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September 11, 2016
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Input Lag In Flash Games

  • September 11, 2016
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I am running Windows 10 64 bit with Firefox, and using Flash Player version 23 beta currently, but this issue extends to Flash Player 22 where I first experienced the lag.

I have been experiencing lag on this Flash site for a long time now: Fast Aiming. Gamers training. Computers and notebooks for gamers.

The scores registering are lagged. I learned of this when I did a fresh install of Windows 7 a few months ago. Where I was averaging 200 points, I began averaging 600+. That's a tremendous leap. I was hovering around 4,000-5,000 points, give or take a grand, but began reaching 10,000 points very easily with the fresh install.

After awhile, I began experiencing the lag on Windows 7 as well. I'm not sure what changed. I should also note that I did a fresh install of Windows 7 where I updated Windows and the lag was immediately present. When it was working I disabled Windows updates. Windows 10 produces the lag with a fresh install and updates disabled.

What's more interesting is that I did a fresh install of Windows 7 on my Toshiba Laptop, which has an i7, and the lag was present with a fresh install on that device. So, it is not only my computer.

I've cleared the Flash caches, have hardware acceleration enabled, and have turned off protection mode. I have tried this on all browsers from Explorer, to Opera, to Safari, and they are all the same. I have a high-end PC: an i7 4790K, GTX 980ti, 16 gb of ram, and a BenQ gaming monitor.

I am completely stumped at this point as I feel I have tried everything.

Here is an example of how dramatic the scores are between Windows 7 and Windows 10 on my PC:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/Dotty_gogo/Aim%20Trainer%20Example%201_zps8m6djfyr.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/Dotty_gogo/Aim%20Trainer%20Example%202_zpsi8iu7qvl.jpg

You can see in the first example where the increase is very gradual. Where it spikes is where I installed Windows 7. It also demonstrates that I hit the target 32 times with a score of 17000. The second picture is from a recent fresh install of Windows 10. I hit the target more times and only got a score of 4,000 or so. Over 10,000 points difference. That's huge!

Any counseling you can offer on this issue would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

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    jeromiec83223024
    Inspiring
    September 12, 2016

    The content provider is best positioned to diagnose and resolve this issue.  Adobe provides content developers with an excellent profiling tool called Adobe Scout, which should help them identify and troubleshoot any generic performance issues.


    In the event that the content provider investigates and identifies a language-level issue, we're more than happy to help.  They're welcome to send me a private message directly, or they can file a bug over at http://bugbase.adobe.com/.

    Thanks!