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Intermittent Hitching/Freezing Solutions (rev. 1 by Victoly on 12-10-25, 06:05 pm)
Posted at 12-10-25, 05:56 pm Link | #1
Hello!
I'm making this post so that there's somewhere to post all found solutions/suggestions for solving this issue that can easily be found and looked through, rather than having to Ctrl+F all over the place on the Discord.
The Problem:
Intermittent Hitching and Freezing during gameplay, seemingly at random, lasting anywhere from 1 or 2 seconds to 10 or 15 seconds.
Reason(?):
Mabinogi Pro Client doesn't like fancy newfangled multi-core CPUs.
Proposed solution(s):
Set Client.exe Priority to High in Task Manager.
Reduce number of cores for Client.exe to 2 in Task Manager (Affinity).
Set Priority to High from within client using mods (AstralWorld).
If anyone figures out anything that helps this phenomenon, post it here if you please.
I'm making this post so that there's somewhere to post all found solutions/suggestions for solving this issue that can easily be found and looked through, rather than having to Ctrl+F all over the place on the Discord.
The Problem:
Intermittent Hitching and Freezing during gameplay, seemingly at random, lasting anywhere from 1 or 2 seconds to 10 or 15 seconds.
Reason(?):
Mabinogi Pro Client doesn't like fancy newfangled multi-core CPUs.
Proposed solution(s):
Set Client.exe Priority to High in Task Manager.
Reduce number of cores for Client.exe to 2 in Task Manager (Affinity).
Set Priority to High from within client using mods (AstralWorld).
If anyone figures out anything that helps this phenomenon, post it here if you please.
to set client Priority and Affinity (cores) in Task Manager:
>Launch the game.
>Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del, Task manager OR Ctrl+Shift+Esc).
>Find Client.exe in the Processes tab.
>Right-click Client.exe, select Go To Details.
>Right-Click Client.exe in the Details tab.
>Hover over Set Priority, select High. Click Yes/OK if Windows gets upset.
>Right-Click Client.exe again.
>Select Set Affinity.
>Uncheck all but 2 Cores.
>????
>Pray
>Launch the game.
>Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del, Task manager OR Ctrl+Shift+Esc).
>Find Client.exe in the Processes tab.
>Right-click Client.exe, select Go To Details.
>Right-Click Client.exe in the Details tab.
>Hover over Set Priority, select High. Click Yes/OK if Windows gets upset.
>Right-Click Client.exe again.
>Select Set Affinity.
>Uncheck all but 2 Cores.
>????
>Pray
Posted at 12-14-25, 03:05 am Link | #3
I've been sifting through logs using Procmon and can't find anything repeatable coming from Client.exe ... 
blegh, probably gonna just have to spin up an ol' laptop to play. Lol
blegh, probably gonna just have to spin up an ol' laptop to play. Lol
I'm still figuring out how to fix this issue as well...it sucks when I'm trying to solo grind and I suddenly get killed by these freezes.
I usually use a utility tool called ImageCFG to force older programs to run on specific core(s) without having to use task manager everytime, but in this case it's done nothing for Mabipro for me.
I've tried changing Client Priority without mods but it just led to crashes.
I'll still be searching for solutions, if I really get tired of it guess I'll just use my laptop to play.
I usually use a utility tool called ImageCFG to force older programs to run on specific core(s) without having to use task manager everytime, but in this case it's done nothing for Mabipro for me.
I've tried changing Client Priority without mods but it just led to crashes.
I'll still be searching for solutions, if I really get tired of it guess I'll just use my laptop to play.
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