Reduce Lag, Crashes, Disconects - Complete list of things you can do.

[Karl]

I downloaded Razer Cortex a few days ago, and running that has actually helped a lot with the stutters, lag in big fights. Still need to try it more, but ATM just running that seems to help.

you launch game from desktop as normal no need to launch from Cortex, but you can, and it adjust the pc while playing the game automatically, and restores it to defaults after you log out of the game.

https://www.razer.com/cortex

Interesting! Do you configure Cortex at all or just launch game from it?

[DirkDaring]

I downloaded Razer Cortex a few days ago, and running that has actually helped a lot with the stutters, lag in big fights. Still need to try it more, but ATM just running that seems to help.

you launch game from desktop as normal no need to launch from Cortex, but you can, and it adjust the pc while playing the game automatically, and restores it to defaults after you log out of the game.

https://www.razer.com/cortex

Interesting! Do you configure Cortex at all or just launch game from it?

You can if you want, just add the game to the library list, and go to game booster and set to auto boost, then you can select system booster, and go through the sections it`ll clean up pc, optimize your system, and defrag your games to help with fps, then as long as Cortex is running, you can launch any game from Desktop, and it will auto boost the game you launched, no need to use the launcher in Cortex you can also sign in as a guest so don`t need to register with them.

[Kpi]

I downloaded Razer Cortex a few days ago, and running that has actually helped a lot with the stutters, lag in big fights. Still need to try it more, but ATM just running that seems to help.

you launch game from desktop as normal no need to launch from Cortex, but you can, and it adjust the pc while playing the game automatically, and restores it to defaults after you log out of the game.

https://www.razer.com/cortex

Interesting! Do you configure Cortex at all or just launch game from it?

You can if you want, just add the game to the library list, and go to game booster and set to auto boost, then you can select system booster, and go through the sections it`ll clean up pc, optimize your system, and defrag your games to help with fps, then as long as Cortex is running, you can launch any game from Desktop, and it will auto boost the game you launched, no need to use the launcher in Cortex you can also sign in as a guest so don`t need to register with them.

You add the launcher, or War-64.exe?

[DirkDaring]

Interesting! Do you configure Cortex at all or just launch game from it?

You can if you want, just add the game to the library list, and go to game booster and set to auto boost, then you can select system booster, and go through the sections it`ll clean up pc, optimize your system, and defrag your games to help with fps, then as long as Cortex is running, you can launch any game from Desktop, and it will auto boost the game you launched, no need to use the launcher in Cortex you can also sign in as a guest so don`t need to register with them.

You add the launcher, or War-64.exe?

I added the war 64 exe and then used auto boost, as well as system optimze, and game defrag , and launched the game from desktop, not through cortex, when hame launched you will see the icon bottom rght of screen at launch showing boost numbers, and you can at top of screen in gAME it will list FPS etc n green

When you log out of the game it will auto reset to setting pre boost .

[Karl]

I downloaded Razer Cortex a few days ago, and running that has actually helped a lot with the stutters, lag in big fights. Still need to try it more, but ATM just running that seems to help.

you launch game from desktop as normal no need to launch from Cortex, but you can, and it adjust the pc while playing the game automatically, and restores it to defaults after you log out of the game.

https://www.razer.com/cortex

Interesting! Do you configure Cortex at all or just launch game from it?

You can if you want, just add the game to the library list, and go to game booster and set to auto boost, then you can select system booster, and go through the sections it`ll clean up pc, optimize your system, and defrag your games to help with fps, then as long as Cortex is running, you can launch any game from Desktop, and it will auto boost the game you launched, no need to use the launcher in Cortex you can also sign in as a guest so don`t need to register with them.

Awesome! tried it and it works great! ty!

[BluIzLucky]

Don't see it mentioned here, but recently tried using a RAM drive (ImDisk), I just put the entire 12GB RoR folder on it's own RAM drive.
This seems to have removed lag related to blob loading and slightly reduced screen load times, but haven't tested it a lot and was hoping to catch a LotD or maxed fort but didn't happen.


I'm still getting some lags from big combat due to my weak CPU, so doesn't fix everything, but worth a shot if you have +16GB RAM (maybe less if anyone can advise targeted files/a better way).

[BluIzLucky]

@Tesq, gonna reply here since messages sometimes gets stuck in my outbox for weeks/months.

I used this (ImDisk) from https://sourceforge.net/projects/imdisk-toolkit/

It's free and allows any size.

Install and open it, and then create drive from the RoR folder.
This will create a new "disk" drive, there's additional settings to mount it on pc startup (this will reserve 12GBs of RAM even if you don't play, until you unmount).

And sync back option to physical drive on pc shutdown (this will slow down system shutdown especially if you don't have a SSD, but will save any file changes, such as patches, settings and addons).

There's also a RAM Disk program on steam called DimmDisk for about 10£, worth checking out if you don't trust free programs...

edit:
link to set up guide:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/174 ... -10-a.html

Just change..
3.A: to 12 GB instead of 1 GB (this leaves about 200 mb at the time of writing, you may need more)
3.E: if you decide to launch on windows start up, you may need to change your windows settings, but it will prompt you for this.
Open a File Explorer and go to: Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Power Options\System Settings
and turn off "fast start up":


5.B: to your RoR installed folder (e.g. C:\Warhammer Online - Return of Reckoning)

You should now have a R: drive, run the RoRLauncher.exe from here.

