Guild Wars 2

The game clock (specifically in relation to skill CDs) is based on the computer clock, at least visually on my end. I haven’t seen this in any games yet. The problem is that my computer’s clock counts consistently too fast (I just spent 2 hours trying to find out how to fix that problem yet couldn’t) so it means that it shows the skill CDs counting down 15, 20% faster than they actually do and ending well before I actually can use them…

Is there any way around this??
Heal skills show they are off CD, 4, to 7 seconds before they are, elites 20-30 seconds…
I can’t play any other class but a ranger to any great lvl because of this (traps are all on relatively short CDs). I really don’t want to quit the game because of that yet I am getting a little tired of the ranger, after hitting rank 28~ on near nothing but it.

Oh and I am using Windows XP :/
In the end the only thing I could find that changed anything was to resync the clock, frequently, I downloaded something to resync it every 3~ seconds (making the clock appear to count correctly) but that didn’t actually end up effecting the in game CDs at all…
(The problem has been persistent for months at least, with the clock, it is always that consistent 15-20% faster than it should be, it just has never effected anything worth noting till now)

Try this. http://www.intrepid.com.au/computer-clock-running-too-fast-or-too-slow/

Yeah that was one of the first sites I found ><

I tried it multiple times to no avail…

(thnks for the response though)

Swordbreaker.2581:

Try this. http://www.intrepid.com.au/computer-clock-running-too-fast-or-too-slow/

That’s a good find and I’d definitely start there. However, one would think that the service would correct itself when you restart the OS…then again, I don’t work at MS. Lol.

garethh.3518:

Yeah that was one of the first sites I found ><

I tried it multiple times to no avail…

(thnks for the response though)

What happened when you tried it? Errors, codes, etc. may be relevant.

AAh, no it went threw the code flawlessly, I’m not at my home computer atm but it said it stopped the clock when I typed the first line in, then the unregister and register went threw with no errors, and it started up again just fine.
I can copy the exact code in a few hours when I’m back home.

Even the BIOS clock was counting oddly fast (I held up a watch to it and it was still going at that same extra 15%~ speed) if that is relevant.

Can you post more info about your system, like exact model motherboard and CPU?

Have you checked for any BIOS updates for your motherboard?

I haven’t checked for updates, but I will as soon as I can
(and post the specs)

That’s definitely relevant concerning the BIOS clock.

Check for BIOS updates first, there may be an update to correct this issue.

Do you know how to flash your BIOS, if so?

I have never even heard of ‘flashing your BIOS’, lol.
I just googled it and it doesn’t seem that bad though…
Especially since I’m kinda sure the motherboard is from a larger manufacturer (so they usually all have a utility to find the model and what updates are needed).
Thnks for the responses, yeah I’ll be getting on it all in a few hours

Let us know what happens. Flashing isn’t hard, just make sure you don’t accidently power off the PC while it’s flashing or you may end up with a bricked comp (specifically, a bricked motherboard). Just FYI

:D

It worked.
After 2~ hours of sifting threw ‘driver updaters’ that tro’lololed along with a ‘buy or no dice’ message after the download… intel not even recognizing this motherboard as a legitimate product of theirs with their updater (even though it boots with a nice ole’ INTEL logo)… and 2 device managers that listed useless information under what the motherboard is… I found Sisoftware Sandra light (which actually incorrectly listed the series) and a dell wikipedia page (which after carefully reading showed that it was a 530, not 530s like Sandra said since it is a core 2 quad), which I then had to google specifically to find the latest update with the least amount of complaints… leading to the 1.0.18 patch which actually brought the clock back into sync with reality…

oh joy oh joy.
lol

Thnks guys time to mess around with an ele

I’m glad you’ve been able to fix it.

Good deal. Glad to hear you got it fixed!