Control Lagging (Not a Bug)

[dakidda913]

I started up Wind slayer today. The first thing that I noticed was how laggy I was. I know it can't be my computer, or my internet connection because I play solstice just fine. But when I play this game. I press to move or to jump and I move to like the other side of the map. I have re logged several times. Is this a server issue, and a few others experienced the same issue? Feedback, tips advice? Please and Thank You.

[sirviney]

Take note that about 10,000 players were logged into the server at the same time, for the first time.

Right now I have no lag - So it's either YOUR internet connection or YOUR computer.

[dakidda913]

my connection is fine. mayb I should attempt a reinstall or something like that. modem reset.

[pazza26]

nah i get this lag 2 i play fiesta only had a little lag at time like (boss fight events) but in wind slayer i am getting huge lag i hit a monster and it take like 5 sec before it move again. also it takes ages to got though tele's.

This is the same for my girlfriend. We both live in Australia so i think that might be the problem

[come4]

its not just aussie im thinking. I get it to, im in sg. I noticed this problem in nearly all the different versions of windslayer i've played.

[leo6557]

i cant play fiesta or solstice without my computer most likely crashing or freezing to the point that i have to restart it. i know that at first the lagg was bad but bearable so i changed to ch 2 and the lagg was gone. try ch 2 thats the only advice i have besides the connection being bad or far.

[SKiNG]

I've noticed improved performance when running at full screen.

[shezarock]

I get a lot of lag too.

I press RIGHT and it moves right about 1.5seconds later. That's a lot if you think about it. Maplestory has more people logged in (and many more servers at that) so there's "no excuse" for Outspark on that.

My internet connection is fine, I get no lag on Maplestory.

My computer is great thanks, 3GB RAM, GeForce 8600GT GB.

Fix this lag, because until then there is no point playing this game over Maplestory.

And while I'm at it, Maplestory is exactly the same as this game. The cash shop button is in exactly the same place. The mini map is exactly the same style.

And while I'm still at it, the resolution on this game is ridiculous. If Maplestory is 1024x768, then Wind Slayer is 800x600. I run 1280x1024 and I can notice a wuality difference between Maplestory and Wind Slayer.

That's two games in a row that have suffered extreme lag. Add in the fact that there hasn't been any news on Project Powder since November, and the many months that we have been left in the dark about Blackshot's status, Outspark really needs to get their act together.

Fix this before I start paying Nexon money.

[sedgezilla]

Amen to that guy. It is NOT our internet connections or our computers, I can run any other game perfectly.

[shezarock]

Not to mention, Maplestory, which is virtually the same as Wind Slayer, works fine with NO lag for me. Same OS, same internet and all.

[BloodLimit]

There's problem on the server... I think its the high capacity of players it has because it happens to me randomly.

[dakidda913]

I am assuming it is the server. a lot of people signed up for closed beta... so I am assuming they created a small server for the cause. My computer has pentium 4 processor 2.5 gb of ram nvidea 8400 GS with Broadband connection. I'm pretty sure it isnt my connection or computer.

[bigdog1291]

i dunno what it is. but i figured it out. theres about a 30 second to a minute delay. THIS MUST BE STOPPED! the game sux becuase of it

[asdasd12222]

I have the same problem I have played almost all other outsparks games from CBT Fiesta and many more with almost no lag and my laptop is fairly new but still plays outsparks games fine but this I click right and about 2 sec. later i move (like most people in here) it gets me mad and I have played MS but with this lag i see no reason switching to WS until this is fixed (don't know why my date is messed up)

[Sintei]

i get no lag whatsoever hmm

[LordTech]

I've been reading the forums and this appears to be a common problem amongst MS Vista users. I am not sure what is causing this, but some people claim that setting the process priority to high or realtime helps. Others claim that running in fullscreen mode helped them. Unfortunately for me, none of the above solutions work.

If I had to guess, I would think that there is perhaps a compatibilty issue with their keyboard input library and MS Vista. The reason I say this is because they are not using the standard DirectInput library, but rather one that is based on IME (Input Method Editor) for multi-language keyboards.

