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Starcraft II stutters but FPS is fine.

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NapNap
Profile Joined July 2011
United States15 Posts
September 16 2012 00:58 GMT
#1
About two weeks ago I noticed Starcraft II starting to stutter every now and then. Now it's gotten to the point where I'm losing almost every ladder game I play because the game stutters every ~5 seconds. My FPS stays at a constant 550ish. I am on wireless but the router is about 10ft (3m) away. (I have no choice, I can't drill holes in the wall) My wireless signal is fine and it's worked perfectly in the past.

I run Starcraft II with everything on low.

My PC is pretty good:

i5 2500K @ 4.2GHz
GTX460
12GB G.Skill RAM
Corsair TX650w PSU

and so is my internet:
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Has anyone else had this problem? What can I do to fix it?
Medrea
Profile Joined May 2011
10003 Posts
September 16 2012 01:00 GMT
#2
Try the unit preloader and see what happens.
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Lokerek
Profile Joined December 2011
United States441 Posts
September 16 2012 01:09 GMT
#3
Did you try other online games to see if it is only sc2 related ?
For like 1-2 days I had similar issue but in CS:GO where I would stutter every 3-4 seconds (unfortunately didn't try SC2 that time). It stopped and it appeared that there was problem with ISP in that area.
Since your FPS does not drop I do not think it would be pc performance and your pc excells sc2 requirements.
EdenPLusDucky
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
571 Posts
September 16 2012 01:28 GMT
#4
ctrl alt f while ingame and see how many network spikes/min you are getting
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20326 Posts
September 16 2012 01:29 GMT
#5
My FPS stays at a constant 550ish


In what world do you have 550fps? Im running i7 950@3.72ghz and gtx580 on mostly low settings and i cant push fps over ~350 in a 1v1 map with only me in it. Later in the game it almost certainly floats below the triple digit mark
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Medrea
Profile Joined May 2011
10003 Posts
September 16 2012 01:30 GMT
#6
No once cares about FPS on an empty map while looking off into the untextured blank part of the map.
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NapNap
Profile Joined July 2011
United States15 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-16 01:38:30
September 16 2012 01:35 GMT
#7
Unit preloader helped a little bit, but it still lags.

@cyro: http://i.imgur.com/wQub0.jpg
I'm not trying to brag; I'm just saying that I know it's not a framerate issue.

I'll play a team game in a bit to check the network.

Thanks guys

edit: I've played CSGO and a few other games and they all run fine.
EdenPLusDucky
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
571 Posts
September 16 2012 01:41 GMT
#8
You should reinstall starcraft 2, since that will also fix the wrong fps counter problem.
Pusekatten
Profile Joined March 2011
Norway234 Posts
September 16 2012 01:55 GMT
#9
Do you get the same problems when you use a wired connection?
Have you tried to turn off your overclock and see if that solves the issue?
NapNap
Profile Joined July 2011
United States15 Posts
September 17 2012 19:54 GMT
#10
Sorry about the delay. I had to reinstall twice, but that seemed to have fixed the problem. Thanks guys!
Antylamon
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1981 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-17 20:06:23
September 17 2012 20:06 GMT
#11
I have the same issue, but my wireless internet is having a lot of problems outside of the game too. It usually says I have 300 FPS, even when I'm lagging.

Would a reinstall or two solve part of my problem too? :/
NapNap
Profile Joined July 2011
United States15 Posts
September 18 2012 02:51 GMT
#12
Actually nevermind. It was fine for about 4 games then during a ladder session it started to stutter again.
Medrea
Profile Joined May 2011
10003 Posts
September 18 2012 03:43 GMT
#13
On September 18 2012 05:06 Antylamon wrote:
I have the same issue, but my wireless internet is having a lot of problems outside of the game too. It usually says I have 300 FPS, even when I'm lagging.

Would a reinstall or two solve part of my problem too? :/


Network and framerate issues are unrelated.

This is why people say they are lagging when they are having framerate issues, are simply wrong. Because now I have no idea if your problem is that units are not taking orders for a really long time, or your framerates make everything appear like a fast slideshow. In fact since people use that stupid word for two completely different things, its confused people into thinking they are the same!!
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Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20326 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-21 06:24:01
September 21 2012 06:22 GMT
#14
On September 16 2012 10:35 NapNap wrote:
Unit preloader helped a little bit, but it still lags.

@cyro: http://i.imgur.com/wQub0.jpg
I'm not trying to brag; I'm just saying that I know it's not a framerate issue.

I'll play a team game in a bit to check the network.

Thanks guys

edit: I've played CSGO and a few other games and they all run fine.


Thats crazy high framerate, no idea how you have that high o.o

I dont use the sc2 framerate monitor though, normally FRAPS.

The game stutters like that pretty often (without dropping fps), just game time comes to a sudden stop for a small period with server lag, or dropped packets, or just a bad connection, but the annoying part of that is that one of your opponents dropping packets or having other issues with battle.net servers can result in the game that you are BOTH in stuttering constantly
^similar so if you dont get the same issues when playing offline vs the ai then it is probably connectivity related, even if not on your end, on the server or your opponents end.. people seem to have had a lot more issues recently
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Boblhead
Profile Joined August 2010
United States2577 Posts
September 21 2012 06:24 GMT
#15
Ive been getting this as well as of late. Its annoying especially for micro. When i run a tracert it always comes out to like 24-28ms but in game it spikes to well over 500. My spikes per min goes up to like 40-50, its really annoying T_T;;
EdenPLusDucky
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
571 Posts
September 21 2012 06:25 GMT
#16
On September 21 2012 15:24 Boblhead wrote:
Ive been getting this as well as of late. Its annoying especially for micro. When i run a tracert it always comes out to like 24-28ms but in game it spikes to well over 500. My spikes per min goes up to like 40-50, its really annoying T_T;;


You should wait out till next tuesday when they do server maintenance, everytime they do maintenance it either makes it worse or fixes some issues.
Boblhead
Profile Joined August 2010
United States2577 Posts
September 21 2012 06:31 GMT
#17
On September 21 2012 15:25 EdenPLusDucky wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 21 2012 15:24 Boblhead wrote:
Ive been getting this as well as of late. Its annoying especially for micro. When i run a tracert it always comes out to like 24-28ms but in game it spikes to well over 500. My spikes per min goes up to like 40-50, its really annoying T_T;;


You should wait out till next tuesday when they do server maintenance, everytime they do maintenance it either makes it worse or fixes some issues.

Well hopefully it will fix the problems, I think i have like a 20% winrate because of this lag, and it always lags early game and late game, never mid game, Its like I'm playing on kr servers Z_Z
Marcus Arcadia
Profile Joined May 2010
Philippines92 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-01 14:52:45
November 01 2012 12:55 GMT
#18
Deleting SC2-related folders in "C:\ProgramData" seemed to work for me.

Edit: After 3 matches, problem came back. Tried this (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=363257), but problem also came back after a few matches.
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