Reducing lag

The following are ways to reduce lag with surfing during surf competitons:

1. Detach all items that use scripts (AO's, jewellry with bling, wings, etc.). Spectators can do this too to help.
2. Turn off streaming audio and video if on.
3. Change your group title to none.
4. Change your preferences (you may not need to do all of these, just the ones you can live with):
a. General tab
i. Change 'Show Names' to 'Never' (you can turn this back on when you finish surfing)
ii. Select 'Hide My Name On My Screen'
iii. Select 'Hide My Group Title'
b. Network tab
i. Set your Disk Cache Size (MB) to less than 500 MB.
ii. Click 'Clear Cache' and relog.
c. Graphics Detail tab
i. Deselect 'Enable Bumpmapping and Shiny'
ii. Deselect 'Enable Ripple Water'
iii. Select 'Normal' for 'Avatar Rendering'
iv. Select 'Sun and moon only'
v. Select 'Low' for 'Terrain Detail'
vi. Move the slide bar for 'Object Mesh', 'Flexible Mesh', 'Tree Mesh', and 'Avatar Mesh' to the far left.
d. Adv. Graphics tab
i. Deselect 'Anisotropic Filtering (slower when enabled)'
e. Audio & Video tab (I don't recommend doing this)
i. Move all the slide bars to the far left. Remember to move these back after you surf.
vii. Try not to use wireless (WiFi) connection and Bluetooth devices : it increases latency on the network

Comments

[Kantbe Thursday]

hehe... Ya'll can thank me for this post, I think.... after Gorka was watch'n me the other day.. :-)

You mean I can't wear all my jewelry, and can't have my display show'n me the purdy water?