Hey all. I had a recent issue with high CPU usage while boxing / botting, and something I changed made a dramatic difference, so thought I would share. I don't know if it will help you out or not, but you can always try, if interested.
I bot 18 characters/accounts, these are macroing pretty much full time.
For my CPU affinities in eqclient.ini, I have them set up like this:
I use MQ2FPS, and have it configured like this:
I use MQ2EQWire, and have it configured like this (for all chars):
With this configuration, I always got about 70% CPU usage. After some hours in game, that would creep up, and eventually be 95-100%, and the lowest it would drop down is about 90%.
I profiled the processes, including at system/driver level, and found the audio drivers causing it. After a few adjustments, I now run about 20-25% CPU usage, with no other changes - and no difference in game performance.
I only changed these items:
1) Right-click tray icon speaker, click Sounds. Click the Playback tab. Select (click) your speakers active for audio, then click the Properties button. Click the Advanced tab. Changed the Default format to CD Quality (16 bit, 44100 Hz). Disable audio enhancements. Click OK.
2) Click the Communications tab. Select Do Nothing. Click OK.
3) Reboot
As I said, for months in the original configuration I posted, got crap CPU usage, no matter how I tuned MQ2FPS and/or MQ2EQWire. I also tried the bitvise software, tried different CPU affinity configurations. Only when I debugged/profiled down to driver level and found MOST of the muscle was happening in the audio driver (and windows audio), did I go after that. With just a few basic changes, made a huge difference. The system is always responsive now, and I have all 18 botting in the background as I write this up, and notice no system hit like I would before when doing anything else.
Anyway, just sharing some info in case it helps anyone else. I have no idea if it'll make any difference for you, but it sure did for me.
htw
I bot 18 characters/accounts, these are macroing pretty much full time.
For my CPU affinities in eqclient.ini, I have them set up like this:
Code:
CPUAffinity0=0
CPUAffinity1=1
CPUAffinity2=2
CPUAffinity3=3
CPUAffinity4=4
CPUAffinity5=5
CPUAffinity6=6
CPUAffinity7=7
CPUAffinity8=8
CPUAffinity9=9
CPUAffinity10=10
CPUAffinity11=11
CPUAffinity12=12
CPUAffinity13=13
CPUAffinity14=14
CPUAffinity15=15
CPUAffinity16=16
CPUAffinity17=17
CPUAffinity18=18
CPUAffinity19=19
CPUAffinity20=0
CPUAffinity21=1
CPUAffinity22=2
CPUAffinity23=3
CPUAffinity24=4
CPUAffinity25=5
CPUAffinity26=6
CPUAffinity27=7
CPUAffinity28=8
CPUAffinity29=9
I use MQ2FPS, and have it configured like this:
Code:
[MQ2FPS]
ForegroundMaxFPS=45
BackgroundMaxFPS=15
Indicator=1
IndicatorX=5
IndicatorY=75
Mode=1
Color=0x0f
[Rendering]
Chat=0
Clip=actor
Actor=1
LastActive=1
BGRate=20
ReverseBGRate=0
Top=1
I use MQ2EQWire, and have it configured like this (for all chars):
Code:
[server_char]
BGRenderRate=0
StatusOutput=0
DebugOutput=0
DrawChatWindows=0
With this configuration, I always got about 70% CPU usage. After some hours in game, that would creep up, and eventually be 95-100%, and the lowest it would drop down is about 90%.
I profiled the processes, including at system/driver level, and found the audio drivers causing it. After a few adjustments, I now run about 20-25% CPU usage, with no other changes - and no difference in game performance.
I only changed these items:
1) Right-click tray icon speaker, click Sounds. Click the Playback tab. Select (click) your speakers active for audio, then click the Properties button. Click the Advanced tab. Changed the Default format to CD Quality (16 bit, 44100 Hz). Disable audio enhancements. Click OK.
2) Click the Communications tab. Select Do Nothing. Click OK.
3) Reboot
As I said, for months in the original configuration I posted, got crap CPU usage, no matter how I tuned MQ2FPS and/or MQ2EQWire. I also tried the bitvise software, tried different CPU affinity configurations. Only when I debugged/profiled down to driver level and found MOST of the muscle was happening in the audio driver (and windows audio), did I go after that. With just a few basic changes, made a huge difference. The system is always responsive now, and I have all 18 botting in the background as I write this up, and notice no system hit like I would before when doing anything else.
Anyway, just sharing some info in case it helps anyone else. I have no idea if it'll make any difference for you, but it sure did for me.
htw