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John's Lag Meter - Updated Nov 6
« on: October 31, 2012, 05:18:07 pm »



What it Does

There are several types of lag in ROBLOX. Graphics lag (scene too complex to render at high framerate), physics lag (too many moving parts at once), and DataModel lag (too many property changes at once).

This tool measures DataModel lag. This is amount of time it takes for a change made on a client to replicate to all the other players in the level. For example, if your guy equips a weapon, that is a DataModel change. You see your weapon equipped immediately, but everyone else in the game sees it happen some time later. The exact amount of time this takes is the DataModel lag. In a well-programmed, well-designed game this is often around 100 milliseconds. 100 ms feels instantaneous and is faster than human reaction times to most types of stimuli.

I will be expanding this tool in the future to make it easier for ROBLOX game developers to pinpoint why their games are slow. The most current version will be available for download right here.

How to Install It

1. Download attachment
2. Insert into your Workspace
3. Magic

Note that your lag will measure as 0 unless you are running your game in a multiplayer context.

[Updates]

Nov 6 - scripts no longer spam the output panel with prints()
« Last Edit: November 06, 2012, 10:17:08 am by shedletsky »
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Re: John's Lag Meter
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2012, 08:59:25 pm »

so, roblox ping displayer?
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Re: John's Lag Meter
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2012, 04:15:54 am »

Can we blame you if we have lag now?
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Re: John's Lag Meter
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2012, 02:58:18 pm »

Aww crud, I just made my own ping indicator like 2 days ago. :/


Anyway John, is the GUI in it necessary or can it be edited out?
It's well done and all, but I can't have that Gui on the screen for my game which has many Guis. :/
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Re: John's Lag Meter
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2012, 03:14:35 pm »

Aww crud, I just made my own ping indicator like 2 days ago. :/


Anyway John, is the GUI in it necessary or can it be edited out?
It's well done and all, but I can't have that Gui on the screen for my game which has many Guis. :/

You can edit the GUI you know...
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Re: John's Lag Meter
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2012, 05:52:11 pm »

*looks in script and finds this topic*
Oh boy here come the Stalkers -_-
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Re: John's Lag Meter
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2012, 11:49:02 pm »

*looks in script and finds this topic*
Oh boy here come the Stalkers -_-

For example  , mario
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Re: John's Lag Meter
« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2012, 11:08:07 am »

Aww crud, I just made my own ping indicator like 2 days ago. :/


Anyway John, is the GUI in it necessary or can it be edited out?
It's well done and all, but I can't have that Gui on the screen for my game which has many Guis. :/

Feel free to edit it however you want.

A future version will have an option to only display to the place creator and to be collapsible. If you improve it, post your improved version :D
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Re: John's Lag Meter - Updated Nov 6
« Reply #8 on: November 12, 2012, 03:49:01 pm »

i see that every place i'm going to, i have over 223 in ping :/ and the other thing to.
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Re: John's Lag Meter - Updated Nov 6
« Reply #9 on: November 12, 2012, 03:50:36 pm »

I find physics lag and "datamodel" lag more common for me. Graphics isn't a problem for me.
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Re: John's Lag Meter - Updated Nov 6
« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2012, 08:23:19 am »

I find physics lag and "datamodel" lag more common for me. Graphics isn't a problem for me.
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Re: John's Lag Meter - Updated Nov 6
« Reply #11 on: November 21, 2012, 09:11:01 am »

I find physics lag and "datamodel" lag more common for me. Graphics isn't a problem for me.
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Re: John's Lag Meter - Updated Nov 6
« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2012, 07:07:44 pm »

Are you really John, if you are, change your name back to telamon, shedlsksdsey sucks

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Re: John's Lag Meter - Updated Nov 6
« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2012, 07:09:27 pm »

Are you really John, if you are, change your name back to telamon, shedlsksdsey sucks
As I was right about the stalkers.
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Re: John's Lag Meter - Updated Nov 6
« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2012, 07:46:26 am »

Are you really John, if you are, change your name back to telamon, shedlsksdsey sucks
As I was right about the stalkers.
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