No, if you load a ladder map you aren't caching every single animation in the game like you are with this map. When you next start SC2 run this map twice in a row, the second time will have significantly less stutter.

jnkw

Canada347 Posts

August 13 2012 00:07 GMT

#62

On August 13 2012 08:26 Aenur wrote:
Awesome work, helped me alot.

I'm not sure but think i still have fps drops cause of burning death animations. Any way to add them (and acid deaths) to a later version?

I have eviscerate, acid, and fire deaths for zerglings, roaches, marines, and marauders (it's already in the map just slightly off-screen, but it should still cache). Are you experiencing stuttering for burning death animations on a unit other than those above? Actually now that I think of it I forgot the burning nydus death animation, but that's relatively rare.

Edit: Ah... I forgot the rest of the zerg units (infestor, queen, etc.) haha... I'll get on that.

Aenur

Germany66 Posts

August 13 2012 00:17 GMT

#63

Yeah in fact it was a queen burning down and caused the lag =)

Chrisboy

Australia118 Posts

August 13 2012 00:39 GMT

#64

Thanks for this. Any chance it could get uploaded on the SEA server? I know we can log into NA cross region but it's a hassle. I'm happy to upload it if that helps.

Existor

Russian Federation4295 Posts

August 13 2012 00:43 GMT

#65

I think you should add small logo to 1st post, update arcade preview and loading screen

I think red-grey style will be more noticeable in blue Battle.Net interface. Also here you can see streaming loader icon, that you can see while something is in streaming process.

How it looks in Arcade UI
+ Show Spoiler +

With that loading screen you're better place text at the left or right side of screen instead at the center

P.S. It's not Unit preloader, it's just Preloader. Because there are not only units,
but also minerals, vespenes, buildings, abilities, etc

climax

United States1088 Posts

August 13 2012 19:10 GMT

#66

Simple amazing. Everytime I engaged in my first fight, whether it was drops or just poking at the front, my game would stutter and I would lose all my units. It completely negated all my micro. So glad you made this! Thanks!

Lorch

Germany3703 Posts

August 13 2012 19:35 GMT

#67

Really nice map, fixed my fps drops, still waiting on 1.5v2 though, because loading a map everytime I wanna play (or once per day) kinda sucks.

Belial88

United States5217 Posts

August 13 2012 19:52 GMT

#68

Is this still necessary after the hotfix? So you load this up after every time you restart your PC? I think I just leave mine on sleep, so I never have to run this.. unless i restart, right?

dezi

Germany1536 Posts

August 13 2012 20:02 GMT

#69

Replay doesn't work for me - says wrong version of map file or sth. like this Oo

ZAiNs

United Kingdom6525 Posts

August 13 2012 20:05 GMT

#70

On August 14 2012 04:52 Belial88 wrote:
Is this still necessary after the hotfix? So you load this up after every time you restart your PC? I think I just leave mine on sleep, so I never have to run this.. unless i restart, right?

Every time you close SC2. Run the map twice in a row and see if you get less stutter the second time.

Perfi

Poland349 Posts

August 13 2012 20:05 GMT

#71

On August 14 2012 05:02 dezi wrote:
Replay doesn't work for me - says wrong version of map file or sth. like this Oo

Use the custom map, it's actually way faster. Search arcade for "Unit Preloader", you'll find it there.

Tom Cruise

Denmark482 Posts

August 13 2012 20:07 GMT

#72

On August 13 2012 08:53 ZAiNs wrote:

Show nested quote +

that's correct, although you will get the same result if you simply load any other map.

memcpy

United States459 Posts

August 13 2012 20:18 GMT

#73

Thanks for this. Played a game against a protoss earlier and we didn't engage at all until maxed. My screen went black for 10 seconds and I lost my whole army =/. Thanks Blizzard!

ZAiNs

United Kingdom6525 Posts

August 13 2012 20:19 GMT

#74

On August 14 2012 05:07 Tom Cruise wrote:

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that's correct, although you will get the same result if you simply load any other map.

No I'm pretty sure that isn't the case. Load any map, then load this pre-load map twice in a row. The first time will be stuttery but the second won't.

Ana_

Finland453 Posts

August 13 2012 22:35 GMT

#75

Works like a charm. Thanks!

Belial88

United States5217 Posts

August 15 2012 03:00 GMT

#76

On August 14 2012 05:05 ZAiNs wrote:

Show nested quote +

Every time you close SC2. Run the map twice in a row and see if you get less stutter the second time.

If I change my graphics settings, should I run the map again?

Can I run it while alt-tabbed to get the desired effect?

Perfi

Poland349 Posts

August 15 2012 15:20 GMT

#77

Definitely run it after changing graphic settings. I haven't tested if running it while tabbed affects the process, I'll check it out later today.

501TFX

Austria345 Posts

August 15 2012 15:26 GMT

#78

Is it me, or does the Ultra have the beta-attack on the map? Not that it's something that makes the game stutter when it's loaded the first time, I just thought it's funny, as I saw it.