Quickly jumping in here because the previous point about resource limits is spot on. I would suggest looking at Vultr High Frequency Compute 2GB RAM 1 vCPU NVMe if you want to avoid those lag spikes. Make sure to check the clock speed because OpenClaw can be surprisingly picky with CPU cycles during specific rendering tasks. One quick tip: just use the Docker image if you can. It wraps all those annoying dependencies so you dont have to manually install libs like SDL2 or Zlib yourself. Might save you a lot of time before the weekend. If you get stuck on the Dockerfile config, let me know and I can probably share my compose script. Just be careful with the storage throughput on the cheaper plans tho, it can bottleneck the assets loading.

If you are looking for the quickest turnaround before the weekend, I would suggest going with DigitalOcean Basic Droplet 1GB RAM 1 vCPU running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. In my experience, its much more reliable than fighting local library conflicts. You might want to consider using their entry tier which is about $6 per month; it is more than enough for OpenClaw. Be careful when choosing your data center location though, pick the one closest to your physical location to minimize latency. I have found that Linode Shared CPU Nanode 1GB RAM is also a very solid alternative if you prefer their interface. Honestly, the dependency issues you are seeing usually stem from missing SDL2 or specific sound dev kits, but a clean cloud instance handles that way better. Just make sure to run a full update before you start the build process. Its probably the safest path forward.

I ran into a massive headache trying this on my current setup a few weeks back. Honestly, my experience was pretty frustrating because the rendering cycles kept hitting hard resource limits on the small instance I chose. Be careful when picking because:

• Shared vCPU steal time kills performance
• Swap space is basically mandatory
• Kernel conflicts happen Took me all night to realize the tiny tier just couldnt handle it.