Why is there a copy protection system in the graphics, and is it crippling the game?

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Why is there a copy protection system in the graphics, and is it crippling the game?

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Granrick

01.11.2012 , 08:54 AM \| #131
Quote: Originally Posted by Tiron_Raptor it could just be the second swtor.exe process using software rendering too, which'd explain a lot also. Not if someone with some mad skillz (TM) does an in-depth analysis on it and finds out that it's doing it... or not, as the case may be. I lack mad skills (tm) myself to do it with. Like I said a few up, there've been some reports that forcing the AA on might be what causes some people to have temp problems. Not sure why that does the PROCESSOR though... I'm forcing AA

drbaltazar

01.11.2012 , 08:54 AM \| #132
but the two-phase drawing with readback of the color and depth buffers can incur a performance hit, and may require special treatment to avoid artifacts on the border of the composition of the two images. ya i bet this wouldnt help performance!any got an idea how to optimise our system for this to be the least demanding!

DekarSisk

01.11.2012 , 08:54 AM \| #133
Quote: Originally Posted by Darth_Sookie This sounds like a complete joke to me. The only reason i can see for doing it like this is because Lucas Arts demanded that all assets are copy protected and EA/Bioware was forced to comply. Or this is some kind of weird research project they are toying around with. This does make perfect sense. George Lucas = Crazy Pill.

Abruptum

01.11.2012 , 08:55 AM \| #134
Quote: Originally Posted by Minack If that's true then....LOL! It's 100% true.

United_Strafes

01.11.2012 , 08:55 AM \| #135
Interesting, seems like a big ol nerdspiracy, but somehow very plausable. Would be pretty stunned if that actually was the problem, but not surprised.

Ossos

01.11.2012 , 08:55 AM \| #136
"It's as though 1.5 million voices cried out at once, and SWTOR was silienced."
Preventing Hackers and Exploiters from ruining the game is not a priority. Preventing you from mentioning the fact that they exist and go unpunished is.

Tiron_Raptor

01.11.2012 , 08:56 AM \| #137
Quote: Originally Posted by Granrick I'm forcing AA I have to admit, I'm at a loss about the temps myself...I don't have any issues, but then my CPU isn't that great... good value for the money though. Quote: Originally Posted by United_Strafes Interesting, seems like a big ol nerdspiracy, but somehow very plausable. Would be pretty stunned if that actually was the problem, but not surprised. Honestly, I'm stunned just CONSIDERING it. I'd really like for it not to turn out to be the case but...
One day my body will be able to take my brain out in public without it embarrassing us.

aimbotcfg

01.11.2012 , 08:57 AM \| #138
Quote: Originally Posted by Granrick This is interesting, because I recently replaced my mobo and processor with an i7 2600k, and my mobo came with heat monitoring software. I've been monitoring it just to make sure I had my cooling set up properly, and I've seen no difference in heat levels between SWTOR and other games I play. I consistently have around 52 C temps when running SWTOR, or any other game, and I idle in the high 30s to low 40s I'll ignore the implication that I'm either lieing or don't know what I'm doing since I'm an IT profesional and have been a gamer for a long time. I will however admit that my rig is a shuttle and thus runs at higher than normal temperatures normally. However 80+ degrees is a jump of about 20 from normal. SWTOR has actually caused a safety shutdown due to heat on 3 ocasions. The only other time this ever happened was with the starcraft2 'no max fps' bug, which basicly had your system going nuts trying to render a billion frames per second.

drbaltazar

01.11.2012 , 08:58 AM \| #139
and i sure hope the software part of rendering say the nail of one finger isnt software rendered via software trough the web cause this with the autorisation key needed for all loading will require huge amount of time !i hope we re wrong,i even wonder if this process would be recon by the web if a safety say at l3 or other gateway didnt recon can you imagine the path it would need to take in order to be process!i sure hope they look into this cause it probably is somewere in there or related to its acceptance ,wouldnt be the first time a gateway of the net blocked this but not that lol!

Granrick

01.11.2012 , 08:58 AM \| #140
Quote: Originally Posted by aimbotcfg I'll ignore the implication that I'm either lieing or don't know what I'm doing since I'm an IT profesional and have been a gamer for a long time. I will however admit that my rig is a shuttle and thus runs at higher than normal temperatures normally. However 80+ degrees is a jump of about 20 from normal. SWTOR has actually caused a safety shutdown due to heat on 3 ocasions. The only other time this ever happened was with the starcraft2 'no max fps' bug, which basicly had your system going nuts trying to render a billion frames per second. I wasn't trying to imply you are lying. Was saying it was interesting that some people would have heat issues and others not. Sorry if that was unclear.

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