Anyone else experiencing severe framerate drops?(1.8.4)
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Hiro Queso
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03-01-2006 13:16
From: Vlad Bjornson Same crazy-low frame rates for me. Although, It doesn't really matter what I do. The poor performance kind of comes in waves - even if I just stand in one spot. I tried deleting all of my torii with animated textures - but it didn't seem to help. Snapshot of my rendering console: http://www.wallofgray.com/pics/ouch.jpgjust for reference: I am running an Athlon 2.2Ghz with a Geforce FX5500 and 1.5 Gig of RAM. I usually get about 15 to 20 fps with my current graphics settings. today it is anywhere from .5 to 13 - mostly like 4 or 5. Yes mine is identical. PS why cant we attach images here? |
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Dakind Pixel
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Join date: 26 Jan 2006
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03-01-2006 13:19
Im running a top of the line AMD 64 box with Nvidia gfx. I've been running SL at 1920x1200 with most bells and whistles on, and it looks great.
I log in today and I can hardly move around my sims. It's like the graphics engine is now using software rendering instead of my video card.
Fix this quick please!! =(
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Candide LeMay
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03-01-2006 13:21
Another observation - when I set my object details to minimum, it lags less/for shorter time. So I suspect it can be a LOD engine issue.
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Ardentua Nabob
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03-01-2006 13:28
Round of applause to Linden Labs, Finally in the 21st century I can have my very own VirtualTech LindenLabs Slideshow... Complete with all my favourite av's...  Indeed, something went wrong then. ANY game that causes my pc to give me 0.8fps... is one that isnt worth playing.. fair enough If I had a 486 but I forked out for a XFX 6600gt and a 2.8ghz Celly D... and Im still getting 0.8fps...just incredible The average fps has been gradually dipping lower and lower and lower over each update, and wait for it, LL's response will be... Make sure you close all other running applications... Firewall..ummm Anti-Virus , oh wait do you think our update could be bolloxed? nahhhh Right, now i've finished being sinister  Do you think we could please have some real reseach going into game updates than just these dismal excuses  *rant over |
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Zonax Delorean
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03-01-2006 13:29
Yep, UpdateGeom hell for me, too  It's okay for a time, then lags some, then gradually gets OK again... Use alt-shift-2 to see the thingie... |
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Hiro Queso
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Join date: 23 Feb 2005
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03-01-2006 13:30
From: Ardentua Nabob Round of applause to Linden Labs, Finally in the 21st century I can have my very own VirtualTech LindenLabs Slideshow... Complete with all my favourite av's... Indeed, something went wrong then. ANY game that causes my pc to give me 0.8fps... is one that isnt worth playing.. fair enough If I had a 486 but I forked out for a XFX 6600gt and a 2.8ghz Celly D... and Im still getting 0.8fps...just incredible The average fps has been gradually dipping lower and lower and lower over each update, and wait for it, LL's response will be... Make sure you close all other running applications... Firewall..ummm Anti-Virus , oh wait do you think our update could be bolloxed? nahhhh Right, now i've finished being sinister Do you think we could please have some real reseach going into game updates than just these dismal excuses *rant over na this one is definately a bug of some sorts. I'm sure they're looking at it, I'll join you in rants if it's still the same this time tomorrow  |
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AJ DaSilva
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Join date: 15 Jun 2005
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03-01-2006 13:35
I don't seem to have any issues with llTargetOmega stuff, but will test more later. On the plus side, I'm getting some quite impressive framerates the times it's not bad.
Oh, and they disabled attaching images everywhere but classifieds and gallery because the forums were starting to break.
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Dakind Pixel
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Join date: 26 Jan 2006
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03-01-2006 13:36
Is this looking to be Nvidia specific? I've not talked to anyone with an ATI card who has these issues.
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FlipperPA Peregrine
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03-01-2006 13:38
I've got it here too. Its really crippling. It seems to be related to any textures moving with llSetTextureAnim - try disabling them for now!
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AJ DaSilva
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03-01-2006 13:38
From: Dakind Pixel Is this looking to be Nvidia specific? I've not talked to anyone with an ATI card who has these issues. Nah, happens on both. |
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Dakind Pixel
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Join date: 26 Jan 2006
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03-01-2006 13:39
From: FlipperPA Peregrine I've got it here too. Its really crippling. It seems to be related to any textures moving with llSetTextureAnim - try disabling them for now! Where's this opton in the debug menu? Don't see the ability to turn off scripting calls. |
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AJ DaSilva
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03-01-2006 13:39
From: FlipperPA Peregrine I've got it here too. Its really crippling. It seems to be related to any textures moving with llSetTextureAnim - try disabling them for now! I can't, they all belong to my neighbours. |
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Vlad Bjornson
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03-01-2006 13:43
From: Hiro Queso na this one is definately a bug of some sorts. I'm sure they're looking at it, I'll join you in rants if it's still the same this time tomorrow Y - sounds like a good plan. I"m usually not too worried about little hiccups after an update, but this seems different - something more than just the 'settling down' period. I wouldn't be as worried if I didn't have an event planned for tonight. Guess I'll just chill for a bit... http://www.wallofgray.com/pics/meditate.jpg |
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Zodiakos Absolute
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Join date: 6 Jun 2005
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03-01-2006 13:44
It's definitely not Nvidia specific... I have a radeon 9600 as quoted earlier in the thread somewhere.
