No stuttering, but delay loading characters

[tiggus]

<p>I have a 8800GT(I know, cursed for EQ2) but was wondering if there was a fix for the problem I am having.</p><p>My FPS is decent >30FPS almost always, however when I run around I notice that characters(PC and NPC both) will sometimes not load for up to 2-10seconds.  This is especially noticeable when going to turn in quests as I run up to where the quest npc is, and patiently wait 5 seconds for him to appear on my screen.</p><p>This is absolutely KILLING me in pvp however, as I routinely die from people I never even see.</p><p>Running vista 64 bit.</p>

[Tebos]

<cite>tiggus wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>I have a 8800GT(I know, cursed for EQ2) but was wondering if there was a fix for the problem I am having.</p><p>My FPS is decent >30FPS almost always, however when I run around I notice that characters(PC and NPC both) will sometimes not load for up to 2-10seconds.  This is especially noticeable when going to turn in quests as I run up to where the quest npc is, and patiently wait 5 seconds for him to appear on my screen.</p><p>This is absolutely KILLING me in pvp however, as I routinely die from people I never even see.</p><p>Running vista 64 bit.</p></blockquote>There should be an MTU setting in your router.  Adjust it from 1500 to 1486.  Report back with your findings.

[tiggus]

<p>No such luck unfortunately.  If I read your suggestion correctly you thought it might be the window scaling bug where non rfc compliant routers mess up the mtu negotiation(I am a network guy).  I have a netscreen 5GT router/firewall and even though I am pretty sure it is compliant I set it to 1486mtu on both interfaces anyways and ran some tests, but got the same results.</p><p>Running from Wanderlust fair in Darklight Woods, I go south til I am offscreen from the town, then back.  The cluster of guards near the mailbox are completely invisible, although if I mouseover where I know they are, the chat bubble allowing me to talk to them appears.</p><p> About 5 seconds later they "pop" onto my screen.</p><p> I see this "popping" with various other objects, whereas some I can see from a long distance away.</p>

[Tebos]

<cite>Tebos wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>tiggus wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>I have a 8800GT(I know, cursed for EQ2) but was wondering if there was a fix for the problem I am having.</p><p>My FPS is decent >30FPS almost always, however when I run around I notice that characters(PC and NPC both) will sometimes not load for up to 2-10seconds.  This is especially noticeable when going to turn in quests as I run up to where the quest npc is, and patiently wait 5 seconds for him to appear on my screen.</p><p>This is absolutely KILLING me in pvp however, as I routinely die from people I never even see.</p><p>Running vista 64 bit.</p></blockquote>There should be an MTU setting in your router.  Adjust it from 1500 to 1486.  Report back with your findings.</blockquote>Dang...thought for sure that would fix it!