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Fuzz Ball

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On and Off Lag
« on: March 08, 2009, 03:02:46 AM »
Hi I'm new to this site and Paintball 2.

Anyway, I play the game and every 30 seconds the screen pauses for a few seconds, then resumes the game as usual.

It's really annoying as it causes me to die and stuff.
My computer has the following specs:
-Intel Core2Duo 6750
-2 GB Kinston Ram
-500GB hard drive (with ample space)
-Nvidia 8600GT 512MB graphics card.

Any ideas?
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Re: On and Off Lag
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2009, 03:09:00 AM »
Do you use wireless connection? If yes, that can cause it. I had the same problem sometimes and it was because of the wireless connection.
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Fuzz Ball

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Re: On and Off Lag
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2009, 03:23:45 AM »
I play non-internet at the moment, so no connection problems.
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Bono

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Re: On and Off Lag
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2009, 03:36:14 AM »
Maybe change graphic card drivers?
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Fuzz Ball

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Re: On and Off Lag
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2009, 03:54:39 AM »
I'll see about that.

Oh and I'll add one more thing - During the few second lag, any sounds such as the gun noise or people dying, segments of the sound get repeated over and over.
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ip0d

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Re: On and Off Lag
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2009, 03:42:29 PM »
same thing happens to me except a little connection logo thingy pops up un the corner
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maxpower

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Re: On and Off Lag
« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2009, 04:27:36 PM »
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Fuzz Ball

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Re: On and Off Lag
« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2009, 09:00:51 PM »
Oh and my OS is Windows XP.
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jitspoe

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Re: On and Off Lag
« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2009, 08:14:45 AM »
Maybe a virus scanner or something running in the background?  Try running task manager and see what process is using the most CPU when paintball2 freezes up.
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i_am_a_pirate

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Re: On and Off Lag
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2009, 01:46:03 AM »
same thing happens to me now. Its been happening ever since i added the cvars to speed it up! Before I did, it just froze for a fraction of a second, only every few seconds. But now its exactly as fuzz says. I've got rid of almost every process (including explorer.exe!) and it still happens - sometimes worse.
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Fuzz Ball

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Re: On and Off Lag
« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2009, 03:06:40 AM »
I'm trying to find out whether it's my computer or its the program that's causing it... Maybe my friend downloading it stuffed it up... not sure.
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Fitz

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Re: On and Off Lag
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2009, 03:56:58 PM »
I'm using an 8600GT as well, and I don't have any problems, so you can scratch video card compatibility off the list. I'm using old drivers though (like 2 years old) so I guess you could try downgrading your drivers.
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Fuzz Ball

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Re: On and Off Lag
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2009, 11:30:47 PM »
I bought my computer 25th December 2007. I'm completely out of ideas, I don't think the video drivers are to do with it. I'll try downloading DP2 again.
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i_am_a_pirate

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Re: On and Off Lag
« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2009, 02:46:57 PM »
What kinda internet have you got? Who's your ISP? What connection speed (the actual one - not the maximum)?
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Fuzz Ball

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Re: On and Off Lag
« Reply #14 on: March 20, 2009, 02:02:30 AM »
Quote from: i_am_a_pirate on March 15, 2009, 02:46:57 PM
What kinda internet have you got? Who's your ISP? What connection speed (the actual one - not the maximum)?

Not using internet... as I said already.
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i_am_a_pirate

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Re: On and Off Lag
« Reply #15 on: March 20, 2009, 10:50:39 AM »
Ah yeah, sorry. Same thing happens with me. I just put it down to low specs and an ATI graphics card
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Fuzz Ball

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Re: On and Off Lag
« Reply #16 on: April 06, 2009, 06:54:10 AM »
I know this is bringing up a somewhat old topic, but I downloaded the latest build (26 - I had 23 before) and the problem is now gone.
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