Quote Originally Posted by moosejaw View Post
I think ZUB hit it on the head. The background instance is FPS limited and causing the character to fall behind. This used to happen alot in Shat during peak hours. The slaves couldn't update fast enough with FPS set really low. Losing follow happened alot then.

I am guessing the OP needs to limit the foreground FPS a little more so he can raise the background up enough to keep pace.
This also may depend on what kind of system the OP is running.