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TheGuildWarsPenguin · Jan 16, 2006, 09:53 PM // 21:53

Everytime i zone to Grenths from War camp, it freezes for 1 minute. Then it happens 3 more times occasionally every run in fights and it ends up as me dieing. It never lags like this anywhere else. So help?

Splatter Mcnasty · Jan 16, 2006, 10:21 PM // 22:21

Same thing here. The game lags horribly for me in only those 2 zones, nowhere else. Its bad enough that I havent gone back to GF/SF since it was released...

Oink The Pig · Jan 16, 2006, 11:36 PM // 23:36

I was experiencing this problem myself on one of the computers I play on. I only noticed this after I installed the free DirectSong music pack. So I somehow removed the music pack and now I don't get lag on that computer for those zones.

On the other hand, another computer that I use that had not experienced lag even with the music pack installed has recently begun experiencing lag upon entering Grenth's Footprint for the first time in a session, so there must be another issue.

Dwiggit · Jan 17, 2006, 05:25 PM // 17:25

This is exactly what is happening to me as well.
As soon as I enter GF, I have about 1 second before the game freezes. After about 10-15 seconds, everything starts again.
It reoccurs periodically and gets really irritating (always in the middle of a fight, it seems!)

I'll try uninstalling the DirectSong pak later this week. I hope that's all it is.

Dwig

EternalTempest · Jan 17, 2006, 07:19 PM // 19:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oink The Pig

I was experiencing this problem myself on one of the computers I play on. I only noticed this after I installed the free DirectSong music pack. So I somehow removed the music pack and now I don't get lag on that computer for those zones.

On the other hand, another computer that I use that had not experienced lag even with the music pack installed has recently begun experiencing lag upon entering Grenth's Footprint for the first time in a session, so there must be another issue.

The machine that has lag w/ direct sound, was it a Windows XP machine or another version of windows.

It may be realted to the Windows Media Player and the DRM on non-windows xp machines and was curious if this is holding true.

Dwiggit · Jan 18, 2006, 12:01 AM // 00:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by EternalTempest

The machine that has lag w/ direct sound, was it a Windows XP machine or another version of windows.

It may be realted to the Windows Media Player and the DRM on non-windows xp machines and was curious if this is holding true.

I'm running Win2K.

My computer:
2.8 GHz Intel P4 (#SL6PF, 533MHz bus, 512K cache)
ASUS P4T533-C motherboard.
768MB of RAMBUS PC-1066 RAM.
Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro - Atlantis

By the way, how do you un-install the Direct Song stuff?
It doesn't show up in the add/remove software in the control panel.

Dwig

EternalTempest · Jan 18, 2006, 04:22 AM // 04:22

Here how to disable Direct Song from GuildWars

Start -> Run -> (type in) Regedit (click ok)
Find this Registery Key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\DirectSong

Right click on it and choose Export (it will save/back up so you can re-enable it later)

Then once your done, delete the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\DirectSong
Registery Key.

(Be very careful if you edit the registry)

Dwiggit · Jan 18, 2006, 03:34 PM // 15:34

I've contacted GW Support and received an answer that supports the DirectSong theory.

I'll put my comments in another thread that talks to this issue:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...d.php?t=108994

Just need to remove DirectSong. (I just moved the directory to break the link.)

Dwig

EternalTempest · Jan 24, 2006, 11:54 PM // 23:54

Possible Fix here - http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...d.php?t=112375