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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TonyJP

01.11.2012 , 01:11 PM \| #531
Quote: Originally Posted by CupieFoxtail I went to Oxford and got a doctorate in underwater basket weaving So I think I'm qualified to say that BW will fix this I LOLed so hard

Divian

01.11.2012 , 01:11 PM \| #532
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DarkZenith

01.11.2012 , 01:12 PM \| #533
Quote: Originally Posted by Saiaku So high quality textures on the character is bad because MMO engines cant handle it, or just ToR's engine, here in 2012? An engine created nearly 4 years ago (probably more). Just saying.

piethief

01.11.2012 , 01:12 PM \| #534
Quote: Originally Posted by FaithInChaoz since i know bioware for so long, actually they are 1 of the only company that ONLY THINKS FOR THE GAMERS, not for the CASH and thats practicaly proved by the years Get real.
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Bluebpy

01.11.2012 , 01:13 PM \| #535
Quote: Originally Posted by StephenReid I'm going to ask the development team to look into this, but I'd ask you to pull back on some of the more extreme speculation. Posts like this do not help us to have rational informed discussions about the issues that we are facing. There is, to my knowledge, no single DLL that's responsible for a multitude of problems across the game. For example, our 'ability delay' issue is being addressed by the development team right now, and I've been told there are dozens of fixes potentially being looked at to help improve things. There's no single magic fix (although some fixes may have more of an effect than others). I'll also say right now that we're not 'remotely rendering' textures and sending to your client via your internet connection; that would be some impressive technology and if we were doing it, is likely something we'd have talked about before now. I'll seek developer comment on this, but I just want to caution anyone from overreacting. To StephenReid........ and well everyone else who has been participating in this thread since the start The reason why people think there is more to what you are saying comes down to performance you have high end machines that are struggling with low res textures, other mmo's run fine, high end games i.e. battlefield 3 run fine. swtor struggles in fleets and in open world. the game chugs like its loading assets (paging issue it seems) and as a result you are down to 20fps. Most people can't fathom how the game could be released when it runs so bad. Some (myself included) could let this slide if it was running high res textures and that's what was causing low performance (as per your 1st post/explanation on textures) The fact is, the game is running low res textures, looks ugly, and is bringing down rigs with 12-16gigs of ram running i-7's and high end videocards in sli/xfire to its knee's This is normal? Then you or someone else from bioware on a joystix interview say that its our rigs that are the problem. This is why we think there is wayyyy more to the story then you and bioware are saying. There are too many holes in your story. Don't get me wrong, i love swtor but my god the engine runs terrible Bioware.. we are not console gamers, we aren't sheep. We are pc gamers. We are smart and will find problems and call you out on them....

DarthSublimitas

01.11.2012 , 01:14 PM \| #536
Quote: Originally Posted by nonforma Full drive encryption can increase boot time substantially, but once the main system files are cached things are about normal. That said, this encryption would be on specific assets, not runtime files (which are susceptible to such disk encryption slowdown). The bulk of required assets can be decrypted during the long planet load time. There are several large cache files in the game that have very high disk i/o during load times. If such a thing as full drive encryption existed - as it is, it doesn't The MBR is NEVER encrypted
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Vaxmand

01.11.2012 , 01:15 PM \| #537
Quote: Originally Posted by CupieFoxtail I went to Oxford and got a doctorate in underwater basket weaving So I think I'm qualified to say that BW will fix this Hahahahaha man that was funny

nonforma

01.11.2012 , 01:15 PM \| #538
Quote: Originally Posted by DarthSublimitas If such a thing as full drive encryption existed - as it is, it doesn't The MBR is NEVER encrypted Haha, true, but it doesn't defeat the encryption. The drive firmware isn't encrypted, nor the label on the drive.

DarthSublimitas

01.11.2012 , 01:17 PM \| #539
Quote: Originally Posted by Vaxmand Hahahahaha man that was funny Agreed I found that quite amusing...
"The Truth Shall Free Me" And humour makes our lives worth living: http://www.lo-ping.org/2012/01/20/th...ode-iii-and-v/ Why it's bad to plagiarize:http://auditorydepredation.files.wor...6231905169.jpg

DarthSublimitas

01.11.2012 , 01:17 PM \| #540
Quote: Originally Posted by nonforma Haha, true, but it doesn't defeat the encryption. The drive firmware isn't encrypted, nor the label on the drive. Thus creating an efficient backdoor into anyones computer But the IT community has known this like forever... We just like to make ppl think they are "safe." lmao... Furthermore, this whole idea of remote rendering has been around since 2007 so it is possible to do but will create a myriad of problems if not done in the correect fashion. As to whether or not BW is executing this correctly, well, we've seen what's going on now with the game and their Hero Engine so...
"The Truth Shall Free Me" And humour makes our lives worth living: http://www.lo-ping.org/2012/01/20/th...ode-iii-and-v/ Why it's bad to plagiarize:http://auditorydepredation.files.wor...6231905169.jpg

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