Tweaking your Dark Age of Camelot | Bear's of Oboo

Tweaking your Dark Age of Camelot Nov 16, 2006 14:39:41 GMT -5

Post by Araon on Nov 16, 2006 14:39:41 GMT -5

THE GUIDE
^{this guide is for people whom have been lagging/ld'ing in the game.}

UPDATE YOUR VIDEO CARD DRIVERS!

If you have an NVIDIA card go to: www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_93.71.html

If you have an ATI card go to: ati.amd.com/support/driver.html

How do I find what VIDEO CARD I have?

^{>> right click on my computer and go to properties}

^{>> click the hardware tab and then click the device manager tab}

^{>> click the plus sign located by display adapter, under this section it will list your currently installed video card (the model name and manuf.)}

SPYWARE REMOVAL

Download install and run AD-AWARE SE: www.download.com/3001-8022_4-10399602.html

^{>> run ad-aware, the icon should be on your desktop}

^{>> click the world icon in the program to start the web update of definition files}

^{>> click the connect button to begin the update}

^{>> if a new update is ready, click ok and install the update}

^{>> go to scan now, perform a full system scan and click next}

^{>> once completed, it will show you the spyware items, click next}

^{>> right click and go to select all, click next and it will remove all the spyware items, then you are done removing spyware - run this program weekly or daily to stop spyware}

DEFRAG YOUR HARD DRIVE

^{>> right click my computer and go to manage}

^{>> click disk defragmenter, it will show your partitions (C: is your main partition), defrag C: first by selecting it and pressing defrag, then defrag your other partitions (D:, E:) if you have them, one at a time, this will take awhile, but should help}

VIRTUAL MEMORY

^{>> right click my computer and go to properties}

^{>> click the advanced tab, then under performance click settings}

^{>> click the advanced tab, if you're dual logging try changing the processor scheduling to background services, then go to virtual memory and click change}

^{>> set your pagefile for 2GB (2048) on your C: drive, if you have a pagefile on another partition select that partition and set no paging file, make sure you have your pagefile on your C: drive and nowhere else, click set on C: for 2048 and then hit ok, a restart will be required}

REMOVE CRAP THAT STARTS UP WITH WINDOWS

^{>> start button, then run}

^{>> type m s c o n f i g into the run prompt}

^{>> click the advanced tab, remember what is checked on the left side, click disable all, then click ok and restart, if you are missing something go back to msconfig and re-check the box that corresponds to the program you are missing}

DELETE YOUR TEMP FILES!!

^{>> start button, then run}

^{>> type % T E M P % into the run prompt and click ok}

^{>> delete the files from this folder, if a file/folder cannot be deleted that means it is being used by windows, so just leave that file/folder alone}

USE THE CLASSIC WINDOWS INTERFACE!

^{>> right click my computer and go to properties}

^{>> click the advanced tab, then settings under performance}

^{>> click adjust for best performance under visual effects, then click apply and then click ok}

FIND WHAT LATENCY YOU HAVE TO DAoC!!

^{>> start button, then run}

^{>> type C M D into the run prompt and click ok}

^{>> type ping camelotherald.com into the command prompt and hit enter, it will ping the camelot herald and report the min/max/avg latency, if you are receiving response timed out or latency that is higher than 200ms, you should contact your ISP (Internet Provider) and explain that you are experiencing high latency}