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  • justin_ator
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    • Mar 2007
    • 7648

    #1

    MAJOR Lag Issues

    Okay....this is going to be a bit of information, because I am not looking for answers like "use the standalone" anymore. The only info I can't give you (because I don't know) is how much ram and whatnot the computer has.

    Lately, I have been playing the majority of my FFR on an offline engine. I do this for two reasons:
    1. I can then play in my room, rather than in the kitchen.
    2. It gives me NO lag whatsoever, unless it just happens to be a bad day with a random lag spike.

    The computer in my room is an XP, the thing is old. It runs so nicely.
    The computer in the kitchen is Vista. I hate it with a passion.

    I can't have internet in my room, so a standalone on the XP is impossible. I need help finding a solution.

    I have decided that my lag issues are not due to the game or server issues, but rather the computer itself. I don't know what the problem is, but here is a list of what I have tried:
    1. Regular FFR in every web browser (IE, FF, Chrome, Safari)
    2. Lite FFR in every web browser
    3. Standalone swf in every web browser
    4. Standalone with no browser in Flash 8 & 9
    5. Velocity's Engine in every web browser
    6. Velocity's Standalone in every web browser
    7. Velocity's Standalone with no browser in both Flash 8 & 9

    You can repeat that list with everything again, adding in running Game Booster as well. None of it is working for me....it all lags too much to play. I can't FC FMO's, and sure as heck can't AAA anything but Excite Bike.

    Can anyone help me? I'm getting desperate....
    Oh and p.s., even my offline engine lags on this computer a little.

    And "move your computer or your internet" doesn't help me. I can't. It's my family computer and I can't have internet in my room, as I already stated. My parents are nazis. Help is greatly appreciated, guys. =]
  • nuclearsamurai
    huehuehue
    • Jul 2007
    • 1211

    #2
    Re: MAJOR Lag Issues

    Originally posted by justin_ator
    The computer in the kitchen is Vista.
    Well, here's your problem.

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    • justin_ator
      🥓<strong><span style="col
      • Mar 2007
      • 7648

      #3
      Re: MAJOR Lag Issues

      Yes, so a solution?
      Other than "get a new computer"


      EDIT:
      None of this would be an issue if obtaining and updating specific scores from the offline engine wasn't such a big no-no. I mean, when I get something like this on the offline engine, and can't update it on here, it sucks. But there is no way I'll ever get that on this computer....
      Last edited by justin_ator; 01-19-2011, 11:43 PM.

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      • nuclearsamurai
        huehuehue
        • Jul 2007
        • 1211

        #4
        Re: MAJOR Lag Issues

        Does "upgrade to W7" seem possible?

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        • justin_ator
          🥓<strong><span style="col
          • Mar 2007
          • 7648

          #5
          Re: MAJOR Lag Issues

          Never really considered it...what exactly does that entail? If it involves a lot of changes to the computer and the files we have on it, it won't work...but I don't know much about that, so I'd need more info.

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          • ninjaKIWI
            plain old ugly ass dumbas
            FFR Simfile Author
            • Aug 2006
            • 3304

            #6
            Re: MAJOR Lag Issues

            You'd have to format to install W7, but you could just backup anything you need to save. It's no big deal.
            Originally posted by Jewpinthethird
            "Hey Keywii" Said Foil in a raspy voice.
            "Hey Foil. What's that you got there?" inquired Keywii.
            "Oh, just my cock." Replied Foil.
            "That just will not do." was keywii's response as she lunged for the scissors, pulled the blades apart, and clamped them down on the base of foil's shaft. Blood start gushing out of the wound where his penis used to be.
            "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Yelled Foil in horror.
            "Don't worry. I'm a wizard" uttered Keywii. And with that, Foil's penis grew back.

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            • justin_ator
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              • Mar 2007
              • 7648

              #7
              Re: MAJOR Lag Issues

              Any other suggestions? I'd really rather not have to go through backing everything up and everything else, seeing as I am only going to be on this computer and internet until I get a laptop for graduation in a few months.

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              • Koolmaster242
                FFR Player
                • Jul 2009
                • 63

                #8
                Re: MAJOR Lag Issues

                What comp is it?

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                • Lelric
                  FFR Player
                  • Jul 2008
                  • 8

                  #9
                  Re: MAJOR Lag Issues

                  Justin, I seem to be having the same problems as you, however it's not because I have Vista, as it actually only came about recently, namely when they moved from the original FFR engine to the newer one.

                  Edit: When I try using the FFR Offline engine, it freezes for at least 2 full seconds after it loads a song, making me instantly fail. Velocity Engine runs a bit better than the regular FFR engine, but it's still keeping me from AAAing or even FCing almost anything.
                  Last edited by Lelric; 01-20-2011, 06:38 AM.

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                  • justin_ator
                    🥓<strong><span style="col
                    • Mar 2007
                    • 7648

                    #10
                    Re: MAJOR Lag Issues

                    Originally posted by Koolmaster242
                    What comp is it?
                    An HP Pavilion. Running Vista.

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                    • Zageron
                      Zageron E. Tazaterra
                      FFR Administrator
                      • Apr 2007
                      • 6592

                      #11
                      Re: MAJOR Lag Issues

                      Originally posted by justin_ator
                      An HP Pavilion. Running Vista.
                      Sounds old.

                      You need upgrade. If you're doing everything you say, (Really just running stand alone flash 9 and gamebooster) and it still lags, then I'm going to take a wild guess and say your computer is not good enough to handle FFR.

                      FFR is written in an old programming language that doesn't like rendering images as much as the new one does, therefore it's much slower.

                      Good luck.

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                      • justin_ator
                        🥓<strong><span style="col
                        • Mar 2007
                        • 7648

                        #12
                        Re: MAJOR Lag Issues

                        Well I can't do anything about the computer..

                        I wiped a bunch of things off of it and in the process lost my flash 9 standalone, could someone link me to it again?

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                        • Zageron
                          Zageron E. Tazaterra
                          FFR Administrator
                          • Apr 2007
                          • 6592

                          #13
                          Re: MAJOR Lag Issues

                          Other things you can try:
                          16BIT colour
                          Safe mode (/w Networking)

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                          • Reincarnate
                            x'); DROP TABLE FFR;--
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 6332

                            #14
                            Re: MAJOR Lag Issues

                            Turn off Windows Aero.

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                            • justin_ator
                              🥓<strong><span style="col
                              • Mar 2007
                              • 7648

                              #15
                              Re: MAJOR Lag Issues

                              Originally posted by Reincarnate
                              Turn off Windows Aero.
                              Not sure I know what you are talking about, care to explain?

                              Semi-related, ThirdStyle hardly lags for me...?

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