Serlin Posted January 31, 2021 Report Posted January 31, 2021 Vintage Story seems to be causing terrible lag on my home's WIFI network. I have two desktop computers wired to my ISP modem (Sagecom Fast 5566) and one desktop connected via WIFI to the modem. All three receive very good internet speeds in all usage conditions, except when I play Vintage Story. When I play Vintage Story (single player) on a computer directly wired to the modem, it causes the WIFI computer to lag horribly, e.g. it can't load a Youtube video and takes 12 seconds to open google.com page. It's as if running a Vintage Story game on a wired computer knocks out 95% of the outgoing WIFI signal. Of note, the two desktops cabled directly to the modem don't ever seem to be affected; it is only the WIFI that is messed up when a single player Vintage Story game is running elsewhere. I trouble-shot the problem: if I quit playing my solo game of Vintage Story, the WIFI computer lag stops immediately. When I load up my Vintage Story game, the WIFI lag on the other computer returns within five minutes. Only other thing I can note is that the problem doesn't exist when I'm at the Vintage Story main menu (i.e. program is running, I'm at main menu screen, and no game is being played). It only happens once I start actually playing one of my Vintage Story game files. Anybody know why playing Vintage Story (desktop, single player, wired directly to modem) is knocking out my modem's WIFI to other computers? I would think playing solo on a wired desktop wouldn't impact WIFI in my household. What's up?
Serlin Posted February 2, 2021 Author Report Posted February 2, 2021 Does anyone know how I can stop Vintage Story from affecting WIFI? It's disturbing to think playing the game solo on my wired desktop affects the WIFI network in my household. Why would Vintage Story be communicating with, or using up my WIFI in that scenario?
Streetwind Posted February 3, 2021 Report Posted February 3, 2021 It would help if you could analyze the network traffic from the point of view of the wifi-connected desktop. I realize this is a tall order for the average user, but without knowing what's going on, this is almost impossible to troubleshoot. 1
Serlin Posted February 7, 2021 Author Report Posted February 7, 2021 Hmmm...I hadn't thought of that. Although I have no idea what I'm doing, I'll see if I can figure out what is 'incoming' on the wifi-connected desktop. Maybe I can get lucky and see a difference between when I'm running VS on my computer, and when I'm not.
BaronBeck Posted March 23, 2025 Report Posted March 23, 2025 Was there ever a solution to this? My internet specifically disconnects when I play this game
MoonGrub Posted April 22, 2025 Report Posted April 22, 2025 Also curious if there was ever a solution to this? As, specifically trying to Host LAN games, absolutely demolishes wifi for seemingly no reason.
Mr Gr33n Posted May 5, 2025 Report Posted May 5, 2025 (edited) Hello, i think i can help here. Do you have a Laptop? Wifi is run off the Intel Chip and when you use too much of the performance of a Laptop, it will lag the wifi causing interference and disconnection. I had a similar issue on my 2012 Lenovo laptop and had to do some investigation. The CPU usage is the issue here. Same with a PC if you use an Integrated Wifi chip instead of a Hardware one. (WiFi chip are manufactured by Intel) You can also validate that the Router isn't a problem with a second device. That device will still have access to the internet with the wifi. I hope it help. Edited May 5, 2025 by Mr Gr33n
Samuel_REDACTED Posted May 8, 2025 Report Posted May 8, 2025 Just got back into VS this week and every time I play the game (Single player or on a server) my internet dies for all devices, can't seem to figure out exactly why it's only VS causing this as any other game I play that relies on an internet connection has 0 issues and doesn't cause my internet to die
Salamandra Posted July 10, 2025 Report Posted July 10, 2025 I seem to be having a related, but slightly different issue- When I play vintage story, I notice it absolutely peaks my wifi sometimes, and makes any videos I am playing on my 2nd moniter just lag out completely or stutter like crazy. I know it's a wifi issue because I can see it peaking on task manager, and it only happens when I'm playing VS. I thought it was a CPU issue at first, but it isn't, it says the wifi is the only thing peaking. It's not game-breaking, and it doesnt actually affect my internet's speed, but it is just super annoying to deal with if I want to listen to any video while playing the game
Jon20 Posted January 11 Report Posted January 11 This is weird because I'm having the same issue. WiFi started dying a lot playing this game, to the point that I wasn't sure if the device itself wasn't corrupted (happened on and off even when not playing the game too, but it started while I was playing VS) Anyway, I "fixed" it by buying a new wifi USB and setting it to never be turned off (in Device Manager, under Network Adapters and in Power Management inside Properties if you're wondering). Everything was fine for a while, but now just while I was playing VS, it's happened a again several times, but it seems like it reconnects afterwards too. So far (knock on wood) it hasn't done it outside of VS. I play Solo as well
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