Curse

aeroclown · Sep 12, 2006, 07:43 PM // 19:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Inde

*WARNING* Major flaw in the client design which they *forgot* to mention.

64 bit editions of windows are not supported by guildwars, even if its a caching issue.

I would also like to mention that I performed a test before making this last edit.

My Gw.dat file had 795 fragments, and after a windows defrag it was at 1 fragment. My assumption would be that you do not have ample disk space available to perfrom the defrag in the manner in which windows defrag does so. I also verified the results with contig.

Bare in mind you must keep atleast 15% of your drive free in order to perfrom the largest file operations, if you start getting into the 10% range your systems ability to swap data and handle large transactions tends to slow, especially if you are using a swap system that windows dynamically adjust.

Gorebrex · Sep 14, 2006, 12:38 PM // 12:38

What about increasing Swapfile size? Would that help, or are you talking about 10% of total disk space?

aeroclown · Sep 14, 2006, 07:11 PM // 19:11

As far as defraging goes yes I am refering to total disk space. If you drop below the 15% range, i don't know that windows still does this, but it used to at one time warn you that it could no longer defrage the system effectively. By that it means it will be unable to probably move and defrag the largest files.

Keep in mind that swaping is secondary to defragmentation of your file tables, you will always need around 10-15% of the drive free to do a good defrag and I would tend to go with the higher number, especially if you have lots of large files, that not the word of God that has just been my experience.

You can yes set a static swap size, though keeping in mind that you still need enough space for windows to work in and enough space to defrag in. While that can help, to my knowledge and experience for that matter, it would appear that if you get low on diskspace things just become horribly slow. I don't know the mechanics of why, though my thoughts would be that windows is having problems cacheing and moving stuff around as you access it. A static swap size may rid you of problems associated with that as the swap space I would think would be allocated to the windows swap system preventing you from encrouching on its space. Ultimately try as hard as possible to avoid filling up your disk, try your best to keep 10-15% of the drive free. While I am unsure that it will remove lag for anyone, it should help with the performance of your system overall.

bigo688 · Sep 14, 2006, 10:01 PM // 22:01

contig' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

Ya, Im having the same problem.As someone early was. I tried typing it in exactly moving around the folders so they were in the same. Everything looks right to me contig was opened right. Guild wars was installed in the default setting. Any ideas ? Also i have lots of free space.

aeroclown · Sep 17, 2006, 02:12 AM // 02:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigo688

contig' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

Ya, Im having the same problem.As someone early was. I tried typing it in exactly moving around the folders so they were in the same. Everything looks right to me contig was opened right. Guild wars was installed in the default setting. Any ideas ? Also i have lots of free space.

Grab the compressed archive and then extract it to a folder on your desktop. Open up that folder and grab the contig executable and drop it into:

[x]:\Windows\System32
Where x replaces the letter of the correct drive.

Then try to run contig again from the command line.

Set · Sep 25, 2006, 02:44 AM // 02:44

Very nice tool, I used contig and it works great. I'll have to keep this in mind when I have other apps that seem to need some speed. I'm rating your post a 5.

cyrus186 · Oct 03, 2006, 04:13 AM // 04:13

i dont have a system32 folder so i cant put the contig program in there. i tried re-installing the client and my pc exceeds the recomended requirements and im getting like 15-25fps also i dont know what the lightning bolt thing in the top right hand corner is but the number beside it just keeps getting higher ive gotten over 100MB what is it for and is that normal for it to just keep climbing like that im still getting bad lag so bad i cant play. when i try to move i just stand there and like 2 seconds later it does all the movements at once and i start running off most of the time its right into a group of enemies

Matix411 · Oct 03, 2006, 04:29 AM // 04:29

K this isn't making sense to me, I tried it and all I'm getting is "'contig' is not recognized as an internal or external command'.
I unzipped the "Contig.exe" file to the system32 folder and everything.

My system32 folder has nothing in it ........................................ except the contig.exe file.
Sooo maybe the system32 folder isn't the ACTUAL one and I don't have one? I dunno.
It's not working either way.
I'm too lazy to uninstall the client because I don't feel like re-downloading all the crap for GW.

cyrus186 · Oct 05, 2006, 04:14 AM // 04:14

ok i got the contig program to work and it said i only have 4 frags
so if thats not the problem i dont know what is going on it just started doing this the day the nightfall preview came out so i didnt get to play it

could that have anything to do with it

mhsdrums · Oct 05, 2006, 04:30 AM // 04:30

that is the type of lag i always get since i bought the game cyrus, i have no clue why it foes this. i have gotten used ot it but i wish that the lag was gone. every now and then i do get to log in at my friends house and thats always cool. ya so if any1 can fhelp with this problem, plz do, cause it will help more than 1!

aeroclown · Oct 08, 2006, 05:38 PM // 17:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matix411

K this isn't making sense to me, I tried it and all I'm getting is "'contig' is not recognized as an internal or external command'.
I unzipped the "Contig.exe" file to the system32 folder and everything.

