WoW Performance Issues/Tweaks, Etc - Page 5

Ashika · 01/12/09, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by Lilija

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I've had the same problems as you, stuttering gameplay and freezes when in combat. Even to the point where it would freeze up longer then 10 seconds. Apparently Satrina's Buff Frames caused this problem because when I disabled this addon the problem completely vanished. Just mentioning it because I didn't suspect this addon to be the problem at all untill I disabled it.

Papajan · 01/12/09, 11:13 AM

In response to the combat log + Lua discussion, mod authors can choose whether they want to receive events before or after the user's builtin filter. I don't think I've seen or heard of anyone using the filtered events though, so turning the filter to none won't do anything to things like Recount. That said, back when they added the new combat log, turning it to none seemed to help my fps on Shahraz' Fatal Attraction (which was a huge fps killer that patch).

In addition to the usual tips about pruning mods and setting them up to be lean, etc: if you run Recount and your fps gets spikey, reset the data. I mean I've got plenty of free memory, but once Recount starts to consume more than say 15m or so, everything starts to chug. Once I clear out the data, everything goes back to normal. I thought it was supposed to self-manage all those things, so I don't know why it works, but that's a biggie for me.

Trouble · 01/12/09, 11:17 AM

I recently installed Windows XP service pack 3 and I seriously regret doing it. My game performance went down and I've had a very strange bug where whenever my computer is doing a lot of processing input from the mouse gets queued and doesn't execute until after the processing is done. The computer isn't lagging, I can move the curse, but I can't CLICK. So like when I'm at the WoW loading screen I just have to sit there staring at my computer and wait for it to finish because the clicks won't register until after the loading is finished. I've been unable to find a solution or even reference to this problem anywhere and am considering pirating Windows 7 beta just solve the issue.

diospadre · 01/12/09, 11:31 AM

The windows 7 beta is free and publicly available.

the_mort · 01/12/09, 12:13 PM

Originally Posted by Ashika

I've had the same problems as you, stuttering gameplay and freezes when in combat. Even to the point where it would freeze up longer then 10 seconds. Apparently Satrina's Buff Frames caused this problem because when I disabled this addon the problem completely vanished. Just mentioning it because I didn't suspect this addon to be the problem at all untill I disabled it.

There was a problem with some older versions of SBF and Buttonfacade, those should be gone if you use the newest versions available on curse/wowinterface.

xmod2 · 01/12/09, 3:32 PM

Re: The combat log.

Before the new combat log was released, my UI would have the combat log tab "pulled out" and off to the side of my UI (a throwback to my old EQ days I suppose).

After the new combat log came out, I noticed a ton of video lag in Hyjal and during combat in general. Once I tucked the combat log back behind the general tab my video lag would go away.

Seems to me it may have more to do with rendering the combat log than parsing it. This was repeatable pre-LK, though I haven't pulled my combat log out since then.

One problem I'm still having is that when I die my whole screen freezes up for a good 10 seconds. It only happens after I'm already dead (so nothing I can do about it), but it can be pretty annoying and I haven't been able to get rid of it yet.

Schnappi · 01/12/09, 5:10 PM

Originally Posted by xmod2

One problem I'm still having is that when I die my whole screen freezes up for a good 10 seconds. It only happens after I'm already dead (so nothing I can do about it), but it can be pretty annoying and I haven't been able to get rid of it yet.

I was able to solve that issue by disabling the Curse profiler. I think it gets automatically installed if you use the updater.

Valerys · 01/13/09, 3:36 AM

I have a rather odd problem. I am using Ventrilo along with windowed, maximized WoW. My Vent push to talk key is right Ctrl. However, I am unable to use it while in WoW - when I press it, nothing happens. I have to Alt-Tab out of WoW and then press it in order for it to register and allow me to talk. This problem appeared sometime halfway during TBC and has been annoying me since. Can anyone guess what might be the problem?

Philondra · 01/13/09, 3:51 AM

If you are running windows Vista, try setting Ventrilo to run in administrator mode. I do not have this problem in WOW, but I do in other games and noticed that setting it to run in admin mode fixed it there.

dr_AllCOM3 · 01/13/09, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by diospadre

The windows 7 beta is free and publicly available.

I tried 7 for one day. WoW runs great. 7 is like a much more polished, less demanding Vista. It will be great when it's bug free.

Originally Posted by xmod2

Re: The combat log.
[...]Seems to me it may have more to do with rendering the combat log than parsing it. This was repeatable pre-LK, though I haven't pulled my combat log out since then.[...]

WoW doesn't like displaying lots of text in it's chat frame. I could get it to it's knees pretty easily with realtime output from my simulator. If the combat log text flies by, then it's time to filter it. The default filters are bad.

Pater · 01/13/09, 11:35 AM

WMP worked like a charm for loading time in Vista. I got to character select in less than 5 seconds, down from ~30 typically. Not sure if it boosted in-game FPS; only a small change, if any.

Jrieper · 01/13/09, 3:02 PM

I have tried everything in this forum but still have a problem...

I just built a new PC, I can post specs if needed, but WoW is giving me trouble... It runs flawlessly for about 5 seconds and then drops to 10 or so fps for 3 seconds and it NEVER fails to do this... Anyone had this problem before? Any suggestions on how to fix it?

Dralmoo · 01/13/09, 5:43 PM

I had a similar problem with a brand new high-end PC, I had to roll back to the previous GeForce video driver release. (17x rather than the more current 18x. In my case the culprit was an .exe program related to the driver that would spike up in CPU usage in accordance with the lousy frame rate periods.

Manniefresh · 01/13/09, 6:21 PM

I am playing on a Penryn Macbook. Anyone know if there is any noticeable difference between the OSX and Windows clients?

zork · 01/15/09, 9:00 AM

Three graphic options can have a major effect on the frames per second. That is:
- farsight (fog)
- shadows
- spell details

The effect from spell details comes into play in situations where 10 people start spamming AoE-spells and such.

Next to graphic options addons can have a major effect on fps aswell, especially in raids. If your game performance is far superior by deactivating all addons you need get yourself a performance mod and check the CPU usage of your addons. If one of your addons breaks through the roof get rid of it and replace it with a "smaller" solution.

To track your addon CPU usage (not memory usage, CPU) use OptionlessHouse : WoWInterface Downloads : Miscellaneous or Addon Manager : WoWInterface Downloads : Miscellaneous