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Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
Ever since Season 4 went live, I have been unable to play STO due to insane lag issues, that make the game unplayable, and at one point I even logged in floating out in space! Has anyone else had this problem, and if so how were they able to correct it?

Unfortunately, if I can't get the issue fixed, i'll have to cancel my subscription, which is something I really don't want to do, since I love the game and have subscribed to it since the game launched. unfortunately, if I can't play it, it's pointless to continue subscribing.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    I'm in the same boat,since the latest update :mad:

    I've had no problem with lag since S4 came out,ONLY started today,and it's made my game unplayable now...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    Same here, this patch is causing very slow loads, slow tels and massive lag.

    What ya done this time Devs??
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    in same boat, massive lag after the downtime, game is now unplayable, has anything been changed with the latest patch?

    also in the UK
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    deepeyed wrote: »
    in same boat, massive lag after the downtime, game is now unplayable, has anything been changed with the latest patch?

    also in the UK

    Exactly the same for me after this latest patch, and I'm also in the UK.

    Worst of the problem occurs while moving between zones for me. It's almost like you have to wait 10 - 15 seconds for the UI to catch up once you arrive in a zone. After that it's better but still a bit laggy.

    Prior to this patch I had no problems at all with lag.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    Same here.. UI loads, w/o my ship - then shows warp-in sequence, then ship shows up.. also happens on ground maps, shows transporter room for example at ESD.. then after about 20seconds my toon beams in.. :S

    Just started today after patch..

    - X -
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    Same here guys, i'm from UK. x
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    I am experiencing the worst lag ever.:(


    Live long and prosper.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    Hi,

    I'm also getting this insnane lagg too I'm in UK? I logg in everyone else moves fine, no mention on the chat of lagg and I'm stuck for a while then jump around. JUST SPEND £8 on some points and can't blooming use them!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    I'm on the US East Coast and I too am getting some serious gameplay lag.

    I'm not sure if it was the emergency patch or not since gameplay was fine when I played in the afternoon and when I returned later in the evening, the lag was so horrible it was literally unplayable. And right now, its not as horrible but it's pretty signifcant that it has moments of rubberbanding.

    I can confirm it is no my DSL because my Internet provider gave it a clean bil of health. So hope Cryptic can fix this little technical problem later today.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    I'm getting this as well. Once I'm actually in a map it's OK and playable but every map transfer is very slow and for 15 seconds or so after each map transfer I can see the map but everything is stationary and unmoving then it all jerks into the position it should be in as if it's catching up with itself. As mentioned above this has started only after today's patch, when I logged in this morning half an hour before the patch it was fine but I've just patched up and it's a nightmare, looks as though I'm going to be spending an hour or so on ESD before logging out as I can do little else.

    Tracert result below
    C:\Users\?>Tracert patchserver.crypticstudios.com

    Tracing route to patchserver.crypticstudios.com [208.95.185.41]
    over a maximum of 30 hops:

    1 12 ms 9 ms 7 ms 10.19.140.1
    2 7 ms 8 ms 8 ms wals-geam-1a-ge211.network.virginmedia.net [80.3
    .146.253]
    3 10 ms 8 ms 10 ms wolv-core-1b-tenge73.network.virginmedia.net [62
    .30.254.73]
    4 10 ms 10 ms 9 ms brhm-bb-1b-ae3-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.10
    5.159.93]
    5 12 ms 13 ms 18 ms nrth-bb-1a-as4-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.253
    .185.105]
    6 15 ms 13 ms 16 ms nrth-tmr-1-ae1-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.10
    5.159.30]
    7 38 ms 27 ms 27 ms fran-ic-1-as0-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.253.
    185.81]
    8 27 ms 26 ms 26 ms te0-7-0-7.mpd22.fra03.atlas.cogentco.com [130.11
    7.14.133]
    9 39 ms 38 ms 33 ms te0-0-0-2.mpd22.ams03.atlas.cogentco.com [130.11
    7.0.133]
    10 43 ms 42 ms 36 ms te0-0-0-2.ccr22.lpl01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
    .37.102]
    11 103 ms 101 ms 123 ms te0-5-0-3.ccr22.bos01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
    .44.189]
    12 114 ms 115 ms 100 ms te3-2.ccr01.bos06.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.46.
    130]
    13 105 ms 106 ms 107 ms 38.111.40.114
    14 99 ms 99 ms 100 ms 208.95.185.41

    Trace complete.

    I don't know what I'm looking at with the Tracert so I'll let those who can read it decypher it.

    EDIT; Forgot to mention, I'm in the UK.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    shaideca wrote: »
    Ever since Season 4 went live, I have been unable to play STO due to insane lag issues, that make the game unplayable, and at one point I even logged in floating out in space! Has anyone else had this problem, and if so how were they able to correct it?

    Unfortunately, if I can't get the issue fixed, i'll have to cancel my subscription, which is something I really don't want to do, since I love the game and have subscribed to it since the game launched. unfortunately, if I can't play it, it's pointless to continue subscribing.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    This has happened to me repeatedly. At one time I watched as my ship warped out and I was still in the sector for like a minute! Talk about your Mutiny on the Bounty!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    Militis wrote: »
    I'm getting this as well. Once I'm actually in a map it's OK and playable but every map transfer is very slow and for 15 seconds or so after each map transfer I can see the map but everything is stationary and unmoving then it all jerks into the position it should be in as if it's catching up with itself. As mentioned above this has started only after today's patch, when I logged in this morning half an hour before the patch it was fine but I've just patched up and it's a nightmare, looks as though I'm going to be spending an hour or so on ESD before logging out as I can do little else.

