+1 bump for such an amazing tool/idea.

I'm fairly sure my lag issues have been relieved (slightly) , but I'm even more sure that this is more useful to me as a pre-ladder psyche up. Run once, I'm automatically going to be playing better. Even if it doesn't work as intended (and I'm fairly sure it does), I feel better as a person :D

Keep up good work.

Selitos

United States2 Posts

December 08 2012 01:15 GMT

#122

We need a preloader for HotS

I love this for WoL and use it every time I play.

Cyro

United Kingdom20323 Posts

December 08 2012 01:19 GMT

#123

Why dont games do what they used to and actuly LOAD THINGS in the loading screen instead of loading half the game and then trying to access the other unloaded half whenever you actually play?

jnkw

Canada347 Posts

December 08 2012 04:56 GMT

#124

On December 08 2012 10:15 Selitos wrote:
We need a preloader for HotS

I love this for WoL and use it every time I play.

I've been getting quite a few requests to port this to HotS. There are some complications with dependencies since the tools aren't complete in the beta, but I'll see what I can do when I have the time.

Selitos

United States2 Posts

December 13 2012 01:12 GMT

#125

Thanks! Great thing you do for the community, fixing stuttering around the world!

Devilldog

United States69 Posts

December 21 2012 00:28 GMT

#126

Can't wait for this to be on hots. Doing matches has been painful....

Csong

Canada396 Posts

December 21 2012 00:58 GMT

#127

this is so helpful <3

KrazyTrumpet

United States2520 Posts

December 21 2012 01:31 GMT

#128

On December 08 2012 13:56 jnkw wrote:

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Would be awesome, one of the last beta patches reintroduced the stupid patch 1.5 stutter.

Don't really understand what the heck Blizzard keeps doing with this issue and why it's back.

Ibanezgrx

United States2 Posts

December 21 2012 01:37 GMT

#129

I don't think you have the phoenix gravity lift in there.

Fuzer

Finland266 Posts

January 23 2013 14:19 GMT

#130

could you upload this to beta? please

stjartrov

Sweden81 Posts

January 23 2013 15:55 GMT

#131

On December 08 2012 10:19 Cyro wrote:
Why dont games do what they used to and actuly LOAD THINGS in the loading screen instead of loading half the game and then trying to access the other unloaded half whenever you actually play?

Reduce loading times heavily and I think another factor is that as computers get more and more advanced streaming data during the session gets more and more viable. Don't take my word for it though!

Mortal

2943 Posts

January 23 2013 15:57 GMT

#132

I love this tool, but it's hilarious that someone had to make this because the game doesn't do it itself ;_;

Thanks very much!

shid0x

Korea (South)5014 Posts

January 23 2013 16:08 GMT

#133

I use this in wol since forever (well since i found it).
Didn't have the opportunity to thanks you guys for it.
But now i want an hots version too :p

jnkw

Canada347 Posts

January 28 2013 06:07 GMT

#134

On January 24 2013 01:08 shid0x wrote:
I use this in wol since forever (well since i found it).
Didn't have the opportunity to thanks you guys for it.
But now i want an hots version too :p

I've gotten a lot of requests to port this to HotS, but for a while I had a lot of other things on my plate. Finally, I have an update:

A couple of days ago I managed to solve the dependency issues that were preventing me from updating the map with HotS units. I can't publish it just yet, though, because there's a Battle.net issue preventing me from logging in with the editor to publish the map. I'll publish it as soon as I'm able to login with the editor.

-Kyo-

Japan1926 Posts

January 28 2013 06:11 GMT

#135

On January 28 2013 15:07 jnkw wrote:

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My mom just told me about this post because she was so happy I am now as happy as her. Thank you sir.

Erik.TheRed

United States1655 Posts

February 10 2013 01:39 GMT

#136

I am also eagerly awaiting the HOTS beta version of the preloader. It's fucking ridiculous that Blizzard still has not fixed this problem with the game a month away from launch-- in fact I find it almost comical that my entire game freezes up for a second or two whenever I spawn a unit for the first time when I'm playing with low-medium settings on a top-notch PC.

jnkw

Canada347 Posts

February 10 2013 07:53 GMT

#137

Good news -- I have a somewhat functional beta version up on HotS. Right now there are a few known issues:

- Pressing Play directly from the Arcade won't work -- you have to select "Create Game" to create a lobby and then select "Play" from there (Arcade issue)
- Loading screen is missing (editor bug, can't resolve this without making the map from scratch or until Blizzard fixes it)
- Some HotS-specific animations are missing (I will add these in over time)

Apart from these, though, the map should be more or less usable.

enemy2010

Germany1972 Posts

February 10 2013 07:59 GMT

#138

Thank you

Finally a version for HotS!

Erik.TheRed

United States1655 Posts

February 10 2013 16:41 GMT

#139

Just loaded up the map, works great!

Thanks so much

DrahtMaul

Germany74 Posts

February 10 2013 17:21 GMT

#140

On February 10 2013 10:39 Erik.TheRed wrote:
I am also eagerly awaiting the HOTS beta version of the preloader. It's fucking ridiculous that Blizzard still has not fixed this problem with the game a month away from launch-- in fact I find it almost comical that my entire game freezes up for a second or two whenever I spawn a unit for the first time when I'm playing with low-medium settings on a top-notch PC.

Is it possible that you are actually confusing something and you are trying to play with top-notch settings on a low-medium PC?