... the framerate is great up here in our sky workshop though! :/
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Jiffies Manimal
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Join date: 22 Jan 2005
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03-01-2006 14:03
Anyone think this might be related to my problem? Login of SL stops at Connection to region. Ive tried loading different regions up via the secondlife:// interface. I have a GeForce 6600 GT (nVIDIA related) and when i start the login it just stalls with progress bar blinking and stating "connecting to region". Odd bit tho is that SL is hogging just about all CPU i have. I have a Pentium 2 2.8GHz with 1 gig ram and i'm running windowed on dual screens. Yesterday before update i had no trouble with getting on SL, today i find myself frustrated with tufts of hair in my hands (previously attached to my skull) I'm just arrgghh right now  Must get on SL .. must get daily fix .. must get ooonnnnliiinee |
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Jamie Wombat
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Join date: 30 Jan 2006
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03-01-2006 14:07
I have an ATI card, and I can’t even play in the new build of Second Life, like, at all. After five minutes my computer will lock up entirely, either eventually rebooting on it’s own, or forcing me to hard reboot.
I’m fairly confident what’s happening here is that the video card is being thrown in to an Infinite loop, as the last time I had this problem that was the issue. Unfortunately, that doesn’t make me any closer to fixing it.
When I first installed this video card, a 128MB Radeon 9800 Pro, I had a similar problem with many games, however after updating the cards drivers as well as the chipset drivers, it was resolved and I hadn’t seen it since. Cut about a year ahead and here we are again with a similar problem, but only when I try to run Second Life.
I really hope this is something they plan on fixing, so that I can start playing once again, without having to switch out to a Nvidia card.
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Distar Wakawaka
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Join date: 25 Jan 2006
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03-01-2006 14:12
framerate dropped to an unplayable level with the settings i had before
need to reduce viewing distance to 128, better 96 to get a playable game with my 7800gtx now...
definetly a bug introduced with the new version
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Carry Russell
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Join date: 31 Oct 2005
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03-01-2006 14:12
checked the fast timers - for me, the lag is happening here:
Idle - World Update - Geo Update - Reserve
average value not lagging: lower than 0.5
highest value i have seen there: 670
and i get those spikes pretty much every time i look in the direction of any animated texture like water, fountains, fog or steam.
it doesnt even matter if those are visible or not - a fountain behind a house will lag me down to 2 fps.
i really hope there will be a fix for this obvious bug soon.
edit: max value changed from 435 to 670 after some more observation
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Jinsar Eponym
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03-01-2006 14:15
I'm experiencing this issue as well. Thats pretty awesome testing.
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Rhyph Somme
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03-01-2006 14:19
I called tech support and they recommended I run at a 64m Draw Distance instead of my normal 192 and that should take care of all the problems. LMAO!!!
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Neko Tank
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Join date: 16 Jan 2006
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03-01-2006 14:21
I'm runing 60m with severally low graphic settings and having this problem, plus I can see those stupid red "do not enter" things through my wall now which looks like crap
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Jinsar Eponym
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Join date: 13 Feb 2006
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03-01-2006 14:21
From: Rhyph Somme I called tech support and they recommended I run at a 64m Draw Distance instead of my normal 192 and that should take care of all the problems. LMAO!!! Did they recommend a refund for their crappy release? |
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AJ DaSilva
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03-01-2006 14:23
From: Jiffies Manimal Odd bit tho is that SL is hogging just about all CPU i have. SL always does that, it's nothing new. |
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Carry Russell
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Join date: 31 Oct 2005
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03-01-2006 14:24
From: Rhyph Somme I called tech support and they recommended I run at a 64m Draw Distance instead of my normal 192 and that should take care of all the problems. LMAO!!! tried that as well - makes 0 difference - as soon as i see any animated texture i get a slideshow. looking past the fountain: 85+ fps looking at it (like a rotation of 30 degrees of the camera): less than 5 fps looking back straight past the fountain: 85+ fps 100% repeatable so far |
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Jiffies Manimal
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Join date: 22 Jan 2005
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03-01-2006 14:27
From: AJ DaSilva SL always does that, it's nothing new. Not that i notice it using all that cpu, norton got dibs on most of the cycles anyhow. I did try to put the draw distance dorn to 64, still couldn't get in. Guess i'm stuck offline untill they get a hotfix out. |
