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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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sambeta
04.24.2012 , 03:33 PM | #121
Thank you so much OP for raising these issues, we all know they're there even those of us who aren't devs, but some of us refuse to acknowledge the faults.

My computer has no issues running SKYRIM/BF3 or Crysis1/2 on full GFX. But thanks to this games engine and severe faults my computer damn near self destructs. Some times I can't go into PVP warzones due to massive lag (not internet lag but GFX lag) as well as other faults. Not to mention trying ops raids etc. I mean the frame rate drops when I'm on the fleet.

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Rikeryo
04.24.2012 , 03:33 PM | #122
Quote: Originally Posted by Arkerus View Post
I am confident that the engine issues will be worked out as the game matures. Bioware (even though they messed up ME3) has some of the industry best. I am willing to wait (a bit) while they work it out.
they have yet to show. the engine is not the only rotten part of this apple.
but they will continue denying this problem as they did in the past. does anyone remember the "horrid fps" thread with 15000+ posts and the countless other threads over in the CS section?
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Agemnon
04.24.2012 , 03:46 PM | #123
Quote: Originally Posted by sindorella View Post
Well, yea its obviously not a big secret, and probably like you said their biggest problem.

I know I dont have a good computer but, i am able to run well WoW with high graphics whitout laging. It takes me some seconds to finish a loading bar.

In Swtor, some planets like Corelia literally takes 5 mins to download with everything at very low. So pretty much, when i am on these planets, i cannot Queue for a Wz even if i want to) because its WAY too long to dl the map. This problem actually stopped me from leveling alts.because i love to PVp and lvl at the same time and i am not patient enough to wait 5 mins between each wz.

I agree with your post even tho i dont think they are gonna change anything soon.
Wow, and I thought 12 seconds with a SATA III SSD was long!
Welcome to PvP, where it's socially acceptable for 40 year old geeks to beat up 12 year old boys.

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Your_dominus
04.24.2012 , 04:00 PM | #124
Quote: Originally Posted by Agemnon View Post
Wow, and I thought 12 seconds with a SATA III SSD was long!
It is.
This goes to show how flawed the client is. ( I my self as well have TOR on a SSD and experience minimal improvement in load time)
And the fps on the fleet? Good god Bioware, you can't tell me this is that big a deal to fix. People clustering in a group for the rhatgoul event crap brings my 6950 2b and 4ghz quad to 20fps. Wth is that?
My fps is perfectly fine, 60fps+ anywhere else. Go to the fleet and it's juttery and low.

Then there's the chia pet foliage. It literally grows as you approach, the draw distance on foliage is so piss poor. WoW's does it too, but at least it sort of... fades in/out and leaves your eyes with the feeling like it was always there.

The engine is dated , and flawed.

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Your_dominus
04.24.2012 , 04:07 PM | #125
Quote: Originally Posted by playfirst View Post
Game runs fine. I load in under 15 seconds
On an SSD there is something really wrong with that. Should take 2-5 seconds to load into the game world, not 15.
Quote: Originally Posted by playfirst View Post
SWTOR is a modern MMO, get a modern computer.
It is? then how come it looks dated, has horrible draw distance on foliage, and uses low res textures everywhere?

I can play BF3 on high/ultra, the Witcher 2 on high/ultra, etc, etc, but get 20fps on the fleet in TOR?
And don't use the old MMO excuse either. I get 60+fps in WoW, Org /SW with 50+ players around on max settings @1080p. So the low fps is not attributed to other players near me.
Wake up man.

I re subbed, and have fun playing TOR, but fan boy I am not, and am very aware of it's serious flaws.

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Your_dominus
04.24.2012 , 05:37 PM | #126
I just chated with someone claiming to ALWAYS get 60+ fps. Fleet included. These people that claim this are either lying, blind, or using some special snowflake build that contradicts the thousands and thousands of people complaining of the contrary.

My fps is flawless everywhere BUT the fleet. And Bioware just keeps on denying it, and/or suggesting it's user error or low end hardware ( which is a total crock).
Some times it is user error. " hey guz I use a 2ghz first gen phenom and a 9800gt why is my fps low? derp"
This isn't what I'm talking about.

It's been how many months now? That's some serious denial, Bioware.

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celebrei
04.24.2012 , 05:41 PM | #127
It takes Crysis hardware to run this game only to give out Neverwinter Nights 1 quality graphics

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Asuka
04.24.2012 , 05:48 PM | #128
Quote: Originally Posted by Your_dominus View Post
I just chated with someone claiming to ALWAYS get 60+ fps. Fleet included. These people that claim this are either lying, blind, or using some special snowflake build that contradicts the thousands and thousands of people complaining of the contrary.
Thousands of who? The small percentage that actually use the forums? Don't have to have a special snowflake build to get 60+, just a decent rig and a decent connection.

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Lord_Ravenhurst
04.24.2012 , 06:28 PM | #129
Quote: Originally Posted by celebrei View Post
It takes Crysis hardware to run this game only to give out Neverwinter Nights 1 quality graphics
In fact, it's even worse.

Playing with two 560 GTX ti OC SLi on a Xeon 8core with SATA Raid 0 video editing hard disks at work and sometimes at home on a mediocre Laptop quadcore i5 with some nvidia mobile card.

Strange thing: Everything turned down on laptop and lower resolution, but max details on the big PC, in FullHD but the warzones, fleet and speeder spawn/inventory freezes are the same on both entirely different systems. It feels laggy and unresponsive.

Other multiplayer games are far more responsive with more detailed graphics on the same systems.

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mattnaik
04.25.2012 , 05:56 AM | #130
/signed

I have friends who refuse to play the game anymore because their computer lags so bad and the client updates are slow. When boss mechanics depend on specific timing and the performance of the application does not allow that timing to be achieved, the game is effectively broken.