FFXI skipping

[lovehatehero]

Well i just recently purchased a new cpu and installed FFXI on it. I go to play it after installing it and it has a constant skip issue. About every1.5 secs it skip ever so slighty and its seems to be at a constant interval. It doesnt make it unplayable but it really degrades the enjoyablity of it. I have read some ofrum saying that if you have a USB controller it will do that unpluged it still teh same issue. I updated all my video drivers nothing. I tried changing the res...nothing...cant seem to fidn the issue and im not a very cpu savy person just know basics so any help would be greatly apperciated. thank you.

[Rostum]

Re: FFXI skipping

Wait, did you purchase a whole new computer? Or did you purchase a new CPU?

[Lunaryn]

Re: FFXI skipping

Sadly, it has become extremely common for people to refer to the entire case and everything inside it as the "CPU", I think they call it that in some of the lower-level computer classes and such. Second most common misnomer for it being "Hard Drive". I suppose it doesn't help that there isn't a concise technical term for it ("system" and "computer" are both ambiguous as to how much they cover, "case" or "chassis" don't necessarily mean anything inside, "box" is more or less geek slang and non-intuitive).

Precisely how is it "skipping"? If it's the sound that's skipping, I'm aware of an issue regarding that on multi-core systems (which most newer systems are now) and a workaround. If it's something more significant than that it could be anything from video driver problems to insufficient memory to processor issues to just being configured incorrectly. You'll need to give a more detailed description for us to diagnose it. If you can find the specs for your processor, memory size (onboard memory, not drive - right-click My Computer and select Properties to see this), video card model, etc. that may help as well. Also, what version of Windows are you using?

[Kloudrobs]

Re: FFXI skipping

I'm having this exact problem also. Playonline works fine but soon as FFXI gets on its starts skipping every second. Its basically impossible to play anyone have any ideas ive searched multible threads.

Intel Pentium Dual CPU T2310 @1.46GHz 1.47GHz 32 Bit system
Vista Home Premium 2 gb Ram
DirectX 10.0
Graphics Card Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
Unknown Video Chip
Video driver Igdumb32.dll

If anymore information is needed please tell me.

[Dracovivi]

Re: FFXI skipping

The "skipping" I believe is similar to like a 2ish FPS were all movement is jumpy, but I could be mistaken.

>>Kloudrobs: Looks like you have a laptop, correct? I'd suggest trying to figure out how much RAM is being shared with the video, as it appears you have an on-board (video card is built into the motherboard). Generally they don't allocate very much of the system RAM (in your case the 2GB) toward the "video card's RAM". You should be able to view/change this via the startup BIOS configuration utility, usually access by pressing [Delete] during the initial boot up screen. Some systems use F2 or some other key combination, usually displayed on the screen somewhere.

>>lovehatezero: Without some system information, it is going to be kind of hard to assess your problem.


Also to both of you: Are you running FFXI with or without SE's Windower mod activated, if so have you tried running it without to see if the problem persists.

[Kloudrobs]

Re: FFXI skipping

Alright Thanks ill try to give video more ram memory, Wierd enough it seems to be working beautifully today but i do think i should give video more ram just in case. No windower dont even know how to use it

*It made me do a vista service pack update last night maybe that fixed it *cheers* well if it messes up again ill be back

**Update
Nope its back to doing the frame rate skip thingy again. Windowed mode or full screen both do it. I changed my video memory to 128 MB and the problem still persist. Dont know why it works randomly. Any ideas? Could it be a program maybe

scanning in the background or something. I havnt been able to see any processes taking a lot of processing speed. I disabled my norton antivirus.

***I found it it may just be my work internet connection. When im home on my connection it runs smooth as a whistle but when im here it does that fps lag... Maybe they have some sort of port blocked or something that causes this.

[Mortechai]

Re: FFXI skipping

Iam having this exact same issue as the other two "computer illiterates" who posted above me. The game runs smoothly,sound and all, save for one massively annoying defect. Every 1-2 seconds the game appears to hang up on a frame and this leads me to believe its a GPU error. I've scoured the net looking for corroborating information to back this up. I've heard that for some people this FR skipping is caused by modern GPU's crunching data packets faster than the game can display them or that FFXI's list of "compatible" GPU's needs an update etc. I've read things ranging from stopping certain windows network management programs to adding exceptions in windows firewalls for FFXI as being fixes or causes for this skipping. I'am not entirely sure what to do.....FFXI and FFXIV are my primary MMO's at the moment. I'am certainly not going to downgrade my GPU so that FFXI can run smoothly only to lose performance in FFXIV. I'am looking for some way to fix 11 to work with my current hardware and if anyone has found a solution to that end I'd love to hear it. I'll post my DxDiag info below.

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System Information
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Time of this report: 10/4/2010, 00:51:16
Machine name: MORTECHAI-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100618-1621)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: MSI
System Model: MS-7640
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4096MB RAM
Page File: 2052MB used, 6135MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 64bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Sound Tab 3: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x6899)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_6899&SUBSYS_E146174B&REV_00
Display Memory: 3828 MB
Dedicated Memory: 2036 MB
Shared Memory: 1791 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: ASUS VH222H
Monitor Id: ACI22F3
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
Output Type: HD15
Driver Name: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver File Version: 8.17.0010.1041 (English)
Driver Version: 8.762.0.0
DDI Version: 10.1
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 8/4/2010 01:54:02, 598528 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-2BD9-11CF-EA70-4CC1BEC2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x6899
SubSys ID: 0xE146174B
Revision ID: 0x0000

[TheGrandMom]

Re: FFXI skipping

Hmm...heard of this happening because of Aero on Vista computers. I know you have Win 7 but it still has Aero. Diid you try to disable it? You can set it up to disable it just for FFXI. Right click the FFXI icon on your desktop and choose Properties. Then go to the Compatibility Tab and check Disable Desktop Composition under Settings. Hit Apply and Ok and when you launch FFXI it should automatically disable Aero only for that app.

Ok...thinking about this more and maybe some of your interfacing devices could be sucking resources. Check your HID's and see whats connected. Keyboard and mouse is necessary but do you have things like web cam, tablet, gamepad, headset, etc.? It's a long shot but you never know.

[Raydeus]

Re: FFXI skipping

Same as everyone else, just downgrade to Catalyst 10.3 until either you quit XI or ATI fixes the problems between their new drivers and XI.

I'd suggest you downgraded to 9.1 but sadly there is no such driver for Windows 7.




PS > /comfort

[Mortechai]

Re: FFXI skipping

Hmm...heard of this happening because of Aero on Vista computers. I know you have Win 7 but it still has Aero. Diid you try to disable it? You can set it up to disable it just for FFXI. Right click the FFXI icon on your desktop and choose Properties. Then go to the Compatibility Tab and check Disable Desktop Composition under Settings. Hit Apply and Ok and when you launch FFXI it should automatically disable Aero only for that app.

Ok...thinking about this more and maybe some of your interfacing devices could be sucking resources. Check your HID's and see whats connected. Keyboard and mouse is necessary but do you have things like web cam, tablet, gamepad, headset, etc.? It's a long shot but you never know.

Tried it,still skipping frames.


If I knew how, I might try this:

Same as everyone else, just downgrade to Catalyst 10.3 until either you quit XI or ATI fixes the problems between their new drivers and XI.

I'd suggest you downgraded to 9.1 but sadly there is no such driver for Windows 7.




PS > /comfort

Edit: Tried the above method and saw no improvement