~Some Endless Forest Gaming Problems~

I had discovered The Endless Forest about almost 2 years ago and it's one of the best games I have ever played! The first few months I played it, the game was running fine for me. But now when I log in, the game connects me to the web, but it doesn't show any other players even though it says about 50+ are on logged on. I do have the 'show all other characters' all the way to the right, but the game never loads the other players. Is the game not working right? Or am I not doing something correctly?? So usually when I play the game, it's just me all alone in the huge forest. And that's not very fun if you can't interact with any other player.
Also, during the game, it tends to lag or get very 'framerate-ey'. I am connected to a fast internet connection, no other pages or apps are open, and my computer doesn't lag very much. I tried lowering the details of the deer and nature but the lag always comes back after a short time. During recording, it lags as well which annoys me for I am trying to show what you can do in the Endless Forest.

*** I really do hope you guys can fix/improve the game because I really love this game and everyone should discover this game as well!!! ***

I'm not an expert by any

I'm not an expert by any means, but I'd check to see if your video driver needs updates. Also do you have an antivirus or spyware program installed? Sometimes when those run discreetly in the background it can make TEF run slower than normal.

*bumps this so people with more technical know-how can see*