I vaguely remember this being an issue in the past. It's been a while though. I play LoL regularly. I recently installed and started using VirtualBox. Now my LoL games are intermittently non-responsive for 2 seconds at a time. VirtualBox is not running, but the non-responsiveness continues. Ping is good.
Why?
MagicFlyingLlama1 votesVirtualbox has a background service, iirc. Is it disabled?
Also, what hardware are you using, and what virtualization-related BIOS options are modified?
MrN1ce9uy1 votesNot sure if iirc background service was disabled then. I don't see it now.
SVM Mode is enabled in BIOS for virtualization.
My hardware: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X NZXT Kraken X62 ASUS X470 Crosshair VII Hero 16GB G.Skill RGB DDR4 3200 Dual-Channel EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SC2 Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SATA III Samsung 860 EVO 1TB M.2 Corsair HX1200i Phanteks Enthoo Pro M TG Acer Predator XB271HU 27" 1440p 165Hz IPS G-SYNC
Last night when I was playing the game and it was happening, I logged out of the game and restarted my PC. I logged back in to my game and it was still happening. Every 30s or so a 2s un-responsive lagg happens, but there is no indication of losing connection or high ping.
MagicFlyingLlama1 votesI assume SVM Mode is the same as enabled AMD-V ?
I cant find any related issues or think of a potential cause, i have only heard of stuff like that happening when running games in a VM, or with hardware being shared. Can you confirm that VirtualBox is the cause?
MrN1ce9uy1 votesDo you know something? I also use VyprVPN, which I disable when I play LoL. But I recently switched it from OpenVPN encryption to Chameleon encryption, both of which are options within the client. Both have background processes while the VPN is disabled. I was in the middle of a game when I realized I had switched that recently. I exited the game of League. Opened VyprVPN. Switched back to OpenVPN. Closed VyprVPN. Rebooted. Opened game. And I think it may have still happened once or twice, but after a while, it went away. I think it could be Chameleon encryption on VyprVPN that was causing it.
Before I started that game I had uninstalled VirtualBox and rebooted. The un-responsiveness continued. Then I saw the Chameleon process running in Task Manager.
MagicFlyingLlama1 votesThat makes much more sense than rogue virtualization shenanigans. If it does not have an option to close the software completely, it should not be touching the system in the first place. Even assuming it is secure and safe, that can cause all sorts of issues, as you are seeing..