Unveiling the secret of 'Lag Spikes'!

[Cyndane Drake]

Greetings everybody!

I'm here today to unveil to you the secret of the well-known lag spikes, the little moments your FPS drops abit and you get the feeling somebody with bad intentions entered your grid.

Now, if you dont want to ruin your immersion and dont want more chance to survive getting ambushed on PvE, dont read further.



If you do, here's what you got to do:
There's an option in your files that shows your "bandwith meter". Next to your FPS and Ping meter, it will show you your bandwith.
This is incredibly usefull and, above all, legal!

What you do is go to C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Darkfall\Character\0\CHARACTER NUMBER

Then open gui_manager_persistance and do CTRL+F to search. Type in "band" or whatever. It will show you "Show bandwith meter?" with below it "false" in quotes. Change false to true, and you're done!

If you were already in-game, type /gui_persist_load and it will show you your bandwith instantly.

Now! The Bandwith Meter User-Guide!

Usually when out pveing alone you will find you use about 2000 bandwith. Sometimes 2500, sometimes 1500. When a mob spawns it might go to 3000 for a second. Dont worry about that.

But here's the trick. When you get a lagspike it is always unclear wether its just loading a building or a mob or just lagging for fun, youre never sure if its a player or not.

But with the Bandwith Meter if it spikes to 4000+ and stays like that for about 3 seconds or more, you know for sure you're not alone...!

It gives you enough time to get away before the cavalry arrives to kill you and steal your precious items you have been farming for hours.

There you go! Happy hunting, and keep an eye on your Bandwith Meter!

EDIT: Just so I'm clear, open gui_persistance_manager with Notepad.