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R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10341 Posts
November 30 2008 23:27 GMT
#1
It seems Blizzard neglected to call timeBeginPeriod, which means unless some other application requests a higher timer resolution, BW will run at the default resolution which makes short delays impossible. This is possibly why the new patch seems to make BW "laggy".

If you experience CPU lag / frame skipping / etc, give this a try and see if it gives you different values for the timer resolutions before and after.

Download:
http://r-1.ch/timerInfo.7z

Instructions:
Run BroodWar, then run timerInfo.exe. If the new cur value is lower, your CPU issues might be fixed. The timerInfo will need to remain open for the new resolution to remain set. If this does indeed fix the issue, I'll turn this into a Chaos plugin. If your old and new cur values are different, please reply with what they are as I'm curious as to how the default resolutions are determined.

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clazziquai
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
6685 Posts
November 30 2008 23:28 GMT
#2
Wow THANKS A LOT!
I might try 1.16.0 now, but someone should see how this works..

R1CH you are truly a genius. Thank you<3
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Nytefish
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United Kingdom4282 Posts
November 30 2008 23:31 GMT
#3
Have you posted this on battle.net forums?
No I'm never serious.
R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10341 Posts
November 30 2008 23:31 GMT
#4
No, this is only a hunch at the moment. I haven't been able to test it since 1.16 runs fine for me - but my default resolution is 1ms.
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GHOSTCLAW
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States17042 Posts
November 30 2008 23:39 GMT
#5
R1CH, this is amazing. thanks a lot.
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clazziquai
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
6685 Posts
November 30 2008 23:40 GMT
#6
Btw R1CH has such an awesome icon. The first TL icon that animates? :D
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Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
November 30 2008 23:41 GMT
#7
hold on, what if the old and the new cur is THE same? i have bw opened(with chaos) and both are the same. what does this mean?
eXigent.
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada2419 Posts
November 30 2008 23:43 GMT
#8
On December 01 2008 08:41 Raithed wrote:
hold on, what if the old and the new cur is THE same? i have bw opened(with chaos) and both are the same. what does this mean?


Same thing.
R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10341 Posts
November 30 2008 23:45 GMT
#9
On December 01 2008 08:41 Raithed wrote:
hold on, what if the old and the new cur is THE same? i have bw opened(with chaos) and both are the same. what does this mean?

It means your timer resolution is already as high as it can be, so you shouldn't be having CPU lag issues.
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SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
November 30 2008 23:48 GMT
#10
Try running it after lag shows up, and see if it fixes it at all,
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Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-30 23:50:00
November 30 2008 23:49 GMT
#11
On December 01 2008 08:40 clazziquai wrote:
Btw R1CH has such an awesome icon. The first TL icon that animates? :D


I believe Pop animates as well. And to be fair, Nazgul's can stab into people's sigs.

EDIT: Thanks, R1CH, I'll try this as soon as I get home
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
November 30 2008 23:50 GMT
#12
On December 01 2008 08:49 Archaic wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 01 2008 08:40 clazziquai wrote:
Btw R1CH has such an awesome icon. The first TL icon that animates? :D


I believe Pop animates as well. And to be fair, Nazgul's can stab into people's sigs.

EDIT: Thanks, R1CH, I'll try this as soon as I get home

manablue was the first animated icon if i recall
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CTStalker
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Canada9720 Posts
November 30 2008 23:57 GMT
#13
actually, it was probably arbiter[frolix]'s icon. or if you don't count that, klogon's kittyloaf
By the way, my name is Funk. I am not of your world
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States43430 Posts
November 30 2008 23:58 GMT
#14
On December 01 2008 08:40 clazziquai wrote:
Btw R1CH has such an awesome icon. The first TL icon that animates? :D

Kittyloaf moves.
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vAltyR
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States581 Posts
December 01 2008 00:08 GMT
#15
and Pop's.
내 호버크라프트는 장어로 가득 차 있어요
funkie
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Venezuela9376 Posts
December 01 2008 00:18 GMT
#16
I get the same values, and I still get lag.

?
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SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-01 00:19:29
December 01 2008 00:19 GMT
#17
You know, if someone can confirm that this fixes the CPU lag issues, r1ch could make this into a chaoslauncher plugin and we could all start using 1.16...

Someone who has lag issues with 1.16 only, please try this and report results.


edit: funkie just posted lol
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SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
December 01 2008 00:19 GMT
#18
On December 01 2008 09:18 funkie wrote:
I get the same values, and I still get lag.

?

what are the values, the cur= should be about 1 ms each
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funkie
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Venezuela9376 Posts
December 01 2008 00:24 GMT
#19
min= 15.60ms
max=0.50ms
cur=1.00ms

On Both New and Old.
CJ Entusman #6! · Strength is the basis of athletic ability. -Rippetoe /* http://j.mp/TL-App <- TL iPhone App 2.0! */
R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10341 Posts
December 01 2008 00:27 GMT
#20
Are you talking about CPU lag or UDP/bnet latency? Eg, if you run a replay at 16x, is it really fast and smooth and responsive?
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