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Your technology needs help... lots of help... lots and LOTS of help. :(

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Your technology needs help... lots of help... lots and LOTS of help. :(

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Lord_Ravenhurst
04.24.2012 , 03:46 AM | #61
I was waiting for a post like this!

/signed

Question: Are they able to revamp the engine to live up to today´s standards?

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Getphazed
04.24.2012 , 03:49 AM | #62
I get great fps, and my load times are minimal, yes some planets take longer than others but not much. As far as you so called developers, you may or may not know development but if you do then you know crap about hardware and networking. I have worked with developers in different areas and they knew their area well, but knew nothing about hardware or networking. If you get bad fps and load times then you either need to adjust your settings or do a few upgrades.

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jonathandonnelly
04.24.2012 , 03:49 AM | #63
I don't think this games engine/technology/coding is the biggest problem.
It can be worked around.
1. Turn your shadows off
2. Set the graphics to medium to improve performance.
3. Raid 2 Hard disks together or get a cheap SSD
3b, Defragment Hard Disks.
4. Trim down your startup services and applications in windows.
5. Level alts and stay out of Illum

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amantheil
04.24.2012 , 03:52 AM | #64
Quote: Originally Posted by BawsHogg View Post
wow , exaggeration for effect nice......but if that is the worst thing that happens to you on that particular day......

your day has been better than 3 billion people
Are long loading screens the end of the world ? No. Do they prevent me from playing the game? No. Are they still a PITA to deal with and an embarassment for a new game? Yes.

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Rikeryo
04.24.2012 , 03:58 AM | #65
I've been playing sw:tor for the last 4 months - no other games. this weekend I started playing several singleplayer games and bf3 again and the difference in performance and loading screens is unbelievable huge. it was the first time in 4 months that I was actually able to play on my pc without getting a headache. I had capped fps in every game and the graphics just looked awesome compared to ugly sw:tor.

I am no technician, but the sw:tor engine seems to need x4 the resources compared to other games while delivering half the performance. what an awful engine. as a pvp player I have to face abysmal low performance in warzones and horrendous loading times when not queueing from out of my ship every time I'm playing. well, not anymore, because of these very issues and bad balancing design decisions I've actually unsubbed. I doubt I'll regret it.
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Banicks
04.24.2012 , 04:01 AM | #66
They have both end game content, and technology problems IMO.
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Valperion
04.24.2012 , 04:03 AM | #67
Quote: Originally Posted by Rikeryo View Post
I've been playing sw:tor for the last 4 month - no other games. this weekend I started playing several singleplayer games and bf3 again and the difference in performance and loading screens is unbelievable huge. it was the first time in 4 months that I was actually able to play on my pc without getting a headache. I had capped fps in every game and the graphics just looked awesome compared to ugly sw:tor.

I am no technician, but the sw:tor engine seems to need x4 the resources compared to other games while delivering half the performance. what an awful engine. as a pvp player I have to face abysmal low performance in warzones and horrendous loading times when not queueing from out of my ship every time I'm playing. well, not anymore, because of these very issues and bad balancing design decisions I've actually unsubbed. I doubt I'll regret it.
If only people recognized the games issues like you.
Some players have so much loyalty towards "bioware", they will do anything to protect their precious product.
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SPAMBAM
04.24.2012 , 04:08 AM | #68
Quite simply the most beautifully succinct post - and, indeed, informative post - I have had the pleasure to read.

I am from England and so very, very often I have the misfortune of subconsciously collating on overall 'snapshot' of the world's grammar, particularly when it comes to a certain age demographic (I speculate 13-25). All too often we see 'text speak' or bad spelling, awful grammar or just gibberish. Forums, these days, have become woeful boards for the spluttering, uneducated buffoons which have too much to say and nothing to say worth listening to...

I actually really enjoyed reading this.

Keep your posts coming, sir / madam.

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erei
04.24.2012 , 04:15 AM | #69
I played AoC before Sw:tor. I take almost the same amount of time to load belsavis than I need to load map on AOC. And the Aoc client is badly optimized. Also, I can hear my GPU fans screaming from time to time in Sw:tor, for apparently no reasons.
There is something really wrong. Swtor shouldn't take that much resources.

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Ignobull
04.24.2012 , 04:17 AM | #70
Quote: Originally Posted by SPAMBAM View Post
Quite simply the most beautifully succinct post - and, indeed, informative post - I have had the pleasure to read.

I am from England and so very, very often I have the misfortune of subconsciously collating on overall 'snapshot' of the world's grammar, particularly when it comes to a certain age demographic (I speculate 13-25). All too often we see 'text speak' or bad spelling, awful grammar or just gibberish. Forums, these days, have become woeful boards for the spluttering, uneducated buffoons which have too much to say and nothing to say worth listening to...

I actually really enjoyed reading this.

Keep your posts coming, sir.
Let me translate this from colonial english into buffoonery; I am smart, I am so smart I have to post about it, if you are not as smart as me I will feel good about myself and dismiss you.

By using the word 'actually' the poster is pointing out how smart he is, because it is very rare for him to enjoy a post because he is so smart.

He ends with 'sir' again pointing out how high and mighty he is being so smart