse is coming b:avoid
  • Okeano - Harshlands
    Okeano - Harshlands Posts: 4,943 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    fulgida wrote: »
    Then again, updates happen almost every week and network problems happen several times a year.

    Coincidence? Or EVIL PLOT DESIGNED TO DESTROY OUR LIVES?

    You be the judge.

    Note the first 2 posts above me. And no, I wasn't suggesting that it's some "plot". Yeah "PWE is d/c us on purpose so they can make more money", lolwut?

    I'm suggesting that there might've been some setting or hardware changed on the servers, or maybe it could be the patch itself. There have been patches in the past that caused some player's game to crash more often while do nothing to other players. Same could happen where the patch affects how the game connects to the internet on some computer.
  • RedsRose - Lost City
    RedsRose - Lost City Posts: 12,354 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Deceptistar - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Nowadays (last 3 months) DCing and lag spikes have become too common

    I have more lag spikes....DC'ing not so much....

    But tbh I would rather DC then deal with the lag spikes b:sad
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  • ChaseyLain - Lost City
    ChaseyLain - Lost City Posts: 135 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    the memory leak is back again. unless you have a good comp after being logged in for a while the game will crash due to it eating up all your resources.

    btw 8gb of memory makes it take a really long time to crash so you can either wait another 6 months for the leak to get fixed again or upgrade your comp.
  • Allisandre - Sanctuary
    Allisandre - Sanctuary Posts: 1,452 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Okeano - Harshlands wrote: »
    Did you 2 even read my post? I rarely d/c on the same internet connection before the update. It happens maybe once or twice a month with hrs a day of playing. But I was kicked off 3 times within half a hr last night.

    Just because the connection between your computer and the wall is the same, it DOES NOT mean that your connection between the wall and PWI is the same. In fact, the direction your route takes changes regularly. Depending on your location there can be a LOT of hops between you and PWI. EACH hop is a potential problem that could randomly happen to your connection. I've seen the entire east coast of the US drops before because of a router in Atlanta falling over, being re-routed through Dallas and having that overload as well.

    Just to make it perfectly clear.

    YOU DO NOT HAVE A DIRECT CONNECTION FROM YOUR WALL TO PWI.

    A lot can happen between you and the servers, and it usually does, especially if you're far away.
    Take the time to look for your answer before you post like an idiot.

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    There are those who panic,
    And then there is us.
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  • SylenThunder - Twilight Temple
    SylenThunder - Twilight Temple Posts: 7,908
    edited July 2010
    ChaseyLain - Lost City wrote: »
    the memory leak is back again. unless you have a good comp after being logged in for a while the game will crash due to it eating up all your resources.

    btw 8gb of memory makes it take a really long time to crash so you can either wait another 6 months for the leak to get fixed again or upgrade your comp.

    Yes, cannot forget about the memory leak. It's especially bad right after updates. I always make a habit of hard booting my computer after an update, before I play.

    For those that don't know bout hard booting....

    1. Shut down computer.
    2. Remove power. (on laptops, remember to remove the battery.)
    3. Press and hold the power button for a period of time. (Desktops about 20 seconds is fine, Laptops I recommend a full minute.)
    3. Restore power.
    4 Boot up computer.
    5. Go make coffee. Give your system 5 minutes to fully boot. (Longer for older systems.)

    Something that seems to help a little, occasionally, (usually after I've closed the client), I run a dosbox command. I've set up a desktop shortcut for it. the command string is "%windir%/system32/rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks" (without quotes of course) This clears out dll's and executables in memory that are no longer being used.
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