I was helping someone with the gauntlet and I lagged like it was the end of the world until I d/c'ed. The thing is, once I got my computer out of lagging I closed youtube (listening to feed me) and there was significantly less lag. Can anyone confirm or deny this? It'd be great if a couple people tested this out because it could just be all the entities running the gauntlet that caused the lag since someone left while I was d/c'ed. (And to dragonwalts, mcc, and gasguzzler, how did the run go? Sorry mcc for dragging you into it.)
Youtube vs The Gauntlet
Tue, 12/03/2013 - 07:43
Tue, 12/03/2013 - 07:52
#2
I have no mouth and I need to scream
Hey there.
I'm by no means a computer wizz, but if i had to guess when you run other programs your computer is sharing/using memory space to run sk and whatever program you also may be running. Since sk does take a lot of memory this could probably be causing "stress" on your computer. Ergo causing the wifi to be a bit chunkier than soup.
But that's just my guess. Maybe the real computer savvy people might say otherwise. :x
Cheers.
Tue, 12/03/2013 - 08:58
#3
this wiki page might help.
Tue, 12/03/2013 - 16:44
#4
@Skepticravern
I always switch to a different tab, but I do usually have chrome running at the same time. The lag only seems to happen when I'm also listening to youtube but it could be at other times too and I'm just not noticing.
@Blazzberry
Pretty sure that's not it. I'm not too bad with computers and I'm quite sure I have a lot of memory space. My computer is within optimum range of my network and doesn't completely disconnect when it spazzes. However, the entire screen, along with audio, goes bad. The screen froze last time and the audio spit out various tones of white noise.
@Mystrian
Only the first point is relevant, as I have mentioned. But thanks!
Still looking for someone to reproduce this.
Tue, 12/03/2013 - 17:05
#5
My knight learnt to teleport and flash from one end of the map to the other when Skype or YouTube were on, so yes, I think it affects connections. I have 8gb of RAM on a flashy iMac so I doubt it's a computer issue. /shrug
Tue, 12/03/2013 - 22:25
#6
Your Angel Halo isn't safe
The bigger issue is that during extensive combat times... Spiral Knights can be a little harsh on the efficiency of the netcode.
AKA sometimes it sends a lot of data at once, and needs it all to arrive quickly or else weird stuff happens.
You can avoid this permanently by having a business-grade internet connection, else you just have to put up with the occaisional (should be pretty rare if you're on anything but wi-fi: lag is inevitable on laptops where the graphics card, wi-fi, processer and whatnot all draw from the same 20 Volt battery)
Wed, 12/04/2013 - 08:08
#7
Do you know why Mr. Craws killed Batman? Because- *shot*
Well, I guess turning all graphics to low, and then fully minimizing your game screen helps a ton. Try it.
God, it would suck if I was in the middle of a SL and I d/c ed.
Wed, 12/04/2013 - 08:40
#8
Heyya :)
@Annilaton-I DC'd in a SL before... In the middle of the boss...
Anyways, we did it (Walts + me). Luckily, that was the last wave so nothing else spawned out. XD
No sparks were used after you left.
It was no problem honestly; it's good practice for me since I rarely do T3 Arenas.
Thu, 12/05/2013 - 02:09
#9
flvto.com
just download your
flvto.com
just download your music
If you use an integrated graphics card or other low end card... expect lag running two different things at the same time. Interestingly, if you minimize one of the windows (just listening to youtube and not watching the video OR idle in the game for a bit while watching a video) the lag is removed. If you have a high end video card, you may be able to run many more visual things before any lag is noticeable.
Also, in addition to minimizing a window, switching to another tab will also work.