Zugg Software :: View topic - Sending batches of commands always starts slow

Beginner Joined: 27 Jul 2005 Posts: 20

It doesn't matter what I'm doing, if I'm looping, or just sending a big list of commands. The first few commands are always slower than those following.

If I send a big list of commands at once, there'll be a delay between the first command and all the rest. It will send the first command, lag for a bit, then send the others. Not a long delay, but enough to be annoying.

Say I loop selling something in my game. It will go like so...

Sold... Sold.. Soldsoldsoldsoldsoldsoldsoldsoldsoldsoldsoldsoldsoldsoldsoldsoldsoldsoldsold

I am really thinking it's a zMUD thing, because if zMUD is already processing commands before I send simeltaneous commands, they come out simeltaneously. So, if I... say, jump in my game, then immediately send the three commands, the three commands come out simeltaneously. It's not latency from the game, because the later commands come out very fast. Only the first one or two commands are slow.

It would be immensely helpful if there was a way to make commands come out faster and any help would be hot.

Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:49 pm

Problems with speed are normally a problem with the way your script's written. If it's a complicated script, there are probably ways to simplify it to make it faster if you post the whole script.

If it's not that, it's more likely to be your computer in general. Just follow the standard load-decreasing procedure and close anything you don't need.

Beginner Joined: 27 Jul 2005 Posts: 20

It doesn't matter which script I'm using or how I do it, it just lags that way. I have a fast machine, I highly doubt that raw computing speed would be the problem.

When you say 'standard load-decreasing procedure', you just mean closing programs, or is there actually an amazing zMUD procedure I don't know about?

Wizard Joined: 15 Jan 2002 Posts: 1644 Location: USA

I am gonna go off on a limb here and say that because zmud is interpreted your running into something like this

start loop---lag while it computes loop
send item 1 --- lag while it computes loop AND has to proccess other incoming text in the background
send item 2 --- lag while it computes loop AND has to proccess other incoming text in the background
send item x ---- super fast cause it has computed the rest of the script

You could try enclosing your loop in #PRIORITY {} blocks to see what happens

Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:42 pm

I just meant the former.