I would also like to add that the issue is not likely caused by lag. Since I have the same issue, I did an experiment to see if it was caused by lag. The experiment went like this:

Everytime I typed "Marco", my friend would reply with "Polo". At the same time, I would also jump (Up Key). Well, my friend replied to all my "Marco"s within a second of me typing it. The jump, however, would take anywhere from 5 to 10 sec on average. Oddly, while there was never any lag on the chatting, the control lag would vary from "not too bad" (2 sec) to "absolutely horrible" (30 sec).

[bigdog1291]

i duno bout any of that keyboard crap. but im from PA and ive got so much lag i think my longest lag was about a min top. maybe its just that the server is so flooded that the animated crap like running and jumping is just lagging out and the chat isnt because chat dosent take as much programing

[zombeau]

Agreed.
My computer can run any game that is currently out with all graphics cranked and will be able to for quite a while to come.
I even have enhanced high speed internet.
We're not the problem.
For me, only arrow key input lags, while everything else in the game runs smoothly, very strange.

[bigdog1291]

maybe its in the programing. thats my only lag problem too. give it a few days, they'll fix it

[zkrychekz]

my game lagness was really bad..i play fiesta last year b4 the update for christmas was really nice...i don't face any lag..but this time,omg...only GOD knows..:(

[LordTech]

I have the lag issue...but I noticed something strange.

For some reason, the movement lag doesn't always occur when I run WindSlayer. About 80% of the time the lag will occur, but 20% of the time the lag is completely gone. Best yet, the lag is gone the entire time... even if I go back to the channel select screen. It is only when I close WindSlayer and run the EXE again in does the lag reappear.

Therefore, perhaps the issue has something to do with how WindSlayer initializes the keyboard and only occasionally works.

I would like the rest of you to try this and see if it works for you too.

[shezarock]

There's problem on the server... I think its the high capacity of players it has because it happens to me randomly.
Maplestory has at least 10x the amount of players that Wind Slayer does, and there is no lag.

[BloodLimit]

Maplestory has at least 10x the amount of players that Wind Slayer does, and there is no lag.

Yet, Maple Story is a full game without server bugs and capability issues, got many channels as well as servers but Wind Slayer is on CB which may have alot of issues coming directly from the server.

[shezarock]

I don't care.

Outspark knows what lag there was in Blackshot, they shouldn't make the same mistake again.

[xxryuichixx]

Dude. Chill it's a CB for a reason. They test how everything is working and fix the problems. I don't think you realize that they cant know the exact amount of lag when they haven't testes the game before. Patients everything will be fixed by the time the game comes out. :D

[sedgezilla]

Dude. Chill it's a CB for a reason. They test how everything is working and fix the problems. I don't think you realize that they cant know the exact amount of lag when they haven't testes the game before. Patients everything will be fixed by the time the game comes out. :D

Hahaha you said testes.

[guinefort]

Take note that about 10,000 players were logged into the server at the same time, for the first time.

Right now I have no lag - So it's either YOUR internet connection or YOUR computer.

Yeah, just because you aren't experiencing lag for a couple seconds doesn't mean it is suddenly us. Our computers are overpowered to play this game, and I have a T1 simply because I get free IT stuff. It's not me, and it sure as hell isn't the connection on this side.

[LordTech]

Geez... I can't believe all this fighting about lag. Anyone experiencing this phenomenon knows that it is NOT caused by network lag.

As been discussed before, the only thing that is slow is the arrow keys. Everything else: chatting, monsters, other player movements all move at normal speeds. This is proof enough that the game is connected to the servers just fine and that something more mysterious is really going on.

So please, stop bashing Outspark for stupid lag issues. This is the first week of closed beta, so you should expect problems anyway. And instead of complaining about it, do something productive and write a detailed bug report about it. That's what I did.

[silver-wolf]

to tell u its only a week =/ and they might have another week another time like blackshot