So I have had this problem for a few days now and have been doing tons of research. At first I had no idea what it was, thought maybe it was my graphics card, but I've never had this problem before. I'll just be playing and then randomly it will lag, then go right back to it. I guess you could say its a bit more like a "freeze" rather than lag. I've noticed that my "used memory" in the top right is constantly changing (not sure if its supposed to) and it will go up and down. It starts at about 29% then will go up and in the 50's it will drop back down. Then "lag" or "freeze" is perfectly in time when it drops back down. I really cant figure this out. Any help would be tremendous! Thanks!
Have you had this issue the entire time you've had Minecraft?
Im assuming you're running windows. If not, please correct me. But if you can, please do the following so we can take a look at your computer's specs and see if it may be due to lower end specs.
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Press the Win+R keys, and type "dxdiag" (no quotes) in the box. Press enter. If prompted about verifying WHQL, select Yes. Once it has finished loading, click the "Save All Information" button and save it to your desktop.
Open the file you just saved, and copy the contents. Paste them on http://pastebin.com/ and click Submit. Then, copy the link in your browser's address bar and paste it back here.
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Here is the information. And no, i have had the game for quite a while and never had any issues until recently. Nothing has really changed. I did install some mods, but I force updated a while ago. I thought maybe over heating was the issue, but I ran a few tests from intel and they said it passed the tests.
Alright. Specs are fine for the most part. Could possibly be due to the mods assuming the issues started after you installed some.
That aside though. Could you play the game please with Task Manager open, and look which process suddenly tries to use a high amount of the cpu when you play?
You can open Task Manager by right clicking at the bottom of the task bar http://i.imgur.com/oZrMHpp.png and opening it from there.
Once it's open, click on the processes tab. Click on the CPU column so that the processes get sorted by how much CPU they use
Make sure it's sorted from highest to lowest.
Then run the game and check which process is using the high amount. Im betting it's going to be java of course. But I just want to rule out things to be sure.
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If this is Java thats using up the CPU. Then what I think we should try is a full reinstall of Minecraft's files from scratch.
So you can do that by doing the following.
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To reinstall Minecraft completely please do the following.
press your Windows+R keys, type in %AppData% at the dialog, and press Enter. In the window that appears, open the .minecraft directory, and delete everything except for the saves directory that you see therein.
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Then, try running Minecraft again. Let it update and try playing again to see if this fixes everything. Any mods that were/are installed will be gone to rule out them as the problem.
Okay, so java is using the most of the cpu, just like you said. I deleted everything but saves and then let it download. It seems to be better. The "used memory" in the top right is much more stable, though still fluctuating a bit. But I'm not sure if that's by design or what. Is that something that should be completely stable, and never move? or does it move?
It does move from time to time. Specially when generating chunks. I do get some fps lag spikes when chunks are generating.
Also when playing, make sure you don't have a ton of programs open that are using all your memory. While your computer is a very fast one going by the specs. (assuming you haven't already) Try giving your computer a restart to free up memory and try playing again.
If you're still having the lag issues though and they aren't the "normal" ones. Please let me know and I'll try help you further =]
Well yesterday the spikes were gone. But now they are back. It is almost like nothing happened. The "used memory" doesnt move as much, but it still moves very frequently and causes spikes when it jumps back down.
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Retired StaffHave you had this issue the entire time you've had Minecraft?
Im assuming you're running windows. If not, please correct me. But if you can, please do the following so we can take a look at your computer's specs and see if it may be due to lower end specs.
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Press the Win+R keys, and type "dxdiag" (no quotes) in the box. Press enter. If prompted about verifying WHQL, select Yes. Once it has finished loading, click the "Save All Information" button and save it to your desktop.
Open the file you just saved, and copy the contents. Paste them on http://pastebin.com/ and click Submit. Then, copy the link in your browser's address bar and paste it back here.
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Retired StaffThat aside though. Could you play the game please with Task Manager open, and look which process suddenly tries to use a high amount of the cpu when you play?
You can open Task Manager by right clicking at the bottom of the task bar http://i.imgur.com/oZrMHpp.png and opening it from there.
Once it's open, click on the processes tab. Click on the CPU column so that the processes get sorted by how much CPU they use
Make sure it's sorted from highest to lowest.
Then run the game and check which process is using the high amount. Im betting it's going to be java of course. But I just want to rule out things to be sure.
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If this is Java thats using up the CPU. Then what I think we should try is a full reinstall of Minecraft's files from scratch.
So you can do that by doing the following.
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To reinstall Minecraft completely please do the following.
press your Windows+R keys, type in %AppData% at the dialog, and press Enter. In the window that appears, open the .minecraft directory, and delete everything except for the saves directory that you see therein.
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Then, try running Minecraft again. Let it update and try playing again to see if this fixes everything. Any mods that were/are installed will be gone to rule out them as the problem.
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Retired StaffAlso when playing, make sure you don't have a ton of programs open that are using all your memory. While your computer is a very fast one going by the specs. (assuming you haven't already) Try giving your computer a restart to free up memory and try playing again.
If you're still having the lag issues though and they aren't the "normal" ones. Please let me know and I'll try help you further =]
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