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That must be a very frustrating issue to have come across. As far as I'm aware this issue only affects people that are using Intel Integrated Graphics. You may be able to get around it by playing in Windowed mode, which contrary to the way that it works in other titles, improves stability in Mabi without a performance penalty that is measurable. More information on that topic can be found under the thread full screen problems also located in Technical Support.
If that doesn't help, it may be necessary to have more information about your computer to make a sound suggestion or recreate the problem.
It's really cool to see that someone else has this idea. I streamed it a few years back. It made it to a third round before people lost interest. I wish you luck from Alexina (the better server).
@Policroma The only thing that it does to even let you know that your email has changed is send an email to the old email account letting you know that it was changed.
That actually leads me to my biggest complaint with this system, if someone does manage to compromise your account as it stands today, you can still track it down if you know your username (even if you sign in with email, and have never set one, you have a username). After the update, it seems that it may become problematic to track down the account if it gets stolen.
I don't know if I'm stating that clearly or not. It makes sense to me, but I feel that it may not to everyone.
Maybe to make it clearer, since I use my username now, if someone were to steal my account, I could let Nexon know that it was stolen, and what my username is. They search the username, they find they account, they have a chance to recover it. If there is no longer a username attached to the account, but only an email they don't have the convenience of simply querying a username to recover the account. So pretty much the same boat that all users that have been created since 2010 have been in.
you could try using Netalyzr, It is a program that Berkeley hosts and gives some great insight into possible network configuration issues. Other than that, knowing what server you're playing on would be greatly helpful. If you're trying to play on Ch1 Alexina for example, I can tell you that the servers are at fault for your lag. Changing Channel would help greatly. The lag on Ch1 has been confirmed by playing with multiple people from several locations meaning several paths and IPs.
I would be hesitant to say that it is anything wrong with your laptop, especially if you're able to play other games well enough. Given your setup, Mabinogi probably isn't going to make use of your Geforce though. Still the same ongoing lack of care for Optimus users, that being said, integrated graphics on Intel is more than enough for playing Mabinogi.
This thread seems to be a little misleading in a few areas. Some of the logic follows when applied as a generalization to games, however they don't take into account architectural difference or paradigm shifts that have occurred since the release of the engine. Running in full screen can net some extra FPS in some games, however that isn't going to be the case with Mabi. Even the most basic integrated graphics paired with atom processors will not bottleneck Mabi. Most of Mabi's limitation is with the CPU. Having just two cores that are fast will net you a lot better experience with this game. Playing in Windowed mode doesn't limit your ability to use the full your full resolution. I'll attach two pictures at the end of this, and if you can tell me which one is in Windowed mode and which one is played in Full Screen, I'll eat my words. I'll also attach screenshots with Frame Rates... You don't need a "gaming computer" to play Mabi decently. You just need any computer that was built in the last 10-11 years with an appropriate Operating System dependent on your amount of RAM. (ie 2GB might get by fine with 32bit Windows 7, but would make the game play terrible with 64bit Windows 10). Even most Compute Sticks that are around the $30-$60 range can play Mabi fine at 1080p.
I think that playing Full Screen comes more as a preference to some, so they don't break their immersion in this game. With some titles full screen has some tricks that it can pull off with Modern APIs. With the age of this game, and the way that any modern Operating System handles DirectX 9 functionality, Windowed vs Full Screen is more about preference. There aren't any real performance concerns.
The one point that I will provide as good argument for running full screen is power consumption. Windowless doesn't have any frame limiting beyond what 1 CPU core can manage to squeeze, where as Full Screen can support Vsync which could result in some minimalist savings. It could also result in less heat output if you're running some of the older dungeons or areas that will easily get it insane frame rates
Also as a slight niggle, the default shortcut for Full Screen is just alt+enter. Mabi uses what has been a Windows Standard since the early years of Windows.
@ChawmiMcbitey You could possible have Mabinogi set to a resolution that is not supported by your display. Check to see that what you have chosen in Mabi matches that of your monitor's specs from the manufacturer. If that resolution doesn't show up, make sure that there is a check in "Widescreen Mode".