[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Lag

[Jason Short <jshort@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--On Sunday, October 26, 2003 12:55 PM +0100 Daniel Pettersson 
<bambarnac@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I use windows95 and my freeciv-version is 1.14.0 for windows. I have some
> frustrating problems with lag. the units dont move or the react extremely
> slowly and after a few turns with this problem i get disconnected from
> the server. So far i have taken care of the problem by simply restarting
> my computer. is there a nother preventive and/or better way to take care
> of "lag-problems"? thankful for your reply.
The client updates are drawn too slowly, and the client is unable to keep 
up with the server.  This is a problem with the win32 client (in 1.14.0) 
because the graphics updates are very slow (more technically, because the 
city descriptions are redrawn for every update - which should probably be 
disabled in 1.14, I'd say).
In the options dialog, you should be able to disable some aspects of 
animation.  This will speed up the graphics so that it should be able to 
keep up.
jason