[imported_Papa Smurf]

Your computer is by far good enough to run UO, it is not the computer causing your lag if you haven't been on any websites to get spyware (or accepted any "bad files" from people), but I still don't think you have the same type of lag that Luda Krishna says he has. What type of lag do you have? Tell me when you lag and how much, because I doubt you lag so much that you "almost can't move", I think it's more about that u freeze every now and then for a few seconds, which is the normal "server hardware-issue" that we will solve with a new server computer in a hopefully near future.

[SIZE="4"]Let me tell you all a few basics about ping and other types of lag:[/SIZE]

Bad computer issue:
If you have a bad computer and experience that the computer loads a lot, people do a lot of things on the screen at once and you "spike forward" a lot, or anything similar to that, then you are most likely having a too bad computer to run UO smoothly.

Bad ping issue:
Your spells are slow, they do not show up as soon as you hit the spell button, it takes a while, it's called "delay" and it's caused by LAG because your ping towards the server and back is not good enough. This issue usually comes from that you live too far away from the server OR that your internet company just "routs it" (makes it bounce through a lot of servers) before it gets to the end location, and there for slowing the ping down.

It can also result in that other players sometimes "move around you" but you're unable to move, because you download packets from the server but can't upload packets to the server.

Server Hardware Issue:
If the server hardware is failing because it's just simply not good enough to run the UO server with all the clients on, then it can cause "the world to freeze" so to speak, when the server computer starts loading too much, and then the whole shard will freeze. This is what happens every now and then and this is the main thing we are trying to solve by replacing the server hardware computer as soon as we can. (Of course server hardware issues can also show in different ways, like for example "appearing as if u have lag even tho u don't have bad ping", just because the server hardware is too slow to run the UO server and upload the information to everybody in a good rate, but what usually is incommon when it comes to server hardware issues is that it happens to everybody the same way, and usually it is the way described above (worldsave-like-spikes) that happens when you have server hardware problems with an UO server, and since some people seem to be playing smoothly without "bad-ping-like-lag" I would assume that it isn't the server hardware causing that issue).

Spyware / Adware issue:
If your computer has spyware or addaware on it then it can be waaay slower than it is suppose to be. These programs try to access the internet and send information about what you are doing to servers, cause your computer to run very slow if you have too much of this installed at once. To solve this issue either get a free spyware removal program or download an antivirus program which usually also removes them. Having these programs on your computer can cause the same issue as if you have a bad computer, but your "computer hardware" may still be good.

I hope this lil guide has made you all understand a bit more about what type of lag you can have and what it could be a result off. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask, we will try to help you with your "lag issue" so that you can once again play without spikes, but don't automatically blame the server, because in most situations it is not the server causing your problems. Thanks for listening.

Regards,
Hate

My lag is explained like this, I take 2 steps freeze, I take 2 steps freeze, I take 2 steps freeze, I take 2 steps freeze, I take 2 steps freeze, I take 2 steps freeze and spells take forever to show up when I cast them. Again this just started days ago. I can't play at all now.