FreelanceWizard Wrote:(as well as needing to cache more data by using more RAM)For me, this is my single biggest gripe with the game's performance. I find that Limsa Lominsa performs poorly because it is constantly loading in new data, even though I have gigs of free RAM it could use to to prevent that. The constant stuttering has convinced me that I MUST start in either Ul'dah or Gridania, both of which appear to have less stuff that needs loading or are just simply better-optimized all-around.
FreelanceWizard Wrote:The interface lag is definitely directly related to this, which tells me that the issue may very well be related to the netcode or texture loading.I'm pretty sure it's the netcode. Every time the game pauses on a UI element everything around me freezes as the game waits for the data to come back from SE's servers, something that has become unbearable lately as some servers appear to have a FPS of approximately 1/5. I literally cannot do anything while it is frozen like this, including turning the camera (seriously, what? My camera controls are linked to the servers?), which shows just how badly the interface is dependent on a player's connection and the servers being good.
