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DCing starting to make game unplayable *DELETED*

DarkGob

By DarkGob,
Posted on: 2009-07-18 14:54 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

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DarkGob, if I may make a couple of suggestions that have kept me pretty much trouble free, I'd be so happy if they help you. (I have an older HP desktop ,AGP, Windows XP.)
Here's what I do on a consistant basis.
1. Before I play, I use the disk cleanup to get rid of temp files, recycle bin, etc.
2. CCleaner is one of my best friends...I use that too, before I play.
CCleaner
3. I made a shortcut for the ipconfig /flushdns command and use that.
4. Right after a patch/maintenance I use Defraggler. (It defrags your puter like lightening.) You can actually see what files are messed up, and I was shocked at how many were CoH files!!
Defraggler
5. I turn off my anti-virus program ONLY when I am playing..it goes right back on after I exit the game. (I noticed that the lag durring the Rikti/Zombie raids is WAY less than when I was running it.)
I haven't DCd for a REALLY long time since I started doing this. Last time was quite a few months back when trying to enter a friend's base.
I know this sounds like a lot of stuff to do, but it gets done in a flash and has kept my game running like a top. If any one of my suggestions can help, I will be very happy. Hang in there, and don't give up! Good luck

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Also depending on the version of windows that you're running defraggler may not work. If that happens look into Smart Defrag.

I have vista 64 and Defraggler ran for nearly 16 hours on a fresh install with NO progress... then a little research: it doesn't work on 64 bit OS.

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Big Question: What server?
Bigger Question: What zone?
Biggest Question: What's going on in that zone?


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[ QUOTE ]
Big Question: What server?
Bigger Question: What zone?
Biggest Question: What's going on in that zone?

[/ QUOTE ]
Big Answer: All servers*
Bigger Answer: All zones**
Biggest Answer: Anything***

*Pinnacle, Triumph, Justice at least.
**Cap, Nerva, Grandville, Port Oakes, inside any mission**1/2
**1/2 Okay, I haven't tested every mission, I am reaching a conclusion based on the available data.
***I know where you're going with this. It happens inside missions, thus it's unrelated to Rikti invasions.

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Long play sessions Friday and Saturday, all on Justice. As if I'd play anywhere else. Pffft.

Missions or Invasion fights in the zones made no difference. I disconnected once Friday during an Invasion in Atlas. Once in a mission Saturday, but that was due to losing Internet completely for about 2 and a half hours.

Considering my ISP connection is a wireless connection with a big tree in my backyard that likes to wave branches between my antenna and the antenna in town during any breeze, it seems like a fairly stable weekend to me.

YMMV

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heh...maybe it was just how the MA mish was designed, but I crashed like 3-4 times in one today, since then playing everything else, haven't had a lick of trouble.