Major delays/lag spikes since 1.3.0.4

Terrasyn

Terrasyn

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I suppose I'm not the only one with this issue, but I am also having huge delays and lag spikes since the 1.3.0.4 update. Getting the word out there in the hopes that it may be seen by the devs.


  • OS: Windows 7
  • Processor: Intel Core i7 2630QM, 2.0 GHz
  • Memory: 8 GB
  • Hard Disk Space: 1 TB
  • Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 460M
  • .NET Framework 4.5.2
 
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When did the lags happened? Cause I always noticed that my game lags whenever I alt tabbed out of it in 1.3.0.4.(And this with parallax set to 0 and Frame Skip on.)
 
Since this update every now and then (have 2 cores, 4 threads) one of them will run at 100 vs the usual 30 percent and the others remain at 10 percent. The game drops to 50 fps vs the usual 60. During this 10 second period I can hear cutting wood or mining is slower then normal. Jumping feels sluggish, and even the enemies move slower. When it ends I can notice how the game is back to normal. Someone passing by wouldn't notice anything but playing it I can. I'm emphasizing actual game play become slightly slower. The fps is not the issue.

I've turned off and on all sorts of settings and combinations until one forum talked about changing Smart Cursor Mode to hold instead of toggle. if I start the game with it set to hold (I can still change it to toggle once in the game) I haven't had any slowdowns. I am quite sure I would have noticed it by now if that setting didn't make a difference because when it happens it doesn't take long to show up, it happens often, and every new game.

Unfortunately the 100 percent cpu usage seems to date back to 2013 with no one getting an answer. So it's near impossible to know if this is the reported multiplayer lag since the .4 update also affecting single player, or a new single player issue since .4 update, or an old issue from 2013. I just starting playing Terraria since the last .3 single player and all was fine.

I'm on a laptop
cpu - i7-4510u
gpu 840m
8 Gb ram
Windows 8.1
 
I'm playing on an older model computer than you are, but I've never had trouble with the game actually slowing down, so to speak. Single player is totally fine for me, but it's in multiplayer where things really become almost unplayable. A friend and I have sort of postponed our playing time on Terraria because of this. We began a new world and new characters with 1.3, and we're now up to the moon events, pre-Duke. It wasn't until we hit these events (and the 1.3.0.4 patch) that multiplayer and high CPU usage were noticeable issues right away. We've held off playing until it's fixed, or hopefully anyway.
 
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Terrasyn said:
Computer specs and information are listed in the original post.
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That is great, but you are missing vital information:
  • Single Player / Multiplayer?
  • When does it happen?
  • Screenshots missing showing FPS, and Network speed on Terraria
  • What worlds / characters do it or don't do it.
 
Marcus101RR said:
That is great, but you are missing vital information:
  • Single Player / Multiplayer?
  • When does it happen?
  • Screenshots missing showing FPS, and Network speed on Terraria
  • What worlds / characters do it or don't do it.
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Odd, I thought I had mentioned that multiplayer is the primary issue just above your post (and has been mentioned on multiple other topics in this forum). It's random, so I can't tell you "when" it happens, just that it's in multiplayer. My FPS is always at 60, network speed is ample enough to handle multiplayer. The only character I've played online with it is my new character. I can't say for my primary.

Remember, this has only occurred as of 1.3.0.4. If my computer specs had changed in that time between 1.3.0.3 and 1.3.0.4, I would have investigated and mentioned it (as that would have been a topic worthy of investigating and an obvious incentive).
 
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Terrasyn said:
I suppose I'm not the only one with this issue, but I am also having huge delays and lag spikes wince the 1.3.0.4 update. Getting the word out there in the hopes that it may be seen by the devs.


  • OS: Windows 7
  • Processor: Intel Core i7 2630QM, 2.0 GHz
  • Memory: 8 GB
  • Hard Disk Space: 1 TB
  • Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 460M
  • .NET Framework 4.5.2
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Turn off Multicore Lighting if U have it on :p
 
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