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Technical troubleshooting: server lags and connection
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: or a bit higher than 200MB if you have plenty memory.
: or a bit higher than 200MB if you have plenty memory.


: If you use windows and you normally start stendhal by double clicking on the stendhal-0.XX.jar icon we have a bit work to do. Open a text editor (NotePad will do) and paste in the line
: If you use windows and you normally start stendhal by double clicking on the stendhal-0.XX.jar icon we have a bit of work to do. Open a text editor (NotePad will do) and paste in the line
java -Xmx200m -jar stendhal-0.XX.jar
java -Xmx200m -jar stendhal-0.XX.jar
: then save this as a document called start.bat, in the same directory as the stendhal-0.XX.jar icon which you normally double click. Now to start the client you double click start.bat. You'll see a DOS prompt open and then the client will load as normal. If this hasn't worked the likely reason is that Windows is hiding your file extensions, so that your text file has been saved as start.bat.txt and isn't recognised as a batch file, and your client is only referred to as stendhal-0.XX as the .jar is hidden. Anyway, to fix this try one of the guides found by googling ''windows unhide file extensions'' such as [http://support.mfm.com/support/std_procedures/unhidefileextensions.html] for up to Windows XP and [http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1269/vista_show_unhide_file_extensions/] for Vista. <small>Disclaimer: external sites are not our responsibility and are not necessarily tested, written or maintained by the Stendhal team. What you do to your own computer is your responsibility</small>.
: then save this as a document called start.bat, in the same directory as the stendhal-0.XX.jar icon which you normally double click. Now to start the client you double click start.bat. You'll see a DOS prompt open and then the client will load as normal. If this hasn't worked the likely reason is that Windows is hiding your file extensions, so that your text file has been saved as start.bat.txt and isn't recognised as a batch file, and your client is only referred to as stendhal-0.XX as the .jar is hidden. Anyway, to fix this try one of the guides found by googling ''windows unhide file extensions'' such as [http://support.mfm.com/support/std_procedures/unhidefileextensions.html] for up to Windows XP and [http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1269/vista_show_unhide_file_extensions/] for Vista. <small>Disclaimer: external sites are not our responsibility and are not necessarily tested, written or maintained by the Stendhal team. What you do to your own computer is your responsibility</small>.