[solved] lagging in games despite good internet speeds/specs

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Mimsy for President wrote:I had a similar problem but it only used to occur in battle. Resetting my hotkeys fixed the problem. I know it sounds absurd but I found out that it was due to the Attack Move hotkey.


I really suspect this is your problem (because I recognize the way you describe your problem). You should make sure your attack move hotkey is not conflicting other hotkeys otherwise the game will lag super hard once you use it.
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That makes sense because the primary thing I can think of that I changed since last I played was my attack move hot key, which I moved to G which I share with a lot of other commands.....

Gonna try this out when I get home.
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Hotkeys are very poorly implemented. They cause many issues in the game including lag. It's best not to share hotkeys on the same key where avoidable. The game just doesn't process of very well.
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deleted_user wrote:
I've experienced the same problem. Disabling Interrupt Moderation on my network adapter fixed it.
I'm assuming it would fix it for you too, google it to get started.

Considering that you didn't have this issue before: There's a good chance you upgraded your Operating system in the last few months.


I just did this and tested it. Game literally froze :(

I haven't upgraded, still on windows 8.1. Maybe I should upgrade and thatll fix it who fucking knows.


What do you mean it "froze" ? Did you do this while the game was launched?
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To test if this is on your pc's end of your internet's end, you can ask your roommates to test it or use a different pc on this net.

Also, I do recall mimsy having the freeze issue for a little while. So maybe that solution works.

Otherwise it'd be interesting to see if aoe still freezes like that when you just reinstall it freshly. Almost sounds as if its bugged somehow (the hotkey thing could be it).
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fixed. attack move hotkey issue (conflicts).
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Mimsy is useful, Mimsy is happy, vote Mimsy for President.
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Nice callen! Think you've been having lots of pc issues lately so it makes me really happy all seems sorted out for now.
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Sorry to bring this topic back up, but I think this may have happened to me...Should I reset my hotkeys and redo them manually, is so thats a lot of work.
Id rather just reset hotkeys and back them up with the file ( which I forgot where its located )
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Mimsy for President wrote:I had a similar problem but it only used to occur in battle. Resetting my hotkeys fixed the problem. I know it sounds absurd but I found out that it was due to the Attack Move hotkey.

Did you back it up first??
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Back up and take screenshots so you can easily set your hotkeys again. It shouldn't take you more than 5 minutes. The hotkey files are located in Documents\My Games\Age of Empires 3\Users3 (for Windows)
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leaf4 wrote:Sorry to bring this topic back up, but I think this may have happened to me...Should I reset my hotkeys and redo them manually, is so thats a lot of work.
Id rather just reset hotkeys and back them up with the file ( which I forgot where its located )

But what are the signs of trouble?
If is freezing of the game, try changing the hotkey attack moves that do not conflict with each other and try to play.

The file is in this folder:
Documents\My Games\Age of Empires 3\Users3\NewProfile3.xml
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Mimsy for President wrote:Back up and take screenshots so you can easily set your hotkeys again. It shouldn't take you more than 5 minutes. The hotkey files are located in Documents\My Games\Age of Empires 3\Users3 (for Windows)

Should I change the attack move to a different key or does that not matter?
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leaf4 wrote:
Mimsy for President wrote:Back up and take screenshots so you can easily set your hotkeys again. It shouldn't take you more than 5 minutes. The hotkey files are located in Documents\My Games\Age of Empires 3\Users3 (for Windows)

Should I change the attack move to a different key or does that not matter?

Try it, I've had the same problem and it was just that.
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Well im at school now, but when I get home later today I will add you, thanks.
PS : Ive used Z for attack move any suggestions to what I should move it to...for ease?
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leaf4 wrote:Well im at school now, but when I get home later today I will add you, thanks.
PS : Ive used Z for attack move any suggestions to what I should move it to...for ease?
I have it on E.
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I have attack move on F
-I have my explorer on Z
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same exact thing has been happening to me recently, games dont lag at all and then all of a sudden around 10-15 minutes the game just goes to a dead freeze. But i will never drop and i can still chat and communicate with all the players which when you are lagging normally you cant talk until the lag stops, so im just at a loss
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cedarfarms wrote:same exact thing has been happening to me recently, games dont lag at all and then all of a sudden around 10-15 minutes the game just goes to a dead freeze. But i will never drop and i can still chat and communicate with all the players which when you are lagging normally you cant talk until the lag stops, so im just at a loss

Might also be cpu or gpu overheating and start throttling down when it reaches max allowed temp.
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Thats what i thought originally but my computer is brand new so i really hope nothing is overheating or anything, im going to try to switch my hotkeys around because i did have attack move on a key which conflicted with few others and hopefully that will solve it. Is the hotkey that causes the most issues attack move?

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