Creature Handler Archive
Thread: How's your Datapad Performance?
CommanderKendall
Thu Nov 04, 2004 7:17 am
#14
Kodpese wrote:
P4 3.2 ghz
128mb Ti4600
1gb RAM
160gb SATA HD
Datapad is full of pets and about 90% full all told and I never have any 'lag' opening it, at least not enough to worry about it.
Same here, my datapad is 92% full with waypoints of favorite locations for the most part and I have multiple vehicles, multiple ships and am at my current pet max and the datapad doesn't load slowly at all for me initially, all though there is a slight 2-5 second delay in populating it with the images for the pets and vehicles the first time it is opened, not a major issue for me. It may be somewhat system dependant, however, as I have a 2.6 GHz AMD, 128mb Radeon 9700, 512mb RAM, UATA hard drives and a 3 Mb cable connection.
jopenack
Thu Nov 04, 2004 7:47 am
#15
My datapad barley functions at times like peek hrs on coronet takes foever to get a pet called and I usually just dont even try. also on c-net moving things into the bank is almost impossible at these times too.
getting the pets radial menu on other worlds and cities has been slowly getting worse for many months. at least for me.
I never experienced this drop in game performance prior to pub 9 and 10 and my game play was very smooth back then. Ive posted on the tech forums on lag. frame rates ping rates.... with either its on your end replies or none at all. I associate the datapad problems with the lack of performance.
since Tiggs just asked in another thread about the new client and memory questions with framerates. its easy to see that many people have been suffering performance issues lik myself. and maybe lol just maybe they can upgrade software, hardware ... and bring me back up to were i once was lol
oh this new client does seem to help ive noticed an increase in performance and framerates (datapad too) in low traffic areas. but i heavy populated ares its still almost unplayable for me
Tallika_RunswithKrayt
Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:00 pm
#16
My datapad has been like that on both my comps since launch. everytime i open my data tab it is random which pet/vehicel/droid will be visiable. Once i pick on it the image will load up and then no problem. Icon size makes no difference in this. I also have my sonic bomb traps icon messed up. its like the bomb icon got scaled UP 4x so i get a real tight closeup of a spinning white grenade viewed through a small icon viewport lol.
CHFreak
Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:34 pm
#17
Athlon 64 3200, Nvidia Gforce 6800, 2gb DDR 400, Audigy 2 ZS platinum pro, SATA HDD and win2k and i get this as well.
Vertexon
Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:23 pm
#18
Thanks for the feedback, guys. So in general (as I kind of suspected), this doesn't seem to be as much of a problem with higher end systems. Maybe I just need to spring for a new machine at this point. 
It does seem like it would be kind of nice if we could check an option in the Game Menu to replace Data icons with something a little lighter (like the generic PCD you see on baz nitches) for low end systems. Not a priority, but perhaps something to put toward the bottom of the Issue/Request list.
Propagandalf
Thu Nov 04, 2004 6:54 pm
#19
Pentium 2.8HT Gforce GO5200 512K of PC2700.
Takes about 10 seconds to load the pad. Its annoying as hell, i cant open my inventory without lagging out and losing my target and winding up disabled.
DrSoloMan
Thu Nov 04, 2004 11:36 pm
#20
System- Athelon 2400XP, 512mb ram GeForce ti4200 128mb, half meg ADSL.
The datapad usually opens about 1-2 seconds after i ask it to. I have more problems when trying to access radial menus with programs like bittorrent eating up my bandwidth. It'd be worth reminding people to check they don't have anything running in the background...
biwan:Nhoj NamoloS (STORM)- Farstar
Kudali
Fri Nov 05, 2004 1:08 am
#21
Datapad is a bit slow for me, but the character sheet (ctrl c) is the worst the first time i try to pull it up. Takes more than a few seconds. Its not my computer or my connection: P4 2.6HT 1GB RAM and 256MB Radeon 9800 Pro Video... And I'm on a college network, much faster than cable or DSL... Tell them to fix their database, Vert.
-kudali
-kudali
ZANDRAMADAS
Fri Nov 05, 2004 1:15 am
#22
vert i have basically the same machine as you...i get some lag, but not too bad...it's a huge game, with LARGE ammounts of data...i understand there will be lag issues to some degree...i do get lag, espicially in larger cities, but i get it LESS now than before....but when it IS bad...it's BAD...when it's good, it's fantastic....no happy middle ground.....it's not a complaint just an observation.....i can and will live with it...no matter how you look at it, this beats PONG!
jopenack
Fri Nov 05, 2004 7:30 am
#23
Vert its not just with medium or low end machines its affecting the majority of players
in my player city everyone sufers from performance issues like this. so in a city with a population of 30 not one of us has what you would call a high end machine lol
actually im not posting my specs its usless like I said above did the tech forum thing with no results but suffice it to say my machine is very good and after pub 9 I noticed a performance drop, after pub 10 it got a whole lot worse and it hasnt improved much
and again as I said above Tiggs is aware of the problems the newer clients cause and is asking for information in another forum if the new client fix a few days ago helped.
so vert itis them not you. yes beefing your system up will help butis not the solution.
please dont be offended when I ask this but most people here didnt say it was only happening to low end systems. and a couple of people said they dont experience much of a problem. so your relply confuses me.
if anything the posts here say the opposite its on the soe end not ours.
Butterwufabow
Fri Nov 05, 2004 5:38 pm
#24
I see it too with a P4 2.8 2G DDR GF 6800GT. It will snag for a second or two as everything loads up. If i try to open teh inventory and my D-Pad, forget it, I drop from 30 fps to 10 and that is in the middle of no where. Seems to happen to me everytime I open the pad though.
Tearvi Asai
Master Rifleman/Master Creature Handler
2nd LT of the Imperial Inquisition
Kzera-za
Fri Nov 05, 2004 10:50 pm
#25
YES i definatly experience this problem! I got 512 ram, pentium 4 1.8ghz and ati radeon 9600xt and this freezes my comp a lot. especially annoying when I have to do JTL things with ships