Multiplayer loading freez

[nsvir]

Hi,

I have a huge freeze when connected to 199.115.118.225 16018.

I think this is caused by the internet connection.

Does anyone have this problem ? Is there something to do to avoid that ?

[haetsinc]

I'm having this problem as well. The window goes black for a few seconds as soon as I connect, and then the world loads, but I can't move or type.

[fogleman]

#define USE_CACHE 1

If you change that to 0 (in config.h) does it fix the issue?

[sprocklem]

I was having this issue as well and this fixed it for me.

[nsvir]

Same issue.
It's better with a faster connection but the macro doesn't fixe it :/

[matthewhegarty]

craft consistently froze for me after about 20 seconds of playing when connecting to default server. Setting the USE_CACHE to 0 has fixed the issue

[MrSilent]

Unbelievably smooth on win7 build. Still issues with loading client. Most likely only affecting those of us with low flop rate onboard VGA's. Cache value change helps. Maybe create a subprocess to handle cache. Still trying to wrap my head around the world of C programming. Till then hope my input is of some value. Merry Craftmas!

[fogleman]

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Just added several rendering options here. Try disabling some items for improving performance.

Also, for slow caching during multiplayer, try the "ring" branch (writes to cache on a background thread - data is sent from main thread and stored in a ring buffer before writing) and report back to let me know if it helps.

[MrSilent]

Thanks. When you mentioned the buffer it made me think to create a ramdisk and put the craft.db in it. Getting about 60 fps now. Just gotta remember to save the db before shutdown.

[matthewhegarty]

Still freezes for me - with USE_CACHE enabled or not. When USE_CACHE is zero, server grinds to 0fps. in both cases the entire X session freezes and I have to kill the craft process.

[fogleman]

I've done some profiling and implemented performance improvements. See if it's any better.

[MrSilent]

Yes. Working great with full config. I can start moving right away after the cache is initialized.

[matthewhegarty]

great - much better - seems fine now