[Tesq]

testing now, i had to put values in mb cuz my folder is 12,1 gb so was better but 12.5k mb

[vekkth]

Tesq did some research on Logonproblems and strange CPU behaviour:

1-FIX for: Stutter, freeze, crash while loading, crash while loading and click on loading screen
2-FIX for: lag while enemy blob fight you / use channeling
3-FIX for cpu multicore bug on old games:
4-FIX for fullscreen erros/ app crash:

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fix 1) it is similar to "4gbpatch" i wrote on forum some years prior since it's about problems regarding xp era games problems. It's not a client bug in strict sense

basically from some week i had an increase chance to get crash when log in or out, /rel and closing the game:
i gave a look at my windows event register and i found error 0x00000005.
Digged a bit regarding old games/xp era and before i found multiple site which point into a nasty memory access error which is what i tried to track from a lot cuz for what i saw on warhamemr dawn of war 1 it had a similar problem but different fix.
It seems windows require most of the program to be write using some windows software criteria and when a program does not behave like windows want, a "background process nuke the application", that process is to make windows protect from harmfull programs such virus etc to what i understand

the name of the background process is called " Data Execution Prevention (DEP)" - under win7(till win 10)

it is possible to selective disable it for 32 bit program such as warhammer (so both war.exe and war64.exe can be added to exeptions) while for 64 bit application you need to use prompt and total disable it on the computer; since i also had show a problem with my amd gpu i currently testing it completly disable on the computer but i had tried and also the simple war.exe exeption and it does work

I can say for sure that the random crash when i was log in-out , do /rel, or closing client are gone for good, so while i reserve for future comment on client performance under zergy fight i can say 100% client is stable now (using the script for no combat log and using the borderless window, i gona try fullscreen from now on) No crash whatsoever ( it even apply the t1 de bolster faster when login into zone as side info..)

windows event handler/register dont give any more application errors now

to reach "DEP" user interface on win 7 pro : controll pannel-> system -> advanced option > "under performance" click on "option" (in win 10 is in a similar spot but im with 7 )

fix 2) it is what you may had experienced in city when is just 24 vs 24 and it is gpu related; to check if you gpu is wrong set up (especially in OC) restart client; when you loging on server martyr square and after conenct you need to observe when the voice " handshaking"happen if it take 2 second or more from handshaking to next voice then your gpu is not workign right with warhammer.
This is also the reason why after previously fix the borderless windowed is stable vs crash meanwhile full screen isn’t. Fullscreen is more all in all more subject to crash if your gpu is not optimized for warhammer.

The first pass is set your gpu to default from the overclock or any modification, then re try log in out if the handshaking take 1 sec or less or you dont see the animation fo the flames not freeze (the more fluid it go the better ) then the gpu is not well sycnro with the client behaviours

after that you need check what is the default/base clock speed and memory clock of the gpu; when that is done you need to progressivly increase em both in % and not see how much you can pump, if the syncro the base value the gpu will lag on warhammer.

NOTE: not all values work, my amd rx 550 bost till 15% work well but after with warhammer it became unstable, it also became unstable on other xp /7 era games such tw attila and DoW 1. (atm is set on 10% cuz seems heat and prolonged session had an impact aswell)

NOTE 2: if default values dont work try to toy with both clock and memory for about 10% of the values (exemple 1500 mhz →1650 mhz) and so on first on clock speed only and test then with memory only and test, when you find the value that dont make the handshaking voice lag you can start boost in %.

NOTE 3: full overclock but freeze on handshaking will work badder then default but with no freeze on handshaking

NOTE 4: auto overclock wont work since it gona push both clock speed and memory speed to the limit and it gona make gpu unstable for warhammer.

NOTE 5: check handshaking short after set manually the gpu values because test after a while will give a false freeze due the gpu being in idle clock so just test every time immediately (no need to freak eh), you can ignore any later freeze while handshaking when log in/out or after a client restart.

fix 3) write in search msconfig and press enter; inside the new tab on startup options click on advanced,
Now manually set the number of core that windows will use to the max value.
Now warhamemr will be assigned to whatever core is free instead being always link to the first one

fix 4)dont use borderless and use screen calibration for set gamma profile, full screen have a lot of problems and with the other fix windowed will perform better than full screen under any measurable values.

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NOTE: all these changes are being tested by me personally over 1 week in which my cpu has been replaced aswell, from an a 6300 to a a4-760k on which i had passed from a 4.ghz with frequency increased frequency (from 100 to 103) into a 4.5 ghz with only increased multipler on cpu with base 100 cpu frequency.

I wrote this additional lines because stability for warhammer is better than raw power and also your gpus need NOT to be too fast than your cpu or it will bottleneck itself and lose some cycle for some ankward reasons.
(what is happening is that cpu will outrun the gpu and make photogram it cant use and freeze/ stutter.

All of a sudden i think i have #2 issue, with long Handshaking line and flame freeze, but i have no idea how to fix this - i have 3070 running in stock numbers.