Weird lag issue...
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:56 am
Evolution has been experiencing weird lag on raids lately. It seems that we'll be in the middle of a fight, and then sometimes either we all lag, or some of us lag, and it's caused a few wipes TBH.
What happens is the client seems like it loses some connection with the server. Sometimes it attempts to catch back up after a few seconds, but not always. Even when it does try to catch up, it doesn't always succeed. What I experience on Shig, for example, is sometimes something like a small delay on spell casts. Other times I will cast a spell, then my spell bar will be locked for anywhere from 5 seconds to forever, and the spell never actually casts. To fix it I need to relog. On a melee what happens is your attacks stop briefly, or start to register slowly. When the server tries to catch up, your chat window is spammed with all your previous attacks. Other times it just freezes up totally and you no longer see anyone moving, not even yourself, but you can still see the mobs HP dropping. Again, the only way to fix it is to relog. Theirs also occasions where you don't see anyone moving, and the mobs HP doesn't either (even with 100% MS, this happens).
I was hoping you could check this out and see if it's client side (which i doubt but who knows), or server side. So far Magoo, Sarcon, Elessar, Jerant and myself have all experienced this weird lag.
What happens is the client seems like it loses some connection with the server. Sometimes it attempts to catch back up after a few seconds, but not always. Even when it does try to catch up, it doesn't always succeed. What I experience on Shig, for example, is sometimes something like a small delay on spell casts. Other times I will cast a spell, then my spell bar will be locked for anywhere from 5 seconds to forever, and the spell never actually casts. To fix it I need to relog. On a melee what happens is your attacks stop briefly, or start to register slowly. When the server tries to catch up, your chat window is spammed with all your previous attacks. Other times it just freezes up totally and you no longer see anyone moving, not even yourself, but you can still see the mobs HP dropping. Again, the only way to fix it is to relog. Theirs also occasions where you don't see anyone moving, and the mobs HP doesn't either (even with 100% MS, this happens).
I was hoping you could check this out and see if it's client side (which i doubt but who knows), or server side. So far Magoo, Sarcon, Elessar, Jerant and myself have all experienced this weird lag.
my guess would be some ISP/zone related tempt issue, but once again might be something came with the new revision..if it's something new. let me know if it still occures in the future.