For weeks now, MMORPG Lost Ark has been plagued by performance issues. Players are complaining about lags, stutters, and other problems. However, some of these can be greatly improved with just a few clicks. We at MeinMMO explain how this works.
What is the problem? For some patches now, fans have increasingly complained about performance issues in Lost Ark. The game seems to no longer run as smoothly as it did at the beginning. Smaller lags, stutters, and even complete “freezes” are unfortunately commonplace.
Our author Mark Sellner has already experienced this. The issue affects players with devices on all performance levels. Whether you have a budget gaming PC or a high-end device, Lost Ark sometimes just doesn’t run smoothly.
A user on reddit has now identified one of the reasons for this problem and shows that it can be played much smoother with just a few clicks. We at MeinMMO have checked the method and can confirm it.
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What exactly is the problem? It may sound absurd, but the poor performance could actually be due to the chat of the MMORPG. More precisely, the main chat window is responsible for many of the stutters and lags.
It simply seems to load too much and is especially always there if you leave the default settings as they are. By the way, this is not the first time Lost Ark has had issues due to its chat; last time, a little love could crash the game.
How to improve your performance
What can you do about it? You need to empty your main chat, that is, the window that is enabled by default. This works best by not showing certain things anymore and only seeing the actual chat.
To do this, click on Chat Window Settings in the chat window and remove everything you do not urgently want to see all the time. In our case, we have removed help, error messages, warnings, loot, group loot, experience, and currencies from the main window.
Once you’ve done that, you can create a completely new, alternative chat window and reactivate those things there. You can then switch to the second chat window at any time to display the information when you need it.
Don’t forget to click “Apply” at the end to save the settings. Also, do not close the game with Alt+F4 as is common for many. Unexpectedly closing the client ensures that Lost Ark does not remember your settings, and you will have the same problem the next time you start the game.
This is what the trick brings: The main chat window only has the actual messages activated and is therefore no longer so flooded. This actually results in Lost Ark running considerably smoother. We cannot specify an exact number, as the game does not necessarily drop in FPS even when it has bugs, but demonstrates other negative behaviors.
The stutters and occasional freezes decreased significantly in our tests, which is why you should definitely try this option if your Lost Ark also tends to have these problems.
“This is incredibly helpful”
What do the fans say? After the post on reddit gained traction, the creator is being showered with praise and thanks. However, people are also speculating about what the technical origin of this issue could be. However, the little trick with the chat seems to help the majority of users.
We would like to share some of the comments with you here so you can get an idea for yourself:
- WindWielder says: ‘This is incredibly helpful for me, thank you!’
- tipertuba writes: ‘It’s unbelievable that such a setting can cause so many problems. But the change actually worked, finally the game is playable again.’
- Ephemiel writes: ‘Just removing the experience points made the game run much smoother for me. No idea what the hell is wrong with the chat.’
Do you have similar problems? Did the little trick help you too? Feel free to let us know in the comments here at MeinMMO.
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Do you have similar problems? Did the little trick help you too? Feel free to let us know in the comments here at MeinMMO.
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