NPCs seem to hang up the game

[1andy2]

Sometimes when talking to NPCs, it can take as long as 5 to 10 minutes of waiting between dialogue clicks to get to the next option. And when I say sometimes, I mean about 50% of the time.

This makes buying, selling, or doing missions a real pain.

Great opportunity for beer and sandwich break, tho.

Don't know if it's related, but I have a similar problem buying and selling objects and spending skill points. Takes forever from when I click the action to when the action actually happens. Again, sometimes 5 or 10 minutes.

[C Del[IS]]

In the launcher, try deselecting packet optimization and prototype reordering. If you still have the same problem, select them both and try again.

[1andy2]

That seems to help. But it's not real consistent. So far it seems like if things aren't working right, just changing them from selected to unselected or vice versa and trying again *seems* to work.

But that could just be coincidence. I haven't tried it enough to know for sure.

[C Del[IS]]

It may have to do with your internet connection. Maybe your packet dropout rates vary from time to time. If that's the source of the problem, there isn't a whole lot we can do, at least right now. Our connection system is progressively becoming more robust, and eventually we should be able to clear up problems like these. Until then, I guess just keep switching the settings around and hang in there.