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lag meter client side
Tarina Sewell
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07-15-2008 11:27
what can I do about client side lag?
Imnotgoing Sideways
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07-15-2008 11:35
You can upgrade your hardware/drivers and get hardware that can better render the picture on the screen. Or, you can dial back the graphics settings to something more suitable for your computer. (^_^)

Check your attachments for laggy items... Fancy hair, feathers, flexi, and stuff like that can really drag you down. (^_^)

Then again, as some of the SL5B builds have proven, sometimes you're just in an inefficient build where the builder didn't take in to mind the many causes of client side lag (Animations, transparency, dynamic lighting...) (^_^)y
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Dante Tucker
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07-15-2008 11:38
Unless what he is talking about is true lag. In that case you need to upgrade your internet connection/not download so many torrents :P

Also I must say I detest the naming of the "Lag Meter" Perpetuating the incorrect belief that low fps is called "Lag"
Imnotgoing Sideways
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07-15-2008 11:50
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lag

From: wordnet.princeton.edu

Noun

* S: (n) slowdown, lag, retardation (the act of slowing down or falling behind)
Lag is not necessarily a network issue. Net lag, client lag, server lag are all correct uses of the term. Low FPS = latency between the rendering of one frame to the next = client side rendering lag. (^_^)y
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Dante Tucker
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07-15-2008 11:55
From: Imnotgoing Sideways
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lag

Lag is not necessarily a network issue. Net lag, client lag, server lag are all correct uses of the term. Low FPS = latency between the rendering of one frame to the next = client side rendering lag. (^_^)y


Ok ^_^

Don't you think we should come up with seperate names though? The use of lag to refer to things like fps slowdown is rather new, and I think it would be handy to seperate the ideas.
Especialy with all the one line questions i get mentoring "What do I do about lag?"
Imnotgoing Sideways
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07-15-2008 12:04
From: Dante Tucker
Ok ^_^

Don't you think we should come up with seperate names though? The use of lag to refer to things like fps slowdown is rather new, and I think it would be handy to seperate the ideas.
Especialy with all the one line questions i get mentoring "What do I do about lag?"
Heh... That sure beats "What do I do here?" (=_=)

But, yeah, been there. My first response is usually "Net lag? Client lag? Server lag? (o.o)" and then they start spelling out their real issue. But the OP did fine and said "client side lag" to begin with. Lessee how things turn out. (^_^)y

BTW... No lag on me! \(^_^)/
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Kitty Barnett
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07-15-2008 13:12
From: Dante Tucker
The use of lag to refer to things like fps slowdown is rather new
It's new? :confused: The vast majority of times I see people complain about lag it's due to client side issues/problems/slowness and not SL related.

"A skybox is less laggy than on the land" (You're still on the exact same sim, there's no difference between 20m or 4000m altitude)

"Particles/sculpties/flexi are/is laggy" (Entirely client-side, nothing to do with the sim)

"Rezzing is slow" (said when everything's rezzed for me after 20 seconds so will be due network latency, network bandwidth, bad client settings, etc. Can be sim/grid side but not usually)

And dozens more...