Fix for consistent lag?

[Shoopman]

I started playing online a few days ago, and what I noticed right off the bat was that my game would slow down to 45 FPS from 60 in 2 or 3 stocks worth of time on nearly every game that I would play. The people I played against reacted as if this was an abnormally high rate of lag, and I was wondering if there was any way to fix or reduce the consistency of the lag. I'm playing on Comcast internet using a wi-fi router on Windows 7 64 bit if that matters at all.

 

[asianaussie]

Close external programs, especially downloaders and ones that connect to the internet (Sony Vegas Platinum was an annoyance to me). I've had iTunes mess up my kaillera fps before, and fullscreen games are out of the question. Stuff like MSN/AIM/IRC is usually ok.

Alternatively, try P2P. Directions in the smash index.

 

[Shoopman]

I just tested it out offline, and the lag seems to have to do with the fact that I made the game 800x600 instead of the default size. Once I put it back to 640x480, the lag seemed to have stopped. I'll have to test it out online tomorrow.

 

[dandan]

any details about your computer's specs, because running the game at 800x600 should be trivial from even remotely modern pcs.
also, what plugins are you using in pj64?

 

[House]

Don't use wi-fi for online ssb, seriously.

 

[Blackstreet Boy]

Don't use wi-fi for online ssb, seriously.

That is probably why my ping jumped from 7ms to 112ms

 

[Shoopman]

I assure you my specs are not the problem. I have 4 gigs of RAM, i5 processor and a 1 gig graphics card. I'm using the default plugins except for the audio one which I changed to try to alleviate the choppy music. They were all on the dropdown list of the plugins that come with the program.

Edit: I just tested it online and it seems to be good. Most games run anywhere from 55 to 59 FPS which I'll assume is normal. I just don't know why the resolution affected it so much.

 

[ciaza]

You should generally be getting a constant 60fps. If it's dropping below that often I think you still have problems =/.

 

[Shoopman]

Are there any settings I can tamper with to try to get a constant 60 then?

 

[NovaSmash]

its probably the wifi

 

[Sangoku]

I thought it might be the wifi too, but why would he lag offline?

I have a way worse computer and I can run it at 1024*768 without any problem.

 

[ciaza]

I use wi-fi and am lag-free, so I believe the variable lies elsewhere. As a quick question, are you trying to play while other people in your house are using the net, it's the cause of most of my lag.

 

[ballin4life]

I use wi-fi and am lag-free, so I believe the variable lies elsewhere. As a quick question, are you trying to play while other people in your house are using the net, it's the cause of most of my lag.

wifi is definitely worse than wired. You might just have really good wifi

 

[ciaza]

Agreed it's definitely worse, but I don't believe you can know for sure it's the problem 100%. Maybe if he ran a test and tried wired somehow to see if it lagged then, we'd know for sure.

 

[Shoopman]

I can try wired when I get home today. I still don't get why it would only run well at 640 though.

 

[DMoogle]

If it runs fine on one resolution but not another, then I'm pretty sure it has absolute NOTHIING to do with your connection.

 

[Shoopman]

I just tried my wired connection and it still hovered around 57. I guess I'll just deal with it or stop playing. I don't like playing with my PS3 controller anyway.

 

[SuPeRbOoM]

What graphics plugin are you using for Project64k?

 

[Shoopman]

I'm using Jabo's Direct3D8 1.6. It's the one it comes with and it's in the dropdown 3 times for some reason.

 

[SuPeRbOoM]

You should try using Glide64. I've always had problems with Jabos 1.6 plugin.

 

[Shoopman]

I installed it into my emu and things seemed to run smoother at least offline. Does it still work if I'm not hosting the game though? I just played a guy who said it was his first time online, no character code or anything and it went back to 640 resolution (it defaulted to 800 when I switched to glide) and it went back to the same 57ish FPS I was getting before.

 

[SuPeRbOoM]

In the plugins folder you need to rename your Glide64.dll to Jabo_Direct3D7.dll inorder for it to work online. Project64k resets to the default graphics plugin when going online(Jabo_Direct3D7), so get around that you need to rename the .dll file.

 

[Shoopman]

Makes sense. Will it always be 3D7? The default mine came with was 3D8.

 

[SuPeRbOoM]

The filename in the plugins folder should always be named 3D7, whether it's the 3D8 plugin or not.

 

[Shoopman]

I tested my game with 3 different people after renaming the plugin and it ran at a smooth 60 FPS for the entirety of the matches. Thanks for the help everyone. Mod close por favor.