Straight to the point, not one of use is really giving you, KI3S good help. Sure we are giving suggestions, but we are not going into detailed to help you follow through with the advise. All i can say now is to deal with the lags or buy a new computer.
Exactly what I was thinking, but you're the worst of all. You've repetitively told him just to go buy a new PC or piece of hardware when he doesn't necessarily need to do that. This thread is way too long and chalked full of useless repetitive post's. It's sad from that point.
Knacks said it best when he's told you he's running DP2 on a computer with less than half the specs of yours. It's all in the setup.
1. Lower the resolution
2. Lower the amount of colors (bits)
3. Lower the texture quality
4. Turn off the graphical features: reflective water, shadows, caustics, anisotropic filtering, etc. (those are all in the standard video options menus within DP2)
5. There are a few Q2/DP2 specific commands that might have a great impact on your situation;
a.) cl_locknetfps 0, when on it limits the fps (frames per second, low fps = "lag") to how "fast" your network is.
- type in "cl_maxfps 0" while your at it, this will allow fps to climb to whatever number you can reach.
b.) cl_sleep 1, i cant remember who said it but in this thread someone mentioned DP2 being processor intensive, this will lessen the load on your processor and should give you more fps.
Do these things and if they don't significantly improve your fps/"lag" we'll help you find more solutions.
sk89q has a great website for DP2 information, and one page dedicated to players like you;
http://digitalpaint.therisenrealm.com/reference/reducinglaghttp://digitalpaint.therisenrealm.com/reference/commandsBoth before and after you enter these commands you should use other commands to show you any difference, as well as monitor current situations. These are;
cl_drawfps 1 - which it seems you have already done.
cl_drawpps 1 - puts a number underneath the fps telling you how many packets per second are flowing.
netgraph 1 - great tool that shows a graph at the bottom that shows you how your network is running. Spikes/large jump = bad. If you've got fps issues but a nice straight line on netgraph then we know its not network related.
As for the prime95 thing....don't go that route. I realize overclocking is tempting when something isn't working right and you think you can get free speed from your existing computer. You will almost certainly destroy your hardware. If you cant make an outdated FPS run well on a more than adequate computer lets keep a bit more perspective. If and when you decide to upgrade your hardware I will be more than happy to assist you in the destruction of the old components.
Good Luck and feel free to contact me.
