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LF[Media]
Profile Joined February 2013
United States58 Posts
February 10 2013 17:22 GMT
#141
HotS unit preloader? Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! Long awaited, much appreciated!
<3 ZOWiE Gear <3
Erik.TheRed
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1655 Posts
February 10 2013 17:29 GMT
#142
On February 11 2013 02:21 DrahtMaul wrote:
Show nested quote +
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?


Last I checked, an i7 running at 4.3 GHz and a Radeon 6950 were still top-notch
"See you space cowboy"
CursOr
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States6335 Posts
February 10 2013 17:34 GMT
#143
On February 11 2013 02:29 Erik.TheRed wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 11 2013 02:21 DrahtMaul wrote:
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?


Last I checked, an i7 running at 4.3 GHz and a Radeon 6950 were still top-notch

What kind of hard drive are you pulling off of? A SSD might fix this problem
CJ forever (-_-(-_-(-_-(-_-)-_-)-_-)-_-)
Erik.TheRed
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1655 Posts
February 10 2013 17:44 GMT
#144
On February 11 2013 02:34 CursOr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 11 2013 02:29 Erik.TheRed wrote:
On February 11 2013 02:21 DrahtMaul wrote:
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?


Last I checked, an i7 running at 4.3 GHz and a Radeon 6950 were still top-notch

What kind of hard drive are you pulling off of? A SSD might fix this problem


I have Windows installed to an SSD but it's too small to store games on. SC2 is running on a WD 7200 RPM drive, which really shouldn't be causing these kinds of problems. From what I remember this only started happening after a big patch (I think 1.4 or 1.5) and it started happening to a lot of people.
"See you space cowboy"
DusTerr
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
2520 Posts
February 11 2013 01:50 GMT
#145
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?

Yeah... can you even do anything offline anymore?
TommyP
Profile Joined December 2011
United States6231 Posts
February 11 2013 02:37 GMT
#146
Thank you for doing the HotS preloader.
#TheOneTrueDong
DusTerr
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
2520 Posts
February 20 2013 14:39 GMT
#147
FYI, since patch 2.0.4 you'll get stuck "waiting for other players" if you try to just "play".
Instead, just create game and start manually. (Not sure if there's reason to use this, but as long as it doesn't hurt..)
llIH
Profile Joined June 2011
Norway2144 Posts
February 20 2013 14:56 GMT
#148
Thanks!
jnkw
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada347 Posts
February 20 2013 18:59 GMT
#149
On February 20 2013 23:39 DusTerr wrote:
FYI, since patch 2.0.4 you'll get stuck "waiting for other players" if you try to just "play".
Instead, just create game and start manually. (Not sure if there's reason to use this, but as long as it doesn't hurt..)


I didn't change anything on my end so I'm tentatively blaming this one on the patch.

Also, at the end of the map the cinematic mode currently locks the mouse cursor. To exit to the score screen, press 's' (it's the hotkey for Score Screen that appears in bold).
jnkw
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada347 Posts
February 23 2013 11:55 GMT
#150
On February 20 2013 23:39 DusTerr wrote:
FYI, since patch 2.0.4 you'll get stuck "waiting for other players" if you try to just "play".
Instead, just create game and start manually. (Not sure if there's reason to use this, but as long as it doesn't hurt..)


OK, this issue is now fixed. Just pushed the fix to NA, updates to other regions may lag behind a little.
Todie
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Sweden46 Posts
March 21 2013 20:03 GMT
#151
the issue is back. update would be good
Petter Rudberg @Todie #3264 on Discord /u/Todie on reddit
jnkw
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada347 Posts
March 21 2013 20:19 GMT
#152
On March 22 2013 05:03 Todie wrote:
the issue is back. update would be good


Which server? Are you running WoL or HotS? Are you loading the WoL or HotS version of the map?
Todie
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Sweden46 Posts
March 21 2013 22:26 GMT
#153
im on HotS EU, witch doesnt seem to have a HotS version of the map, so i logged onto NA to do it (yay global play!).. but i could tell it was a beta version without up to date animations. Still, running it may have helped me somehwat, its hard to be sure; i may ahve had a few freezes after too.

This thread on the support forums (by mouz mana) with many people posting saying they have similar problems, leads me to believe its a widespread issue - very similar to the old one.. i remember seing a reddit post on the rpoblem reetly also, but taht was before i had took note of similar issues on my end, and now im unable to find the thread.
Petter Rudberg @Todie #3264 on Discord /u/Todie on reddit
WolfintheSheep
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada14127 Posts
March 21 2013 22:34 GMT
#154
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?

Because gamers got absolutely pissed off because of having to stop and go with massive load screens (anyone remember the old Tony Hawk commercials where no load screens between areas was a big deal?). That, and the size of game resources has increased much faster than the write speeds of memory, meaning that load screens would take a lot longer than the old ones used to.

Besides, unloading everything possible into RAM and using up valuable space before it's necessary is bad programming in general.
Average means I'm better than half of you.
HardplacE
Profile Joined February 2012
Canada1 Post
April 06 2013 06:41 GMT
#155
Any plans to update the HotS version to post-beta/release?
Destroy the opponent's workers.
jnkw
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada347 Posts
April 10 2013 05:16 GMT
#156
On April 06 2013 15:41 HardplacE wrote:
Any plans to update the HotS version to post-beta/release?


Yes, but probably not for a couple of weeks because I unfortunately have some major commitments right now that I need to take care of first.
yokohama
Profile Joined February 2005
United States1116 Posts
April 10 2013 05:26 GMT
#157
I never had this slight freezing problem in WoL but it is near unbearable in HotS. I am glad there is a caching map now, but it gets annoying having to run it up every start up. I really wish Bliz would fix this.
IPS.Blue
Profile Joined January 2004
Germany309 Posts
May 07 2013 12:47 GMT
#158
On December 21 2012 10:37 Ibanezgrx wrote:
I don't think you have the phoenix gravity lift in there.

Didn’t see that either.



On March 22 2013 07:34 WolfintheSheep wrote:
Show nested quote +
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?

Because gamers got absolutely pissed off because of having to stop and go with massive load screens (anyone remember the old Tony Hawk commercials where no load screens between areas was a big deal?). That, and the size of game resources has increased much faster than the write speeds of memory, meaning that load screens would take a lot longer than the old ones used to.

Besides, unloading everything possible into RAM and using up valuable space before it's necessary is bad programming in general.

They could include an option to load everything necessary into RAM and include a warning, that this will make loading screens last longer …
Don.681
Profile Joined September 2010
Philippines189 Posts
May 15 2013 09:04 GMT
#159
I copied a replay of the latest version to my desktop. Now, instead of starting SC2 via the shortcut, I doubleclick the replay.
DusTerr
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
2520 Posts
May 15 2013 09:15 GMT
#160
On May 15 2013 18:04 Don.681 wrote:
I copied a replay of the latest version to my desktop. Now, instead of starting SC2 via the shortcut, I doubleclick the replay.

not a bad idea
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