I recently installed Process Lasso for a Ragnarok Online private server game. It seemed to work quite well but I noticed the game started crashing randomly. One by one i changed the settings and I've concluded with 100% certainty that when I set Performance Mode to anything higher performing than "balanced", the game client will crash.
Has anyone else run into this issue? I need the performance mode on a higher setting than balanced otherwise I get lag spikes in the game.
If it makes any difference I hear my fan start to go full blast as soon as high performance mode is set to anything other than balanced.
Doesn't seem like a process lasso issue...
You can try setting Performance mode from windows with process lasso closed, but it doubt it would change anything.
I had the same issue with high-performance mode causing crashes in another game. Try enabling ProBalance and CPU Limiter in Process Lasso instead, gives smoother performance without forcing max settings.
I recommend stress testing the PC in a high performance power plan/mode. I suspect there are thermal control or other hardware instabilities that only manifest when you're in a high performance power plan. Let me know how it goes!
Quote from: Lifluke on July 08, 2025, 03:28:16 AMI had the same issue with high-performance mode causing crashes in another game. Try enabling ProBalance and CPU Limiter in Process Lasso instead, gives smoother performance without forcing max settings.
What do you suggest for CPU Limiter?
Quote from: Jeremy Collake on July 08, 2025, 11:33:26 AMI recommend stress testing the PC in a high performance power plan/mode. I suspect there are thermal control or other hardware instabilities that only manifest when you're in a high performance power plan. Let me know how it goes!
The thing is I've played lots of other games that require much higher performance than RO (Destiny 2, D2R, D4, PoE2, etc) and I've never had performance or crashing issues do to thermal control before with them.
Now, i haven't tested those games with Process Lasso in HP mode to see if they also crash but all I know is that when I have performance mode on I get periodic crashes and when it's off I don't when I play RO.
It's likely that the game client isn't optimized for aggressive CPU performance settings—try excluding the game process from Performance Mode in Process Lasso and instead tweak individual CPU affinities or priorities manually to stabilize it.
Best for: Lightweight and free CPU limiting.
Features: Simple UI, limits CPU usage by pausing/resuming the process.
Use case: Useful for limiting older apps or background tasks that hog CPU
The game client is probably not set up for demanding CPU performance settings. You can try fixing this by removing the game process from Process Lasso's Performance Mode and manually adjusting each CPU's affinities or priorities.
I've noticed similar crashes when using performance mode on other games too. Does disabling it actually solve the issue, or is there another workaround?
I post the following reccomandation because it's my experience that a clean, fresh start with newly imported powerschemes goes a long way towards ending sudden restarts. OFC nothing is perfect, but this is a really fast and easy way to make sure basics are back to normal.
The "routine goes like this:
There are three (actually four) schemes:
Windows have all schemes stored, all you do is to "call them back" into action by duplicating them. This also gives them new name (ID).
First find schemes on your pc now:
powercfg /LIST
Then clean the out, -delete them:
powercfg /delete xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxx <copy ID here: Delete all schemes on LIST except it won't let you delete active scheme, so leave restoring 'Balanced' to last (The active scheme has a _*_star)
powercfg /LIST
Restore 'Power Saver scheme' (a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a) like so:
powercfg -duplicatescheme a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a
Now you have a "Powersaver-scheme" (with a new ID-name).
Check if ok
powercfg /LIST
(If you want you can rename the schemes beacause it helps separate which schemes are created by You)
powercfg /changename [copy and paste that new ID here without brackets] "Powersaver" "Reduces powerdraw, adds batterylife."
<"Rename" and "Comment" them whatever you want)
With the OLD Balanced scheme you want to have atleast one other scheme before you also delete and re-0duplicate 'Balanced:'
powercfg -setactive [Use 'Powersaver' scheme ID here without brackets]
(powercfg /LIST, copy ID...)
Balanced = 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e
powercfg -duplicatescheme 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2epowercfg /changename [Use 'New Balanced' scheme ID here without brackets] "My Balanced" "Enough for most tasks"
High Performance
8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c
powercfg -duplicatescheme 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635cpowercfg /changename [Use 'New High Performance' scheme ID here without brackets] "Fast Respons" "Be ready - All the time!
Ultimate Performance (often hidden/not all have this? )
e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61
powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61powercfg /changename [Use 'New Extreme' scheme ID here without brackets] "Extreme Performance" "Everythin at MAX!"
Best of luck, but skill probably helps!