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Old Apr 26, 2011, 03:08 AM // 03:08   #1
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Default Red dots bounce all over the place after minimzing

When I minimize the game and come back, the baddies bounce everywhere. They are doing so visually as well as on the compass. I desync everywhere as well. If I minimize and maximize repeatedly eventually it will fix itself.

I've never had this issue before. I did recently get a new PC but I can't be certain that it has been happening from the beginning of the new PC.

Help please.
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Old Apr 26, 2011, 03:31 AM // 03:31   #2
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When I minimize the game and come back, the baddies bounce everywhere. They are doing so visually as well as on the compass. I desync everywhere as well. If I minimize and maximize repeatedly eventually it will fix itself.

I've never had this issue before. I did recently get a new PC but I can't be certain that it has been happening from the beginning of the new PC.

Help please.
Listing your hardware specs, OS, and what other apps are running, would help. Some of the sticky posts at the top of this section give some great advice for resolving a lot of the issues in getting GW up and running properly.
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Old Apr 26, 2011, 03:36 AM // 03:36   #3
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I've had this problem too and from what I've seen and heard it's not so much on your end... rather its just how the game runs sometimes. Theres a thread somewhere on here talking about it, not sure where it is. Anyway, sometimes mapping somewhere else or just waiting a bit fixes it.
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Old Apr 26, 2011, 04:57 AM // 04:57   #4
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It's because the game still "runs" while minimized and redraws when you maximize. Happens to even "good" specced systems.
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Old Apr 26, 2011, 05:01 AM // 05:01   #5
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Old Apr 26, 2011, 12:55 PM // 12:55   #6
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It's because the game still "runs" while minimized and redraws when you maximize. Happens to even "good" specced systems.
That's the answer right there.

In other terms:
While minimized the game is still going, foes are moving around, party members are using skills and chat is being used. Data is still being fed to GW. So when you bring the window back up, the game will do a kind of fast forward from the time you minimized. It is not noticeable for short periods, but if you come back after a few hours you see the "redraw" of visuals happen.

There is nothing you can do about it, but let the game do it's thing for the few seconds it takes to resynchronize. Anyone who as done 9 rings on the Shing Jea Boardwalk can confirm this.
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Old Apr 26, 2011, 01:18 PM // 13:18   #7
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There is nothing you can do about it, but let the game do it's thing for the few seconds it takes to resynchronize. Anyone who as done 9 rings on the Shing Jea Boardwalk can confirm this.
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Old Apr 26, 2011, 03:10 PM // 15:10   #8
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Well, this isn't necessarily that. I will minimize it for a couple minutes. Then it will continue to do this situation for half an hour. It will do this until I minimize and maximize a few times.
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