HELP with LAG at Wits End!

[blazingezus]

Every other game I play seems to work fine. I'm only experiencing lag with NWN. Just so you know I have tried rolling back my video card drivers and I have taken it to Frys's.

Nothing changed the way the graphics problems. My computer pass all the Fry's tests. The problems seemed to happen after the last windows 10 upgrade. The game ran fine prior to that. I'm hoping by posting the ini player & NWN files you all might find some things that will fix the problem. The best advice I could get from the Fry's tech team was to reinstall the game, which was the first thing I did when all the problems began happening.

So let me know if I need to post anything else besides the ini files to help figure out what the problem is.


Player ini

[Game Options]
Memory Level=1
Memory Access=2
TooltipDelay uSec=100000
Enable FloatyTextFeedback=1
Hide SecondStoryTiles=0
Single Player ItemLevelRestrictions=0
Single Player Enforce Legal Characters=0
Client CPU Affinity=0
ClientEntireChatWindowLogging=1
LogMyEmoteUsage=0
In-game Text Swear Filter=0
Visible Cloaks=1
Heartbeat Logging=0
Difficulty Level=1
Log Model Errors=0
Death Logging=0
MouseoverFeedback=1
TextBubbleMode=1
TargetingFeedbackMode=2

[Control Options]
Zoom Speed=3.000000
CameraTurnSpeed=1.000000
Enable ScreenEdgeCameraTurn=1
CameraMode=1
EnableDialogZoom=1

[Profile]
ShowMessageOfTheDay=1
Client Port=5122
ShowDDMessage=0
ShowPregenChars=1
JournalPage=1
Player Name=BlazinGezus
Password=
Remember Password=1
Current Page=2
ServerList Hide Passworded=0
ServerList Hide Local Vault=0
ServerList Hide Server Vault=0
Group Room=274
Direct Connect IP=209.99.103.44:5121
[Server Options]
One Party Only=1
Game Port=5121
Max Players=6
Server Name=Server
GameSpy Enabled=1
Game Type=0
Disable AutoSave=0
CD Banned Behavior=0
Suppress Base Servervault=0
Disallow Shouting=0
ShowDMJoinedMessage=1
Saving Throw Automatic Failure On 1=1
BackupSavedChars=0
Validate Spells=1
Examine CR On Creatures=1
Examine Effects On Creatures=1
Max Hit Points=0
Hide Hit Points Gained=0
Restore Spell Uses On Login=0
Always Reset Encounter Spawns=0
Master Server Authentication Required For Player Login=0
Account validation required during Master Server down times=0
2DA Cache Size=10
MaxCharLevel=40
[Trap Colors]
FriendlyColor=0,255,0
HostileColor=255,0,0
[Script Options]
Enable Profiling=0
Enable Logging=0
[Banned Ips]
0=
[Banned Players]
0=
[Banned CD Keys]
0=
[Keymapping]
Action37=40
Action38=41
Action39=42
Action40=43
Action41=44
Action42=0
Action43=0
Action44=0
Action45=0
Action46=0
Action47=54
Action48=55
Action49=56
Action50=57
Action51=58
Action52=59
Action53=60
Action54=61
Action55=62
Action56=51
Action57=52
Action58=49
Action59=50
Action60=64
Action61=86
Action62=53
Action63=87
Action64=100
Action65=88
Action66=81
Action67=80
Action68=91
Action69=94
Action70=93
Action71=85
Action72=0
Action73=75
Action74=76
Action75=0
Action76=0
Action77=0
Action78=0
Action79=0
Action80=0
Action81=0
Action82=0
Action83=0
Action84=0
Action85=0
Action86=0
Action87=95
Action88=83
Action89=0
Action90=101
Action91=97
Action92=79
Action93=82
Action94=48
Action95=0
Action96=78
Action97=68
Action98=0
Action99=0
Action100=103
Action101=0
Action102=102
Action103=47
Action104=46
Action105=70
Action106=71
Action107=45
[Favorites Page]
Server0=209.99.103.44:5121
Server1=
Server2=
Server3=
Server4=
Server5=
Server6=
Server7=
Server8=
Server9=
Server10=
Server11=
Server12=
Server13=
Server14=
Server15=
Server16=
Server17=
Server18=
Server19=
Server20=
Server21=
Server22=
Server23=
Server24=
Server25=
Server26=
Server27=
Server28=
Server29=
Server30=
Server31=
[History Page]
Server0=209.99.103.44:5121