    Tracert result below



    I don't know what I'm looking at with the Tracert so I'll let those who can read it decypher it.

    EDIT; Forgot to mention, I'm in the UK.

    What you are describing quite accurately matches my experience. Your tracert looks pretty clean, and certainly doesn't indicate anything that would explain the current problem.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    Also suffering from the insane lag.

    Was fine yesterday, but then today while playing, was in the middle of a ground mission when all of a sudden my entire away team freeze as do all the mobs I'm about to start attacking, a second later my character warps back a few feet. I figured I'd give it a sec for the connection to timeout or something, but instead I'm now able to run around for 30 or so seconds firing my gun (not doing any damage, and with it pointing entirely the wrong direction) before it warps me back to where I was initially.

    I figured I'd leave it for a while and come back later since I can't even get a proper response from the Log Out button. Couple of hours later I come back and parts of the character information are missing from the character select screen, such as the class badges, race and gender. Try to log on, sometimes it hangs there, sometimes it gets in and then just doesn't allow me to move... Essentially it boils down to the game being entirely unplayable.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    I was having the same issues too earlier on (I'm in the UK also)

    EU Proxy was the same as running on None, all laggy and practically unplayable BUT the US proxy seems to be working ok for me - map load times are a little longer than normal but the game plays fine otherwise.

    Ran a tracert too and its very similar to the one shown above (we even use the same ISP).

    Anyway try the US proxy and see if that helps any.

    Cheers

    Edit: to change proxy servers you need to exit the game completely and restart the launcher. BEFORE you login click on options in the upper right corner, you can the change the proxy in the box that pops up. Login and hopefully play :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    Same problem here. I'd like to play today, bot the lag is insane! Can'T loot, cant minigame for harvest, cant attack without rubberbanding, etc.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    Heneo wrote: »
    I was having the same issues too earlier on (I'm in the UK also)

    EU Proxy was the same as running on None, all laggy and practically unplayable BUT the US proxy seems to be working ok for me - map load times are a little longer than normal but the game plays fine otherwise.

    Ran a tracert too and its very similar to the one shown above (we even use the same ISP).

    Anyway try the US proxy and see if that helps any.

    Cheers

    Edit: to change proxy servers you need to exit the game completely and restart the launcher. BEFORE you login click on options in the upper right corner, you can the change the proxy in the box that pops up. Login and hopefully play :)

    this worked for me, playable again ...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    well since im not getting any official answers I can only postulate theories. Im working on one now. Im thinking the on demand patching maybe slowing things down? Rolling with that I turned it off and im in the process of downloading three gigabytes of back patching. Thats pretty bad if all these updates havnt made it into the game with all the hours ive been playing up to this point where the game is now unplayable. Hopefully once im caught up itll stop lagging and bugging out. If there is no change ill just blame the whole thing on solar flares or somethin :-P
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    Todays patch has made the game unplayable for me i take a few steps forward then i get flung all the way back and space is just as bad the maps are taking forever to load. I'm also in the UK, this is the first time i've ever had lag issues on this game aswell :(

    EDIT: i don't have on demand patching on i downloaded it in 10 seconds when i got back from work then it was just unplayable
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    UK here, major lag since last patch, slow load times disconnects when trying to beam down. Nigh-unplayable at current. :(
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    UK here, game has been unplayable since today patch, rubberbanding, input lag.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    Yep, insane lag as of last patch here also. Bloody annoying, can't do a damn thing!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    UK here also and also unplayable due to really bad lag
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    this is madness. :) yes lotsa lag here central us
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    I too am getting alot of lag today since the patch. Was fine yesterday but today the game is unplayable. Reminds me of release.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    since its not limited to eu/us proxys (sweden here) and it seems zoning/loading related, I´m pretty certain its related to server response timeouts. Seems like someone is either DDosed or they have some serious server issues.

    Just my 2 cents.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    hmm. interesting all you people in the UK having this issue,

    I'm in Canada, this issue started for me last night EXACTLY as you guys describe.

    Is it happenning to everyone outside the US? cause I play with a friend (i just came back haven't played since launch) that i recruited, we've been having a pretty good time all week, he lives in the US, not one problem with his connection, i can't play thru the lag and soon get disconnected after a bunch of connection warnings. Sometimes it seem ok, except for lag after loading screens, but then gets worse and worse to the point of a disconnect.

    I've tried from both home and at work, and on two seperate computers with the exact same problem.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    Having thesame issues with lag ever since season 4 and now it takes forever to load a map, then it loads and your still not in the map :(
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    SAME PROBLEM HERE

    Living in The Netherlands,

    Weird thing is, my 1st char works great.
    A friend of mine who lives in the same country has massive lag.

    When i logged out and back in, the lag started for me as well.

    Does cryptic run the game on 1 server or do they have multiple? Because it really seems that one of their servers is running hot lol
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    yeah, same here since the most recent patch the lag is horrible. and the load time are extremely long. and now suddenly after trying to play i keep getting server disconnected every 30 seconds or so.

    so the game is unplayable. can we get a patch roll back and resubmit this most recent patch back to the qa people?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    This is just ridiculous.
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