insane server load, suspect viscous

[throwawaytrain20]

still getting insane amounts of server load up to multiple thousand percent. it seems to correlate to viscous in the game but not sure. it usually starts like 10-15 min into the game. not related to spectators

 

[Tedeshi]

• Try changing the Render API to another one. From Vulkan to DirectX or vice versa;
• Be sure to disable all undervolt. You could do this with software like MSI Afterburner or similar. Undervolt of the graphics card or CPU acceleration may negatively affect the game;
• Write the full specification of your computer. It can be obtained through the Steam client. In the upper-left corner there will be "Help" -> "System Information". Copy the entire text and paste it into the spoiler so that it does not take up much space;

 

[throwawaytrain20]

• Try changing the Render API to another one. From Vulkan to DirectX or vice versa;
• Be sure to disable all undervolt. You could do this with software like MSI Afterburner or similar. Undervolt of the graphics card or CPU acceleration may negatively affect the game;
• Write the full specification of your computer. It can be obtained through the Steam client. In the upper-left corner there will be "Help" -> "System Information". Copy the entire text and paste it into the spoiler so that it does not take up much space;

clarifying to say that this issue is not due to pc specs and experienced by all players (or most) in the affected game. frequently occurs especially later in the test session.

 

[hecate]

still getting insane amounts of server load up to multiple thousand percent. it seems to correlate to viscous in the game but not sure. it usually starts like 10-15 min into the game. not related to spectators

my +1 buddy has viscous as their only preferred hero (and is viscous in about 75% of our matches together) and ive still yet to witness a single high server load match. if it correlated to that i would expect to have seen that by now

 

[throwawaytrain20]

my +1 buddy has viscous as their only preferred hero (and is viscous in about 75% of our matches together) and ive still yet to witness a single high server load match. if it correlated to that i would expect to have seen that by now

anecdotally it either disproportionately or solely affects asia servers. again not sure if it is viscous but definitely see viscous when high server load happens.

na and eu friends don't notice lag, but in asia high server load is a known issue among players. my stack typically don't even bother queuing late night anymore. this became an issue afaik after viscous update/addition of oce servers.

as per the post i'm not sure what the cause is, simply that i've observed with my small sample size that viscous is usually in games where high load occurs

 

[holden.youzou]

Also from Asia server, my bot match behaves similar. I will test if it is caused by the behavior of bot viscous.

 

[twip8877]

I had a few matches without viscous and its lagging too. Probably just asia servers issue. It usually happens late game.

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