My system32 folder has nothing in it ........................................ except the contig.exe file.
Sooo maybe the system32 folder isn't the ACTUAL one and I don't have one? I dunno.
It's not working either way.
I'm too lazy to uninstall the client because I don't feel like re-downloading all the crap for GW.

I would say if you are running windows xp and C:\windows\system32 is empty and you have the right to access and view the folder you have much,MUCH larger problems then just guildwars not working right. This folder usually contains a host of system files and applications as well as a portion of the built in drivers.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyrus 186

i dont have a system32 folder so i cant put the contig program in there. i tried re-installing the client and my pc exceeds the recomended requirements and im getting like 15-25fps also i dont know what the lightning bolt thing in the top right hand corner is but the number beside it just keeps getting higher ive gotten over 100MB what is it for and is that normal for it to just keep climbing like that im still getting bad lag so bad i cant play. when i try to move i just stand there and like 2 seconds later it does all the movements at once and i start running off most of the time its right into a group of enemies

Check the processes running, make sure your video card supports the seetings you have set in game. Just because you exceed the minimum requirements does not mean you meet the requirements of your setings. Things like antilaising use alot of system power and even more if the reslution you play at is high.

The lightning bolt is normal, this is part of Guildwars Streaming update system, when the bolt is visible you are actively downloading updates to your guildwars dat file. These are not new builds as are downloaded before entry into the game. Streaming updates very often include content you havn't seen before, Updates to exsisting content, Data for events. The system is designed to allow area net to stream the data to you if they so choose before an event or a release without you ever being able to see it util its activated. This allows you to see content with out waiting though it can affect your performance online.

iya · Oct 09, 2006, 04:34 PM // 16:34

i'm having the exact same problem as cyrus. since the nightfall preview i had really bad lag (rubberbanding, regular slowdowns, err7) and it's not normal for me, i've never had lag that bad before. after 2 weeks of this lag i re-installed my client, ran -image, defragged the .dat file (now 17 frags) and i STILL got the lag. its not my ISP (ping plotter shows the packet loss on anets side) and no-one else using my ISP experiences lag in GW. I can play CS:S and FEAR combat fine with no lag at all, but GW is unplayable from lag. what exactly am i doing wrong? or what is anet doing wrong?

Verticle Cleave · Oct 11, 2006, 02:24 AM // 02:24

You guys want a good laugh? Check it:

GG Guild Wars. @_@;

aeroclown · Oct 11, 2006, 04:47 AM // 04:47

Like I said in an above post you should try to maintain a buffer of 10 - 15 % of free disk space at all times. Doing so allows you to defrag large files with windows tools and third party tools and will most probably improve the performance of your system.

BeatWolf · Oct 11, 2006, 06:27 PM // 18:27

It keeps saying to me No fragmented files when i have over 700 fragmented on Gw.dat please help it wont work.

BeatWolf · Oct 11, 2006, 06:27 PM // 18:27

It keeps saying to me No fragmented files when i have over 700 fragmented on Gw.dat when i run contig.

Kroziun · Oct 12, 2006, 12:15 PM // 12:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by KillerGuitar666

will this mess up your GW account?
what i mean is, will Anet think your trying to install an illegal program or whatever they are called?

No, they will not. You are simply 'tidying' your hard drive and the gw.dat file will not be altered.

BeatWolf · Oct 12, 2006, 01:42 PM // 13:42

OK i need some help i took a screenshot of the CMD thing and here is what i get:

it wont de-frag the Gw.dat file for some reason and it has over 700 fragments on it. Please help i gettting alot of lag on this game and it loads horribly slow.

Redwinter · Oct 12, 2006, 03:31 PM // 15:31

Just out of curiosity, how long does this defrag typically take? I'm not sure if it froze or if it's just active.

ectospasm · Oct 13, 2006, 01:23 PM // 13:23

is there a way to connect to a guild wars server that is closer to your geograpical location? i noticed several pings in my network diagnostics were in the 200's and i have a 3mb cable line... ive been getting bad lag in gw for a few days now.