NWN ini

[Alias]
HD0=.\
CD0=.\
OVERRIDE=.\override
TEMP=.\temp
MODULES=.\modules
LOGS=.\logs
LOCALVAULT=.\localvault
DMVAULT=.\dmvault
SERVERVAULT=.\servervault
TEMPCLIENT=.\tempclient
SAVES=.\saves
CURRENTGAME=.\currentgame
HAK=.\hak
PATCH=.\patch
NWMFiles=.\nwm
AMBIENT=.\ambient
MOVIES=.\movies
MUSIC=.\music
[Sound Options]
Music Volume=0.05
Voice Volume=0.05
SoundFX Volume=0.05
DisableSound=0
3D Provider=RAD Game Tools RSX 3D Audio
Environment Effects=0
Number 2D Voices=16
Number 3D Voices=16
2D3D Bias=1.60
Speaker Type=1
[Display Options]
AllowWindowedMode=1
Width=1280
Height=720
BitsPerPixels=32
RefreshRate=60
TexturePack=3
SafeMovie=0
FullScreen=1
UseLargeFont=0
[Config]
FirstRun=0
Connection=0

[Paradoom]

The line client cpu affinity=0 is wrong. This has to be -2

[Lil' Mikey (Msowby2)]

Change your client port to a random four digit number. If you share the same (default) client port with someone you both experience severe lag in addition to bugging the server. Like Doomy said changing the CPU affinity to -2 will really help as well (do what I said for both clients if you have)

[Paradoom]

What Mike said. Basically you have to set a different port for each client that will be connected to the servers through the same IP address. Like if you multibox or you have 4 different ppl. using the same internet connection. the value for the port has to be a different one for each client in a range of 5000 to 65000 (to keep the numbers simple).

so change Client Port=5122
to Client Port=5500
for game 1.
Client Port=5600
for game 2 and so forth.

[FunkySwerve]

Feb 24, 2018 21:16:51 GMT Lil' Mikey (Msowby2) said:

Change your client port to a random four digit number. If you share the same (default) client port with someone you both experience severe lag in addition to bugging the server. Like Doomy said changing the CPU affinity to -2 will really help as well (do what I said for both clients if you have)

You are actually blocked from logging in on the same ip and port, on HG, because of the bugginess it causes. Acaos wrote an entire plugin for that purpose. Guessing your issue is the cpu affinity, but you DEFINITELY need different ports for multiboxing.

Funky

[condude]

Autofailon1=0 is awesome as well! (Just kidding, I know that doesn't work).

[Deleted]

This post seriously helped me so much! Was having lag issues while using a 2nd account which made it unfun. Thank you so much Doomy!!

Ray

[droidarmy]

Try adding

nwnplayer.ini
[Game Options]

Max Memory Usage=128



I've found I have to play in windowed mode to get things to behave nicely. Per this:

nwn.ini

    [Display Options]

    AllowWindowedMode=1

    FullScreen=0

Then adjust your resolution as necessary. Need to useMouse3+move to rotate, or <--> arrow keys (or other assignment) but works pretty well for me.

[blazingezus]

Well those little changes really helped! Though the images are far from smooth I'm no longer experiencing major lag spikes when there is heavy animation. I have no clue why the images aren't running flawlessly, but I guess that will remain a mystery.

Thanks for the help Paradoom & Lil' Mikey!

[blazingezus]

Feb 25, 2018 8:10:59 GMT droidarmy said:

Try adding

nwnplayer.ini
[Game Options]

Max Memory Usage=128



I've found I have to play in windowed mode to get things to behave nicely. Per this:

nwn.ini

    [Display Options]

    AllowWindowedMode=1

    FullScreen=0

Then adjust your resolution as necessary. Need to useMouse3+move to rotate, or <--> arrow keys (or other assignment) but works pretty well for me.

Well I did not see any differences when I added the Max Memory line under game options. So I'm just gonna remove it. Also the slight choppiness doesn't change when I change screen size either. Thanks for the suggestions though!

[ubernoobgaming]

Thank you for the responses, helped me greatly when trying to play and also when I play with my dad! Was a great success!

[technoprisoner]

I was partied with someone last week who was having Lag problems, and he found that making sure the Audio was set to 2D, not 3D made a huge difference.

[chainlink]

Setting GameSpy Enabled to 0 might help too as I suspect you're not using this to log in and Gamespy has caused me some issues in the past.