Aion Riftshade

Hey there,

Has anyone here experienced issues with the game freezing during sieges and found a solution?

Problem:

The game runs smoothly in every location (like sanctum, pvp arenas, reshanta, instances), but when I approach a fortress gate (surrounded by a lot of players attacking), the game just freezes and the screen fades to white. When I log back in, there's a crowd waiting in the dux room, and the game cooperates perfectly within that crowd. But once the commander appears -> it freezes again. Close the game, log in, fly to the fort -> once in vicinity: Freeze.

This occurs on maximum settings, lowest settings, full screen or windowed, doesn't matter if I'm on discord or YT, and even if Aion is the only program running.

My internet connection is exceptionally stable, gigabit level, PC specs are top-notch (rtx 4090, etc), based near Germany, with updated drivers/OS ensuring my GPU is active, not some integrated nonsense, etc... I've repaired, reinstalled, tried a different SSD, and more.

I don't mind lag, I get that it's an older game and disconnections can occur now and then, but I get disconnected the moment I near the siege... EVERY SINGLE TIME, which is clearly not what the majority encounter.

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Shift F12 to disable players and make sure to hide other players minions

Those 2 settings are already done

Then you might need to play around with process binding of your CPU in task manager - make sure to disable every odd thread (hyperthreading hurts siege performance), if you are on Intel 12th gen or newer make sure to disable the E-cores, if you're on Ryzen with 2 CCDs make sure that Aion only uses cores on CCD1

If you have done this as well, then it might just be Aion's old-as-all-hell engine reaching its limits.

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Hello,

Anyone figured out how to fix freezing issues during sieges?

Problem:

The game runs flawlessly elsewhere (sanctum, PvP zones, reshanta, instances), but as soon as I approach the fort gate (with lots of players attacking), it freezes and displays a white screen. I then close the game and relog. Loads of players are in the dux room, and everything works fine untill the commander appears -> then it freezes again. Close, relog, head back to the fort -> get close: Freeze.

Occurs on max graphics, lowest settings, full screen or windowed, even when I'm on discord+YT, or just Aion by itself.

Internet connection is super stable gigabit, PC is powerhouse (rtx 4090 etc), near Germany, with all drivers and OS updated. GPU is definitely in use, not the integrated one.. I've repaired, reinstalled, switched SSDs, ...

I don’t mind some lag given it’s an older game and disconnects happen occasionally, but I get DC’d right by the siege every SINGLE TIME, which most people probably don’t face.

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Switch off animations for everyone in graphics settings, it impacts fps, make it solo or group.

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ive already tried with the absolute minimum in graphics, everything turned off