Pauses/delays at server and character select
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Biowraith,
Posted on: 2011-05-13 10:15 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Been doing it for me since I came back to the game (Feb) and across my old desktop, laptop and newly upgraded desktop. I know other people I've spoken to have the same issue, not managed to work out why.
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Same problem here. I get the delay, and sometimes it crashes to desktop outright...
I'm wondering whether anyone else has been having this problem (and ideally whether they've figured out a fix):
When I log in and click on a server name, there is almost always a delay of anywhere from 5 to 30 seconds before it actually gets me to the character select screen. Then the same again when I select a character before it displays the character ready to actually log on (if this delay takes too long the game thinks I was trying to move the character to another position in the roster). During this pause I'll get the busy mouse cursor and trying to e.g. alt-tab to desktop or a web browser doesn't respond until the pause is over.
Now, it didn't used to be this way - I used to get no more than a couple seconds delay, if any. Problem is I'm not sure exactly when this issue started for me. The two main possibilities are: 1) when we gained the option to quit to character select. I'm thinking that because if I select that option it always freezes up for that 5-30s when the timer reaches 0 before it actually goes back to character select, and usually has a shorter intermediate pause at the login screen (without displaying account name etc) on the way, and it's done that since the option was added (I'm just not 100% sure the other delays started then as well). Or 2) I got a new PC back in November and possibly it's only been since playing on this machine. I *think* it's since 1), but I wouldn't swear to it.
For reference I'm currently running an Intel Core i7 950 @ 3GHz, 6GB RAM, XFi Fatal1ty soundcard, Nvidia 460GTX graphics card, Windows 7 Home Premium 64 operating system, with Microsoft Security Essentials & Comodo Firewall (basic version) running in the background.
It's not a major problem as the rest of the game runs fantastically, it's just a bit annoying given I didn't used to have this problem and used to be at the loading screen within a few seconds of typing my password.