Fire controller problem


Aett_Thorn

 

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Ok, this is only on this toon that I have the problem... so far. My Fire/Kin has become unplayable since I16. Everytime I get in a mission I get horrendous lag while fighting anything and die. I don't have this problem with any of my other toons.

Has anyone had this problem with this, and how do I fix it? I have turned down the graphics on my puter already and still have the same problem with this particular toon and no other one.


"every defender needs to fight. I don't care if you have to use BRAWL!"

 

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Not sure what the problem is. My fire/kin has been fine. Could be a problem with the map or character. Have you tried either sending a petition or filing a ticket with support?


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Not yet. I was just checking on here to see if anyone has had this problem since I16. It's just so weird that it's only that one toon and none else.


"every defender needs to fight. I don't care if you have to use BRAWL!"

 

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no problems with mine either since i16. try /unloadgfx when you play it. aside from that file a ticket.


 

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Also, make sure that your Graphics drivers are up to date.


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No problems on mine or the missus fire/kins either and thats on all our farm maps.

Sharker what does the /unloadgfx do?


 

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Originally Posted by Ironblade View Post
No problem here. I did the STF with my fire/kin on Saturday. Can you identify any specific conditions for the lag? Is it related to certain powers? Is it after you summon your imps?

It just seems like with any of my fire powers. Pets/hotfeet/et. all.

I will DL new Gfx drivers tonight and see if that will fix it. If that doesn't work I will Ticket it. I do know it's not my puter. Especially if my other toons work without any probs.

Ty for the replies


"every defender needs to fight. I don't care if you have to use BRAWL!"

 

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No problems with lag on either my fire/thermal controller or my fire/fire dominator. At least not in particular. Now, if you want to talk about how the Hold animation doesn't play correctly, then I'm with you on that.

Having said that, I've had two episodes of really bad lag in the last week - like people and npc's jumping from one side of the hall to the other or dead bodies flip-flopping on the floor. But it doesn't seem related to any particular powerset or character. The weird thing about this lag is that it doesn't really keep me from moving and attacking... it's more like major graphical glitches than lag since I'm not "rubberbanding" or freezing. One time there were two of us in the party with the problem, and once it was only me. Once it never did go away and I finally quit for the night, and once it went away after that particular carnie mission was over. *shrugs*


 

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Originally Posted by Wird_ View Post
It just seems like with any of my fire powers. Pets/hotfeet/et. all.

I will DL new Gfx drivers tonight and see if that will fix it. If that doesn't work I will Ticket it. I do know it's not my puter. Especially if my other toons work without any probs.
I have another thing to check to figure out if it's the graphics or the toon. If you haven't done so already, get on a team with SOMEONE ELSE'S fire/kin and see what happens.


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All my fire/kins are working normally (one per server)


 

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Originally Posted by Ironblade View Post
I have another thing to check to figure out if it's the graphics or the toon. If you haven't done so already, get on a team with SOMEONE ELSE'S fire/kin and see what happens.
I should try this also.

Update: I did update my GFX drivers and restarted the puter like normal. Went into mission, even the one I made with AE, got hit with fire, lagged and died. It seems when I'm in a mission with fire going on around my toon other than the fire I'm generating it's lagging. I've looked at the ping rate on normal and it's holding about 200. Tried my other toons in same missions... no lag. I'm hoping my toon isn't totally borked. It's one of my faves.

I will try my other account with a different Fire/Kin and see if it's the same on that account also. I know it can't be my puter when my other toons are fine running the same stuff.


"every defender needs to fight. I don't care if you have to use BRAWL!"

 

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Something I would suggest is to type /netgraph 1

If the bar is green with very high bars, this is usually the case when your computer needs an upgrade.

If the bar is yellow, than you are missing packets, or the computer is too slow to keep up. This usually leads to everything halting, and then jumping around to place where the server says they should be.

If the bar is red, than you are losing packets. This is usually the case if your internet connection is too slow to keep up.

If /netgraph 1 looks normal, (ie low green bars) than I don't know why you are having problems.

I know on any of my toons, if I used sigle target attacks, everything was hunky-dorie, but if I used AoE's, than /netgraph went yellow and I lagged out the wazoo.

(/netgraph 0 turns off the graph, /netgraph 2 gives a larger graph)



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Ok tested the fire/kin on my other account and it's ok.

Then went to my troller on my main account and 1st costume option is unchanged with this net graph


This one is a custom color one



On my other account the grass is cut pretty low and it's ok.

But on my main when I get in fire with my fire going... LAGGGG

Ticket time here I come!

TY for the help.


"every defender needs to fight. I don't care if you have to use BRAWL!"

 

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Originally Posted by Wird_ View Post
Ok tested the fire/kin on my other account and it's ok.

Then went to my troller on my main account and 1st costume option is unchanged with this net graph


This one is a custom color one



On my other account the grass is cut pretty low and it's ok.

But on my main when I get in fire with my fire going... LAGGGG

Ticket time here I come!

TY for the help.
So you're having problems with only one costume? That's really weird. Do you have custom colors on your other account? If it's the costume that's causing the problems that sounds like a job for Sup... er, BAB's.


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Actually it's the whole toon! My other account didn't have that much lag. My other toons don't even have that much lag. Just the one. I can even turn up the settings now since I've put the newest GFX drivers and play like it's supposed to be played, except with that one toon.


"every defender needs to fight. I don't care if you have to use BRAWL!"

 

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Originally Posted by Wird_ View Post
Actually it's the whole toon! My other account didn't have that much lag. My other toons don't even have that much lag. Just the one. I can even turn up the settings now since I've put the newest GFX drivers and play like it's supposed to be played, except with that one toon.
This is really bizarre. From all you've posted so far, I wonder if it doesn't have something to do with the custom coloring, which for some reason is adding huge amounts of bandwidth use.

A suggestion to try out. Make another simple costume without any power customization coloring at all and see how that works. If it works, then you may have discovered a problem that needs to be addressed by the devs. You'll probably want to keep your exact settings for the one that is giving you problems. I recall an earlier post by someone that mentioned they had a problem of some sort when using pure white, but not if they changed it to another color - so even the specific color(s) is worth taking note of.


 

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I did exactly that. I went with the 1st graph and have a simple costume. No foo foo added to it and every setting is on original. I get some lag with that. Granted, with the updates to graphics everyone gets normal lag from time to time. There's alot of stuff flying around.

On the second graph is a custom costume and colors to powers. That's from the same toon.

Now when I switched to my other account, I was free to jump around and fling fire and chase the mobs. I will try to change the colors on that toon to see if it's any different. But on normal settings I have no huge lag like the other toon.

It's weird that's it's fire flinged at me with my fire going that I get lagged just on that toon. I even tried being in a Burn Patch with A tank that I had and no probs.


"every defender needs to fight. I don't care if you have to use BRAWL!"