Weird Multiplayer Lag/Delay

[ShriekingWanderer]

I've searched for a while to try and fix this problem, but to no avail...

Alright, so....

About 2 days ago did a system restore on my computer for various reasons. Everything was fine up until I decided to install Warband again. During multiplayer games (I am not sure about single player), the animations are delayed. Like, I'll recieve damage before the enemy's weapons impacts my character. This makes the game very hard to play. Bear in mind, this only started once I restored my computer, and I have never had this kind of problem before. The problem is not related to ping or internet connection, as far as I can tell it is an actual problem with the game.

Specs:
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4440 CPU @ 3.10GHz
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 645
RAM: 8 GB
Operating System: Windows 8 64-bit

Fixes I've tried:
Reinstall
Delete Warband files in documents
Edit rgl file
Update drivers

 

[NeverS]

I had the same problem. It can`t be solved. Deleted the game.

 

[Eärendil Ardamírë]

Commenting at a six year old thread will surely not help you neither.

With the recent Nvidia Driver Update "496.49" the game becomes unplayable after couple of minutes. It starts with the mouse cursor by flickering and the game fps is dropping from my 141fps to 50fps then back to 141fps and in the next moment its going down again. I had once this issue some months ago and after Nvidia released an new driver update, the issue was gone. Also after restarting the Pc and going back to the game will fix this issue for couple of minutes before it starts again to drop the fps! Is there anyway to fix this issue permanently?

You can try this:

This is due to the program doing a SetCursor with NULL making the cursor invisible using GDI, then doing a SetCursor with DirectX to set the cursor visible again. Whilst I do not the exact mechanism as to why it causes FPS issues, I'd guess that it's due to some kind of GDI/DirectX synchronization having to occur.

A workaround is to patch byte at 00216FA5 from 00 to 01 In mb_warband.exe (for steam version at least). This causes the SetCursor to fail thereby preventing the aforementioned hitching. In my system my FPS became steady and never once dipped again.

Side effects may include a cursor being visible when it shouldn't be (though I doubt it).

This may be an NVIDIA bug, it might be a Windows GDI bug, but really, ultimately, this is just a poor programming bug. There is no reason I can think of why the cursor must be hidden by GDI just to be shown again by DirectX. Perhaps editor mode? Maybe?
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EDIT: -- I'd like to point out that after further research the above is actually valid and usual way of handling this according to the Microsoft documentation. Why this causes flickering is unknown, and why ignoring the setCursor fixes it is also unknown.

IDirect3DDevice9::ShowCursor (d3d9helper.h) - Win32 apps

The IDirect3DDevice9::ShowCursor method (d3d9helper.h) displays or hides the cursor.

docs.microsoft.com

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Anyway, I develop programs for my real life, and I've written an automatic patcher to make the single byte change above (for steam version only), I'll link it below (if it works, not sure if the forum will mangle it).

It's an exe file because that is easiest to distribute. Reminder that you should never download .exe files the internet, but here you go:

WarbandPatcher.exe

drive.google.com

You can always restore the Warband files using Steam to re-validate them if you think something is wrong.