How do I make Master Merchant perform better?

Iselin · May 2018

I have had MM for a long, long time so my database has just grown over time.

The performance is so bad for me that on the one character I have it enabled, when I first log-in the character just freezes or has FPS in the single digits until the report is done. Even then, the performance on that one character is always lower than on the ones where I have it turned off.

Looking for any tips and tricks for making it perform better... if they exist.

VaranisArano · May 2018

I set my scan frequency to be less often, limit my sales history size, and have my sales focus only set for 10 days.

Mind you, 10 days works for me because I sell crafting mats and reagents, so prices don't fluctuate that much nor are sales of those items rare.

imrilaoi · May 2018

Could try Arkadius' Trade Tools: http://www.esoui.com/downloads/info1752-ArkadiusTradeTools.html

Has most of the same functionality, but doesn't seem to have nearly the performance impact.

vovus69 · May 2018

I also have to use arkadius tools - MM is very slow to load data and hang up the whole game eventually. Arkadius also has issues - for example it has no material costs and the length of history is not manageable, just 30 days, but at least it is not crashing my game...

-vovus

Iselin · May 2018

Update:

Well I took drastic action and deleted MM and all the variables and then re-installed it. Lost all my old data of course but the performance is much better... for now. I'll see how long that lasts.

sylviermoone · May 2018

If you haven't turned on the delay initialization setting, you're going to have problems as your data set grows.

The good news is we're making this the default state of MM with the Summerset update.

Juhasow · May 2018

You can reduce the time of stored data in MM down to desired amount of days.

Iselin · May 2018

Juhasow wrote: »

You can reduce the time of stored data in MM down to desired amount of days.

I did do that a long time ago (as well as turning on init delay) but it seemed to me that did not limit the growth of the data, just how many days of it is used to calculate and display.

Like I said, only taking the drastic action of deleting it and reinstalling it seemed to do the trick for me for now.

I don't think that setting discards older data.

sylviermoone · May 2018

Iselin wrote: »

Juhasow wrote: »

You can reduce the time of stored data in MM down to desired amount of days.

I did do that a long time ago (as well as turning on init delay) but it seemed to me that did not limit the growth of the data, just how many days of it is used to calculate and display.

Like I said, only taking the drastic action of deleting it and reinstalling it seemed to do the trick for me for now.

I don't think that setting discards older data.

Well, it does also depend on the min/max item count setting, too. Like, if an item is super slow moving and you have the min item count at 5, MM will save 5 sales, regardless of how long ago they happened, or if you have a max of say, 100 sales, it will kick sales over 100 our of the data even if it hasn't reached your 30 day threshold.

Curious as to what computer setup you have. I don't have these issues with MM.