We all use the term LAG and have experienced its affects in our daily virtual lives. If you are someone who uses weapons, LAG can actually “kill” you.
So here is some general things you can do to help minimise LAG. Sometimes nothing will help and you just need to make friends with your enemies.
However, ensureing that your screen updates faster is one of the most important aspect in winning a fight.
1. Reduce your draw distance to 100. This is under Preference (Ctrl+p), Graphics tab.
2. If you are fighting in close range, you can set the draw distance to 64.
3. Reduce your window size. This is under “Preference: Graphics: Display Resolution”. The smaller your display resolution, the faster. If you choose “Run in a window”, then one way to find out your display resolution is to do a screenshot, then open it in a image editing software to find out what’s the window size.
4. Reduce your Graphics Detail. Go to Preference, Graphics Detail, then drag all sliders to the left.
5. Increase Network bandwidth. Go to Preference, Network tab. Increase it to 800 or more. (The optimal setting depends on your Internet speed and your computer CPU.)
6. Turn off streaming video as well as streaming music. This is under Preference, Audio & Video tap.
7. Turn off other applications. Close your web browser, your PhotoShop, your Microsoft Word, your music player.
8. When you are in combat all you need is the main weapon your going to fight with so take the rest off, scanners, ao’s , Misti tools, translator scans, face lights .. the lot ( you are fighting with a sword in a sword only tournament why do you have a bow on)
9. Eliminate all “Gestures” you do not actually use. You will find these in your inventory, under Gestures…check these out and if you don’t use “Rock, Paper & Scissors”, just Deactivate them. You may want them later so don’t delete them unless you are perfectly sure.
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