How can MAPS lag so much harder than any other area ?

I'm not sure if you are aware of the engine fault / memory leak / honestly , i'm not sure WHAT it is exactly , but i am 100% sure in its existence and 100% able to reproduce the issue over and over with ease.

So to explain... POE will run amazingly smooth (assuming you have a *decent pc), as long as you stay away from CHAT. The minute you start bouncing chat channels, etc... something under the hood goes ape shit , and slide show and chunky performance can be attained with ease.

A quick reboot , everything is functioning fine, will run 100% perfectly for hours, until i hit that fucking chat again. This has been going on for years and years with this game, since even closed beta. Anywho, just pointing this out for any unaware.

For me my guild chat makes no difference, so it is probably a problem related to drivers - anything with the graphicsengine structure, but I am sure, it is not the only problem.

Technically asked, what is the difference between a zone in some Act and a Map, besides the item you need to open it and the device to open maps, I mean from the programming structure ?

Why are both able to have mod properties - but both are of different quality to play for me. Is it, because a map is hosted for only a few people max and the Act zones do have more capacities on the server or something, and how come, this does only affect me with low graphics and cpu power, while others with elitist machines play under the same circumstances of the server distribution without problems, maybe it is that the net traffic is being bottlenecked by the calculations for the rest of the game "experience" ?

Maybe it would help somehow, to give net traffic a higher priority somehow.

It is always like, when I get close to a mob I do not see yet, suddenly it lags, that is when I know, a unknown mob is attacking/acting now, while I cannot even see it yet, I can only pray and hope to survive the first 3 seconds, then I can start to move again.

Maybe there can be also done something, like mobs activities will be preloaded at a higher range means, before they get activated, so it is not like from 0% - 100% instantly.


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about the config file
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Well the modifications of that config file, we discussed here before, I realised, the modifications did not affect the ingame settings, and were all worthless, I tested all of it with the result, that the performance does only change, when the ingame shown settings do change aswell.

This lead to the result, that those variables

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texture_quality=1
shadow_type=hardware_3_samples

except for

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use_dynamic_resolution=true
dynamic_resolution_fps=17
framerate_limit=17
framerate_limit_enabled=true
texture_filtering=4

have no influence on the performance and can be neglected, while I am not sure, that

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texture_filtering

does have an influence but I could not tell, since dynamic_resolution is not stable or predictable.

Those are the values I am using, and that allowed me now, to "play" maps which look way worse than diablo II, actually Diablo II graphics would be an upgrade for me now as it looks.

Also the lag only disappears in between the fights, as soon as mobs trigger there is no telling of what is going on, if it is a good idea to use a flask now, or use a guard skill, so I always use those when it lags to improve my survivability, I can almost get experience, I had even 2 maps, where I left with some exp left after killing the boss, but this exp is gone by now already again, next map it is going away again.

Idk why people with low system specs are discriminated, in a way, that prevents them from leveling.

Maybe it is like, GGG does not want people, who cannot afford expensive Equipments, because people like that will probably not even buy stuff.

Is it a whale fishing mechanic ?

It is not like, I did not support this game from early days on, but still I do not deserve to play it with a certain fun factor instead of frustration ?

I cannot really follow here.


Btw. I have been asked for my hardware, it says :

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adapter_name=Intel(R) HD Graphics 500(#0)

Ok, please do not cry if u read this 😅

Haha , problem solved. Get a GPU. That intel is just not gonna cut it mate.

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Tamo_Tua wrote:

Technically asked, what is the difference between a zone in some Act and a Map, besides the item you need to open it and the device to open maps, I mean from the programming structure ?

Maps have to consider all the random events that can spawn. They might be acknowledging everything that can spawn in maps at all times.

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JoannaDark wrote:

Haha , problem solved. Get a GPU. That intel is just not gonna cut it mate.

Quote for truth, a 4-5 year old iGPU is literally nothing. A used old GPU for 30-50 bucks like a GTX760/HD7700 would increase your performance by 600-1000%

Guys, I am not getting ANY hardware to play this game, if there are many games like that which run just perfectly fine, even with more mobs than PoE.

Hardware is never a solution if there is a software solution possible.
You sound like you want to preach "brainless" consumption as solution for everything, which is not meant as an insult, you might actually be intelligent idk and I am not interested in judging you, I mean just this

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buy new, buy more, bigger, better, faster, more expensive

this is a brainless mechanism and does not lead to a better game.

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I want to show you something, where this hardware development has brought us,
with my hardware I play Diablo II and it looks like this compared to PoE

Year 2001 game I can play with my hardware even many times parallel without lag



Year 2020 game PoE I can barely play with my hardware even with the lowest possible settings looks like this




Decide for yourself, which one does look better ? Performancewise this is not a question at all. Also keep in mind, my screenshot from PoE is bigger you have to zoom in a bit to see how blurry it is.

name 5 games with more mobs than poe which dont lag

One is 2D - The other is 3D. They cant be compared, for many other reasons, but, bottom line is, if you will not upgrade and get a real gpu, poe will not play well for you.

Good day.

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jabeleta wrote:

name 5 games with more mobs than poe which dont lag

Why 5 ?
U mean only modern games like :

Grim Dawn - Crucible
Torchlight II

or also not so modern ones like

Titan Quest

I am sure I would know more than that if I would invest time in thinking about it.

You have to know, those games TLII and TQ had Addons, that multiplied the ammount of mobs, and gave them powers and such, still it performed way better than PoE.

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JoannaDark wrote:

One is 2D - The other is 3D. They cant be compared, for many other reasons

You don't even want me to compare it with the other named games !
I play them with high resolution, x8 Filter, and settings are mainly "high", which I know means nothing but i did not want to make PoE look bad, that is why I compare it with DIILoD, and as you saw, I could do that.

I like PoE, and I love the Devs of this game also, look what they achieved from quasi nothing. But they also ignore certain aspects that need attention badly.

Look, you can love it or hate it, but the bottom line is, the games system requirements directly call on a decent powered GPU. Not an integrated chunk of junk.

GGG needs to do nothing about this, because they have made that clear. This is on users to supply the adequate hardware on their end, or dont. You can even come here and complain if you like, but i am not going to argue about it.

Get a GPU, or dont. Good day.