Reducing lag?

[General Nick]

If he has to upgrade his hardware I would say video card not ram.
Why does everyone think ram is some end all cure for computer speed.
It pretty much is the last important thing.

I think RAM is really necessary unless you already have 4GB. 8GB or higher if you're a hardcore multitasker.

[Ad Bot]

[pitfall]

Open the task manager. Open the processes tab and go down tell you see Blockland.exe and right click and set the priority to "High".

[MackTheHunter]

He's using a Mac, I think.

...Which means no Task Manager, no extra RAM, etc

[General Nick]

Open the task manager. Open the processes tab and go down tell you see Blockland.exe and right click and set the priority to "High".

Can cause system instability as your CPU will now prefer Blockland over something critical, like the operating system's crucial processes.

[KoopaScooper]

Turn Vsync on. Worked for my old graphics card.

[General Nick]

Turn Vsync on. Worked for my old graphics card.

Vsync doesn't decrease lag, it just makes your frames go at a steady rate of frames per second. Without vsync, your FPS can go into the thousands assuming you have a good enough computer, but if you quickly move the camera around you'll see lines across the screen, not lines like black and white or colorful lines, but lines formed by two frames being merged or something.

With vsync, your FPS is locked into a steady rate unless you actually start lagging (and you'll lag the same way like before) and you won't see those lines that appear when frames are being forgeted together.

[Zenthrox]

He's using a Mac, I think.

I probably should have mentioned that.

[TheArchitect]

No such thing as HDD RAM.

Well, I meant just regular RAM but I thought it would be called HDD RAM because RAM is basically information from your hard drive but it's more accessible.

[General Nick]

Well, I meant just regular RAM but I thought it would be called HDD RAM because RAM is basically information from your hard drive but it's more accessible.

...
Not really.

I'm pretty sure RAM isn't information from the hard drive made more accessible.

[TheArchitect]

...
Not really.

I'm pretty sure RAM isn't information from the hard drive made more accessible.

What is RAM?

[pitfall]

What is RAM?

Random Acssese Memory i think

[TheArchitect]

Random Acssese Memory i think

Not what is stands for, but what it does.

[Kyzor]

RAM - Random Access Memory, or volatile memory, is used by the system to store data for processing by a computer's central processing unit (CPU), also known as the processor. RAM stores the data in memory cells that are arranged in grids much like the cells are arranged in a spreadsheet, from which data, in the binary form of 1's and 0's, can be accessed and transferred at random to the processor for processing by the system's software.

The data stored in a hard disk drive (HDD) cannot be accessed at random. Whole sectors, containing blocks of data, are transferred from a hard disk drive, placed in a large swap file on the same drive, and only then are selected files transferred to RAM for random access by the processor, which is itself only performing the instructions of the system's operating system (usually Windows), and its application software.  

When the computer is turned off, all of the data in the RAM memory is lost, hence its alternative name of volatile memory, whereas all of the data on a hard disk drive is retained permanently until it is intentionally erased. The motherboard (or mainboard) manual (that should be provided with a new or a second-hand PC) will provide all of the details about the different types of supported RAM, and the various combinations of modules per bank for each type that can be successfully installed.

[A.R.C.]

And more rum!

Where's all the rum gone?

[TheArchitect]

So I was somewhat correct