Lag Reducing Tips

Hey Guys.

I don't know if all players go out of their way to change ingame settings before a match in order to minimise lag but it really is something you should do. Afterall it only takes at most a couple of minutes to change and the same to change back.

I was at a match recently and they were complaining about the number of spectators and the lag they ultimately bring with them. Yet ironically the person leading the complaints (the coach) made sure he was still looking "pretty" with multiprim hairs and it was the same with the players on the pitch.

Important Tips to Reduce Lag

You don't score goals just by looking good. Remove all scripts and prims especially hair.

Open Edit > Preferences > Graphics

Draw distance shouldn't be any more than 96. I appreciate that at 64 standing at one end of the pitch you cannot see the other. Opt for 96.

Switch to the Graphics Detail Tab.

Have the following setup -



















In Adv. Graphics you should be setup like this -



















In General Tab, check the Never check box for Showing Names. Disable Online Friend Notifications and the other two Check boxes under it.

In Audio and Video, disable streaming video and music. Also disable Voice chat.

Open Client > Rendering > Types and have the following Setup




















In features disable everything apart from UI which again helps the graphics based lag.

With a relog the settings changed in the client tab should go back to default.

Apologies if this seems a long winded process but its not really. Unfortunately even with this setup there is still going to be lag as the SL servers are not very good but I hope it can be of some help. There is a very noticeable difference when you perform these changes so please make the effort to do it.

If anyone else has any tips please don't keep it a secret - let us know.

That's all for now. Have a nice day.