Anyone else experiencing lag?

**Zageron** · 10-18-2010, 07:07 PM

Re: Anyone else experiencing lag?

I get this as well. Yesterday I was able to play without changing any settings, on Full Quality, with a solid 30?fps and no lag spikes. But today I have to set everything to lowest possible, 16bit colour etc... before it is even remotely playable.

It's obviously a problem with how the flash player is interacting with something be it the files or the servers. Would be interesting to see what it was.

**iamgoodhehe** · 10-19-2010, 01:49 AM

Re: Anyone else experiencing lag?

I experience lag mostly on my Laptop which is running Windows 7. However when I'm using my desktop which is running XP sp3 I'm fine but I'll occasionally experience a horrible lag.

**lumphoboextreme** · 10-19-2010, 02:11 AM

Re: Anyone else experiencing lag?

i really don't get any lag i'll just be playing and hitting all the notes fine and it'll just tell me i miss randomly when i know i didn't. pretty frusterating

**immawhiteguy** · 10-19-2010, 02:47 AM

Re: Anyone else experiencing lag?

I have this symptom where the EXACT same spot in a song will provide a nasty lag spike- as if I had never pushed an arrow at all kind of lag. Sometimes it registers as a miss/boo, but usually it just kinda jumps a frame or something.

And it ALWAYS happens at the SAME places. i.e, about arrow 13 on La Campanella. If it doesn't spike then, it does around 260.

**OneHandNow** · 10-19-2010, 02:55 AM

Re: Anyone else experiencing lag?

Are you guys using Chrome or IE?

Firefox works best..

Oh, and also use GameBooster (google it.)

**xxxim_a_noobxxx** · 10-19-2010, 03:06 AM

Re: Anyone else experiencing lag?

I was lagging but im fine now but if you have windows 7 it tends to spike a bit

**aperson** · 10-19-2010, 03:09 AM

Re: Anyone else experiencing lag?

Everyone with and without lag post:
- your computer specs (CPUs & Memory)
- the browser you use, any AddOns or plugins you use for it
- run HijackThis and post or PM me the log results. This will let me know what processes are running in the background that might send interrupts to the processor and demand attention, thus locking you out of your game.

**immawhiteguy** · 10-19-2010, 03:16 AM

Re: Anyone else experiencing lag?

PC: Windows XP Home Ed 5.1 build 2600. Pentium 4 Processor, 2.8GHz. 1.5GB DDR RAM.

Browser: FireFox 3.66 (perhaps updating 100% might fix my problems..), only really have ABP as an addon, plugins include things like adobe, flash, real player, shockwave, and the other common necessities.

My processes are your normal computer processes, except I manually closed my nightly malware scans and explorer.exe. Also closed out other updaters such as DivX and anything iTunes related.

Like I said, I may just need to update FireFox to the latest version.

e: May also note that the game tab was the only open tab, with FireFox being the only open window and only thing in the taskbar (before I ended explorer.exe) besides Windows Task Manager.

**Wootsicle** · 10-19-2010, 02:06 PM

Re: Anyone else experiencing lag?

I had this problem on all browsers and nothing worked and I have found a working solution.

1. Uninstall flash player (you clearly have version 10)
2. Go to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/
3. It won't let you select anything under version 10 unless you say your operating system is worse than it actually is. I selected Windows ME, and then under versions, Flash 9 became available.
4. Install Flash 9
5. Run FFR
6. Enjoy lag free arrows

**SD-ZzDiAmOnDzZ** · 10-19-2010, 04:09 PM

Re: Anyone else experiencing lag?

Oh thank you very much sir!!!! I had no idea how I could stop this terrible lag, and it was very sad. But this worked. =)

**Zageron** · 10-19-2010, 04:14 PM

Re: Anyone else experiencing lag?

didnt work for me

**TC_Halogen** · 10-19-2010, 04:33 PM

Re: Anyone else experiencing lag?

Contents of temporary FAQ:

I can't play there's too much lag!

There seems to be an issue for many users with Flash 10. If you know how to downgrade, you can try downgrading to Flash 8 or 9. If that's not an option for you, there's the option of using a standalone flash player. Also, try to optimize performance on your computer by closing out excess programs. Reducing visual effects on your computer will also help.

How do I login on a standalone?

For you to be logged in on the standalone player, you must log in on internet explorer and click remember me. Before doing this, make sure you go into the security settings on IE and uncheck the box that says Enable Protected Mode. Once you uncheck that, hit apply then close out IE. Reopen IE and log into FFR, making sure you check "Remember Me". Then, reopen your standalone. You should now be logged in.