To be honest, it's hard to play new missions with lags, framedrops and freezes. So what would you choose:
1.Content update
or
2.Performance update
I'll sum results one week later.
P.S. Please, only vote.
Voting for better update
Fri, 02/28/2014 - 07:13
Fri, 02/28/2014 - 07:58
#2
moo
Performance update.
Fri, 02/28/2014 - 08:06
#3
Stop using a frying pan update.
Fri, 02/28/2014 - 09:38
#4
i vote for...
999,999,999 stop complaining update.
Fri, 02/28/2014 - 09:50
#5
You talks like the game was
You talks like the game was perfect before update. There are few things that hold back performance:
-java
-opengl
-single thread
-memory leaks
Fri, 02/28/2014 - 09:57
#6
How about an update to a better community
one with less Q_Q, kvetching, whining, (female dog)ing, and general moaning, to one with good ideas, constructive criticism, and one that understands OOO is a business not here to pander to each of us as individuals, but as a group.
How about an update to a better community where the community understands a small team working on a large project, and expresses their frustrations properly, in well thought out threads instead of rage threads.
We all want different things. Some of us want new content (the torto mission is a form of that, albeit old content rehashed, most of us have never seen it), and some of us want balancing. Some of us want both. Some want new servers, some want the java memory leak issue fixed. There is a lot of work to go into this game, and it bears remembering that this game lost a lead developer and designer in the past year and a bit (Nick and Anton I think his name was). These are two large losses, and had to be replaced. I foresee interesting changes in the future of SK, some good, some that may not work out as well, but overall, this is still SK. Those who stick around will get to experience it in full, and those who don't, well... you really don't get to complain.
@theworstknight
you can fix the single thread issue by using thrillhaus' java64 tweak, allows for multi core usage (I believe that's what you are referring to, yes?)
Fri, 02/28/2014 - 10:01
#7
Something tells me this whole thread is just another complain thread bout how torto mission messes up ur gameplay. You know you have the option of NOT playing it.
Fri, 02/28/2014 - 10:34
#8
@Perronius Let me guess, he
@Perronius Let me guess, he made multithreaded garbage collector.
@Mystrian No, it's not about torto. I am disappointed with the turtle, i thought that it will be new arcade boss with shadow lair, new monsters, beatiful bridges and tons of water.
I really can't play with high settings. I can get it with low settings, and here is high settings. Also i feel when monsters appear, it's about 1/5 second freeze. I can continue, but i created that note not for whining.
Please, stop discuss torto, the last update, stupid me. I want you to vote only.
Fri, 02/28/2014 - 10:49
#9
Performance Update... laggity
My game freezes every 5-8 seconds so i'm surprised OOO's hasn't done anything about it..... Unless OOO's is doing this to get our sparks! :OOOO
Fri, 02/28/2014 - 11:24
#10
-memory leaks^ this is the
-memory leaks
^ this is the one thing that they can actually do something about though. I have a feeling it might have something to do with the new shield effects, maybe?
Either way, Legendary-Kid, you're not the only one getting those freezes. I don't know if there's a trigger to it; I just know that recently, sometimes after loading into a stage, my game will just start freezing every 2-4 seconds forcing me to reclient, and I heard of others complaining about that in-game as well. Not everyone in the room feels it all at the same time either, so it probably builds up over time / is an actual memory leak.
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@vote:
1.Content Update
Anyway, this is a dumb thread idea. Performance updates need to come and they will, when they figure out
1) how large the issues are (does it affect a lot of players? is it easy to come across?)
2) where the issues are coming from
I wouldn't tell my friends IRL to start playing SK again over performance fixes (unless they quit because of them - and I can say for sure that they didn't), but I'd tell them to come back for new permanent content.
I told them about the Tortodrone stuff, but they're busy with other things and they're gonna come back to nothing-new when the event finishes lol. It'd be nice to have something new for them to try out when they come back at any given time instead of "just now".
Fri, 02/28/2014 - 11:10
#11
@The-Worst-Knight
I used to
@The-Worst-Knight
I used to have issues like that in minecraft. it's just java. your video card drivers are not happy with it. The game cannot be ported into an entire new engine. You will have to get a new computer or deal with it, three rings cannot fix your hardware issues.
I used to lag on this game. freezing when enemies spawn, when someone does a pretty charge attack, the works.
I got a new computer.
Now I can play.
If you don't like the game, don't play it. You can't moan to the developers because it doesn't run perfectly on what's evidently a sub-par machine for playing games.
Also I agree with Krakob. My pepperbox and sudaruska's regular attack are getting rather depressed at seeing all the brandishes and blitzes around.
If I hear another person say content after we've just had a new mission and shields put in then I will have to scream.
It's funny how everyone always says we need more content without actually ever defining what they mean by content. You could say the new shield bash block breaking is content. it's a bigger bit of code. that means more content, right?
Fri, 02/28/2014 - 11:37
#12
^
Good point, people should define what they mean by content.
New levels/mechanics (level themes, level pieces, and something more than gate switches)
New enemies (different behaviors - not just having 'more' enemies, but just things that can pepper some variety to the game)
New interactions (shield bash with a twist - that's cool. HEY SHIELDS CAN TOTALLY BE USED AS A SIDE-WEAPON INTERFACE; but level interactions count too)
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The Danger Missions (ex: Legion of Almire) kind of did it, but they're limited runs (once a day) and then you can't play the same danger mission for days.
Tortodrone fits the bill, but it's an event miniboss (not something you'll run into in a regular run - YOU KNOW SCENARIO ROOMS WOULD BE COOL), and the disappointing thing about it is that it's only one stage, and as an event, only lasts until March 9.
Like I said in my edited post, I want to invite my friends to come back and play. Pets brought them back for a total of like, 2 weeks - and you know why they stopped? It was the same old thing with the same old stages. I took nearly a year off of playing SK and when I came back all excited, they were already sick of doing Vana runs lol (though now, there's way less pressure to be efficient with your runs with the removal of the Mist system). This event is gonna be around for just one more week, but what happens after that?
Fri, 02/28/2014 - 21:25
#13
2 votes, but 12 comments
Thank you guys for your votes, as i asked.
To graveyard...........
P.S. Krakob and Leafblader will get some reward.
Sat, 03/01/2014 - 11:39
#14
The 4th wall shall be shattered!!!
I vote 3.
Balance update
3. Balance update.