horrible lag spikes when in combat
By
cybermitheral,
Posted on: 2011-06-23 21:45 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Ive been getting the same for the last 3-4 days.
Even just standing alone at the Black Market shows LOTS of red spikes in /netgraph 1.
I have added the recommended TCP/UDP ports to my Modem/Router, updated my graphics drivers and tried running the game with my AV software disabled.
I also lowered my graphics setting while running a TF and it didnt help at all.
Last week I was running the game perfectly with no lag at all (except the ITF and BAF/Lambda but we aleady know about those).
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---
DxDiag gathered at June 25, 2011 00:09 (+10:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110408-1631)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 02/05/10 19:13:52 Ver: 08.00.10
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.3GHz
Memory: 8192MB
.Net Memory Report: 6030MB out of 8172MB available
Page File: 13633MB (2709MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD10EAVS-00D7B1) 325277MB out of 491985MB (66%) free
K Drive: (WDC WD10EAVS-00D7B1) 214939MB out of 230940MB (93%) free
L Drive: (WDC WD10EAVS-00D7B1) 173227MB out of 230939MB (75%) free
D Drive: (ASUS DRW-22B1LT) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7601.17514 (64-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
No problems found.
No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce GTX 460
Video Memory: 4065 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.12.7533
Driver Date: 1/01/0001 12:00:00 AM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6235
Driver Date: 11/02/2010 9:33:10 PM
Sound Device Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6235
Driver Date: 11/02/2010 9:33:10 PM
Sound Device Description: Realtek Digital Output(Optical) (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6235
Driver Date: 11/02/2010 9:33:10 PM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: P8P67 PRO
Motherboard Version: Rev 1.xx
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Name: BIOS Date: 02/05/10 19:13:52 Ver: 08.00.10
BIOS Version: ALASKA - 1072009
BIOS Release: 20101118000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1680x1050
3D Resolution: 1680x1050 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes
Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 24059
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: 4x
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: Medium quality
Bloom: 0.802 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High
World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 0.800
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: No
Shadow Mode: Unknown (3)
Shadow Map Shader: Medium quality
Environmental Reflections: Medium quality
Advanced Occlusion Settings: Yes
Ambient Occlusion: Performance
Occlusion Strength: Slight
Blur: Bilateral
Ambient Resolution: Performance
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes
Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 0.022
Music Sound Volume: 0.000
Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.500
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 290637 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1950.201102230015.1
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
.\texts\English\Menus has 9 files
.\texture_library\GUI\Icons\Powers has 257 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\city has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Midnight_Squad has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Safeguard has 9 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\sewers has 44 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\static has 38 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Outdoor_Missions has 9 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Static has 16 files
the problem, at least for me, seems restricted to the actual RWZ, i set foot outside that HQ to do some actual combat, the netgraph goes nuts with red spikes, at that point, i can't zone or anything, have to quit to desktop to even leave the area, only other place it does this is the praeteon tutorial mission where u see the big ghoul resistance fight... think these places need some fixing, cause as it stands, i can't even get vanguard merits to get the vanguard costume parts for my brute....
edit: found out the problem for myself, turned out it was my modem, i gave it a factory reset then updated the firmware, readded the ports for CoH, and all is well with the RWZ, no lag, all smooth, so if u have a netgear DG834G, try updating ur firmware 
so i reactivated my account today, first thing i do is jump on my brute and head out to bust up some aliens, find some get into combat, and bam, starts lagging hard core, checked the netgraph red spikes all over the place, system is powerful enough to run it, here is a copy of my CoH helper
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---
DxDiag gathered at June 24, 2011 14:41 (+10:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110408-1631)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: GA-890GPA-UD3H
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
Memory: 8192MB
.Net Memory Report: 6171MB out of 8189MB available
Page File: 21875MB (2312MB currently in use)
C Drive: (SAMSUNG HD753LJ ATA Device) 51134MB out of 99899MB (51%) free
D Drive: (SAMSUNG HD753LJ ATA Device) 35444MB out of 235399MB (15%) free
E Drive: (SAMSUNG HD753LJ ATA Device) 32755MB out of 379998MB (8%) free
H Drive: (SAMSUNG HD154UI ATA Device) 232553MB out of 1430669MB (16%) free
F Drive: (ATAPI iHAS124 Y ATA Device) zero-size drive
G Drive: (SLMXA CTMZ0HM7C56 SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7601.17514 (64-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI display adapter (0x6739)
Video Memory: 751 MB
Driver Version: 8.861.0.0
Driver Date: 1/01/0001 12:00:00 AM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speakers (Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio)
Driver File: t3.sys
Driver Version: 6.10.0000.0209
Driver Date: 6/04/2009 3:22:40 AM
Sound Device Description: Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio)
Driver File: t3.sys
Driver Version: 6.10.0000.0209
Driver Date: 6/04/2009 3:22:40 AM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: GA-890GPA-UD3H
Motherboard Version: x.x
BIOS Manufacturer: Award Software International, Inc.
BIOS Name: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: GBT - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20110211000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1920x1080
3D Resolution: 1920x1080 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes
Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: Off
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: Medium quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: Medium?
World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: No
Shadow Mode: Stencil shadows
Shadow Map Shader: Unknown (0)
Environmental Reflections: Disabled
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Occlusion Strength: Off
Blur: Bilateral
Ambient Resolution: Performance
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes
Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 1.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.600
Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.500
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: Unknown bytes/second
Current Game Version: 2010.201105250125.1.0
Installation Directory: H:\Games\City Of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found
really a pain to try and play and have it lag like this, if anyone can help us out that would be awesome.
things i have done so far, are making sure my internet security suite is letting it through, opened ports on my router/modem, so i know that can't be the problem. so yeah, any insight would be nice, kinda wasting 30 bucks atm lol