Freezing in Graff Mines

1. Title: Freezing in Graff Mines
2. Reproduction Rate: Seems fairly random.
3. Blocker?
4. Details:

This is fairly new behavior for me. Every now and then the game lags while in the mines. I don't seem to see this anywhere else. On a few occasions the game as simply stopped responding and it's faster to end task and restart than try to wait it out. Restarting seems to help for a little while.

1. Steps to Reproduce: Unknown
2. User Specs:

Win 7 SP1 x64
6G RAM,
GeForce 9800 GT
AMD Phenom 9650 Quad 2.3 GHz

 

Graff Gem Mines performance issues are currently known and being worked on. If you are able to provide further details like what you were doing at the time you started to experience gameplay hitching, it would help us to continue to isolate the causes. /bug or /loc would also provide useful location data to find specific locations to test. Thank you for reporting.

 

Ah sorry I didn't see it in known issues. Come to think of it there did seem to be a couple of trouble spots where I noticed lag quite a bit.. twice that it froze up was while mining a node and once when I tried to zone out. I'll get some /loc next time I'm in. I was keeping to the first chamber.

 

Probably related, there is a game freeze in Kingsport just after you come off the bridge, heading away from town. My screen freezes just as I get to the first lot on the left. This is the only place I have noticed this.

 

This is the same thing that happened at the last release. In Graff Gem Mines at /loc -6.2, -9.9, 102.9 The game actually stops responding and the message I get is "ALTAIR9000 - Networking communication closed by server" At this point we are booted back to the Login screen. When I log in, I have lost my pet (and the cool down is back to 0. When I come back in the game it is at the same spot.
This happens to me 100% of the time in SP and Friends mode. I have not tried in MP mode.

 

Same for me, happens like 1 in 5 times, freezes for like 10s. Its about 4-6 paces from the bridge heading toward the exit.

 

Ok just for starters.. the nodes my game froze at are both copper nodes at..

-10.8, -10.0, 65.1
-2.9, -10.0, 34.1

In both cases the nodes appeared to be there when I logged back but where unusable. After a few minutes however they both respawned normally and became minable again.

Also the time it froze up when zoning out was at..

-16.0, -10.0, 30.2

In this case it froze as it tried to zone me out of the area.. that is right at the moment of transition but before the transition screen. The no-/zone debuff kicked in though despite me still being in the mine.

Just some notes that may.. or may not be relevant. My general routine in Graff is to carry a torch and turn on all the lanterns and work the first room clockwise and on perma walk. (No running in the mines!) I always play in windowed mode and several times it got laggy I was also looking at the forums.. not sure if that is just coincidence or not as it isn't consistent.

Now one of the areas that seemed to give me issues frequently is about at

-25.9, -10.0, 32.7 Stepping here apparently plays that weird sound like you stepped on gravel.. or fortune cookies or something..

at -32.4, -10, 27 Just lagged for a few seconds. This has been a real trouble spot.. Has even locked up here once I believe.. Most of my issues seem to be around here and is pretty consistent.

Will just list other places as I come across them.

-34.7, -10, 24.3
-43.8, -10.1, 24.2
-28.9, -10, 49.8 - Froze up mining the copper node here. (End task after about 40 seconds)
-7, -10.1, 56.8
-46.1, -10.1, 36.7 - Froze here while updating this post.

Second time a row.. game froze trying to zone back home.

 

Salut,

I've got the more or less same behaviour in the graff mines but it is not related to a node(s). In the Level -1, while I am running in the tunnel bringing to L -2, right before bumping into the two skelletons (1 fighter & 1 archer) coming from a short dead end tunnel on the left, I get stuck for about 5-10 sec (screen freeze) then continue normaly.
Since last update, It is shorter and doesn't occur 100% of the time anymore but still happened.

A+
Debcool

 

Pretty much the same, at about same location

12/25/2015 12:06 PM
Reproduction Rate: 100% when skeletons are alive
Blocker? not really
User Specs:
OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (6.1.7601) 64bit
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz (8) System RAM: 8143
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 GPU RAM: 4008
SotA.PreAlpha.Win.64.363.Date.12.18.15
Area: Graff Gem Mines
Loc: (-5.6, -9.9, 103.4)

10-12 seconds freeze (fortunately the skeletons are frozen as well)
light spell on, weapon drawn or not, solo or not.
I only have this in a NEW instance of the dungeon (i.e. as long as I stay inside the big occurs only once)

hope this helps.

Hennda

 

You mean the problem goes away if you kill the skeletons? I've never had need to go beyond the first chamber so I haven't been past it really since below any skeletons went in. (Consequently I have no idea where they are )

 

Salut,

On my part, no. Actualy, it happen when I see them. Then it freeze, go on and I fight them.

As Kliirkast mentioned:

Loc: (-5.6, -9.9, 103.4)

10-12 seconds freeze (fortunately the skeletons are frozen as well)
light spell on, weapon drawn or not, solo or not.
I only have this in a NEW instance of the dungeon (i.e. as long as I stay inside the big occurs only once)

That's it.

A+
Debcool

 

Well, I've never seen them.. and thus never killed them.. and my problem never went away so..

 

12/25/2015 5:17 PM
Title:
Reproduction Rate: 100%
Blocker?
Details: At this very location twice the game lagged for 20 seconds or more. I had gone into the mine once and hit this very spot then left the mine. Logged on hours later and when I got to this spot again it lagged in the same way. I lagged AND the skeletons lagged. The whole game lagged for some reason.
Steps to Reproduce:
User Specs:
OS: Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (8) System RAM: 12271
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 GPU RAM: 973
SotA.PreAlpha.Win.64.363.Date.12.18.15
Area: Graff Gem Mines
Loc: (-3.0, -9.9, 104.2)

 

I want to confirm the posts of Debcool and Kliirkast.
I have the same problem at the place with those 2 skeletons.

This time it even kicked me out with this message: [ALTAIR9000] Networking connection closed by server.

Only happens the first time I pass this point. But happens everytime...

Never had this before.