Pilot Archive
Thread: Travel & Launch delay is it just the UK?
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spatuluk
Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:48 am
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I'm not sure if other people are aware of this problem, as it seems to be a problem that may or may not be specific to the European servers. I wanted to find out if it really was just us, so I thought this would be the best place for a sort-of poll. 
This is what's happening: when launching into space, travelling, landing from space, or hyperspacing there is quite often a delay before the game loads the new loaction. The delay can be any length of time, some people reporting as much as a 30 minute wait!
Here's an example: You're in Theed spaceport, go to a terminal, select your ship, click travel, select Mos Eisley, OK. The menu disappears, and you're left looking at the terminal. Click the terminal again, and the ship you just tried to travel in is now in Mos Eisley and you're still in Theed. You can walk around, chat to people, browse the bazaar, then X minutes later you can no longer interact, as if you've lost the connection. X minutes after this the loading screen appears and you're finally in Mos Eisley!
This happens when launching into space, landing, and also hyperspacing. When it lags when you try to hyperspace, you get the rotating starfield for a minute or so and then your ship reappears. Try hyperspacing again and it happens again. Then the loading screen will appear after a random amount of time, and when you get to the new system it'll immediatley hyperspace again (it must queue the hyperspace requests)
The problem has only existed since publish 13.0, and it feels like no-one's taking any notice of this really infuriating bug. I suspect it's because the US servers are apparently unaffected, despite having heavier loads. So who does get this problem? Is it really just us?
I'm particularly interested to hear from non-UK europeans who connect to the euro servers, as I've heard that the lag problems are actually specific to the UK, which is really worrying!
edit: I'm gonna post this in the JTL core systems thread too, as I just realised it's probably a better place for this kind've question. I hope the moderators don't think I'm spamming!
edit 2: It may actually be specific to Farstar, not all the euro servers.
This is what's happening: when launching into space, travelling, landing from space, or hyperspacing there is quite often a delay before the game loads the new loaction. The delay can be any length of time, some people reporting as much as a 30 minute wait!
Here's an example: You're in Theed spaceport, go to a terminal, select your ship, click travel, select Mos Eisley, OK. The menu disappears, and you're left looking at the terminal. Click the terminal again, and the ship you just tried to travel in is now in Mos Eisley and you're still in Theed. You can walk around, chat to people, browse the bazaar, then X minutes later you can no longer interact, as if you've lost the connection. X minutes after this the loading screen appears and you're finally in Mos Eisley!
This happens when launching into space, landing, and also hyperspacing. When it lags when you try to hyperspace, you get the rotating starfield for a minute or so and then your ship reappears. Try hyperspacing again and it happens again. Then the loading screen will appear after a random amount of time, and when you get to the new system it'll immediatley hyperspace again (it must queue the hyperspace requests)
The problem has only existed since publish 13.0, and it feels like no-one's taking any notice of this really infuriating bug. I suspect it's because the US servers are apparently unaffected, despite having heavier loads. So who does get this problem? Is it really just us?
I'm particularly interested to hear from non-UK europeans who connect to the euro servers, as I've heard that the lag problems are actually specific to the UK, which is really worrying!
edit: I'm gonna post this in the JTL core systems thread too, as I just realised it's probably a better place for this kind've question. I hope the moderators don't think I'm spamming!
edit 2: It may actually be specific to Farstar, not all the euro servers.
Message Edited by spatuluk on 02-28-2005 01:00 PM
Narrganocca
Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:27 pm
#2
I would send in a ticket. This is certainly not happening on Scylla, at least no one I know of has had this problem on Scylla.
Poor Brits...you guys have gotten the short end of the stick on JTL from the beginning.
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