Ryzom

Hey guys. I want to thank everyone that has already helped me try and sort this out. I thought that maybe getting it here in the forum might make it available to more readers and potentially reach a solution.

The Problem:
The game runs at roughly 50% speed. All spells, actions, movement - even forage progress bars, move at about half-speed - then do a rubber band-like effect to catch up with realtime.

Example1: I'll see in my system info log that I was attacked by a mob, then about 5 seconds later I see the animation of the attack on screen, but all in slow motion.

Example2: The top bar, showing the amount of time left on a forage node, slowly drops to about midpoint - then suddenly the node expires.

It's very frustrating and results in excessive DP.
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My System:
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 2.66 Ghz (2 cpu's)
6GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM (OCZ Gold)
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
ABIT IP35-E Motherboard
WD 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA HDD
Windows 7 64bit
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Troubleshooting:
Ryzom worked fine on this setup a few weeks ago - but last week something happened and now the slowness won't go away no matter what I try. (It stopped working one day to the next, nothing changed from my knowledge.)

(It runs fine on a borrowed XP laptop, so I know my ISP and internet connection are not the problem.)

Things I've tried, but still haven't fixed it:
- Windows restore to a few weeks ago, when it was working.
- Uninstall any recent automatic updates, turn off auto-update.
- Reinstall those same updates, turn on auto-update.
- Update video card drivers.
- Load game in OpenGL, Load game in Direct 3D.
- Perform a windows repair from windows 7 install discs.
- Uninstall Ryzom, reinstall from scratch 3 times to different locations.
- Clean out inside of PC, check connections on cables and ram.
- Unplug some older IDE/SATA secondary HDD's.
- Reboot x 500.
- Check for virus/spyware with results of a clean PC.
- Download free trial of WoW to test another game, no lag there.

At this point I can't think of what might be causing it. I know its a problem with my PC - something that either broke or fried or whatever that isn't communicating with Ryzom.

I don't know if its my CPU, Ram, MB, HDD failure, or something jacked up with Windows. If anyone is a tech guru and thinks they might have the solution to what is causing me all this grief - I would love to hear your suggestions.

Thanks,

Update*

No it's not fixed, but the plot thickens.

I set up an old outdated laptop next to my desktop yesterday. The desktop is plugged into the modem/router and the laptop was going wifi from the same modem/router.

The laptop, a much older and slower machine, using wifi, was getting a much better connection in game.

UP ~400
DL ~500
Ping ~150

But my computer, which has better everything, connected via ethernet cable, was getting:

UP ~1200
DL ~2600
Ping ~150

So, something was causing my computer to get much slower connection speeds, even with a better (ethernet) connection.

I replaced the cable, with no improvement. I ran multiple virus/spyware scans on the desktop, with 0 results found.

What else would cause my computer to get much slower connection rates, through the same ISP and modem as the laptop?

Update

So, after simply connecting a secondary "empty" HDD, everything decided to run smoothly.

I don't know why, or understand it at all. But it works, and I'm not going to tweak with anything.

Thanks,

Well it does seem odd but first thing that comes to my mind... How much free space did you have on the first HDD? Ryzom was always a resource hog from what I recal. Duno if that has improved any lately.