I dont know if this is a bug related to gameoverlay.exe, but after some time playing, my text becomes blocks and the game crashes short after. Either way i will try disabling Steam overlay, when I'm on windows again :) (currently on Linux ).
Other than that i encountered no bugs so far (But I also can play for about 5minutes until the above bug happens :( ).
Edit: diabled steam overlay - did NOT fix the bug. Then i changed my settings from High to medium and it looks like that did the trick.
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Am (mostly) enjoying the new build.
Shooting a Skulk, as well as biting a Marine as a Skulk... is an art form. It <b>can</b> be done but requires practice.
Highlight of the new patch (so far) for me was destroying an Armory with a Skulk-friend and seeing a Marine (Trilag) type in: "Why are the dogs killing the coke machines?"
Forgive my ignorance, but I don't think my NS2 has auto updated through Steam. Is that what is it supposed to do, or do I have to download the patches and updates from an external source?
Played the new build, and hit reg seems to have improved especially for marines. It is still not there yet though, but this could be to do with the fact that my fps is still dire.
Putting the game down for at least a few months to wait for things to be optimised to the point where I can run it, because it is still not fun at the moment.
I highly respect UWE for releasing patches and (seemingly) one of the devs is on the forums picking up on issues and feeding it back to the team. The Feedback button on the right is great, but you can't communicate as well with it. The forums have more of a human factor.
EDIT: Oh also, I played on a server with one guy. Everything seemed a lot smoother. Eventually I was alone on the alien team versus 4/5 guys. The server obviously couldn't update the client properly, because text was being sent perfectly, but rubber banding and 'severe' lag (rubber banding) was noticeable. I'm no programmer but it tells me that the server is being overloaded by the clients/structures in one way or another.
Just tried it out, first impression is FPS didn't change (still ~20) but there was less lag/warping with more players so imo it's definitely improving.
Edit: meh just had my first game freeze ever :l hope it was just random.
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Edit: meh just had my first game freeze ever :l hope it was just random.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Seems to happen to me too after a few minutes of play. Perhaps a leak somehwre?
Performance is still nothing fantastic but it's getting closer to playable this time. Lots of stutter tho , it looks like everyone has a lot of trouble hitting anything (except hydras of course)
Most of my problems have already been mentioned. I was unable to connect to a server but the LAN ran much better. The floaters vanished after building (?). armory upgrade (shotgun) good. CC GUI upgrade very good. I liked the mini-map but it seemed cluttered. I'm not sure what all the boxes mean. I like the cursor change when selecting items. Running everything high (acid test), 14/16 FPS, but playable. I'll post more if I ever get on a server.
After rebooting my computer, I was able to join a server. 14/16 FPS but playable. Hydras really lag the server. Without turrets a 'rine is at the mercy of a gorge spamming hydras in 'rine start. It makes it a very short game. I was able to kill a gorge because he got stuck.
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Other than that i encountered no bugs so far (But I also can play for about 5minutes until the above bug happens :( ).
Edit: diabled steam overlay - did NOT fix the bug. Then i changed my settings from High to medium and it looks like that did the trick.
Shooting a Skulk, as well as biting a Marine as a Skulk... is an art form. It <b>can</b> be done but requires practice.
Highlight of the new patch (so far) for me was destroying an Armory with a Skulk-friend and seeing a Marine (Trilag) type in:
"Why are the dogs killing the coke machines?"
:D
Forgive my ignorance, but I don't think my NS2 has auto updated through Steam. Is that what is it supposed to do, or do I have to download the patches and updates from an external source?
Thanks.
Played the new build, and hit reg seems to have improved especially for marines. It is still not there yet though, but this could be to do with the fact that my fps is still dire.
Putting the game down for at least a few months to wait for things to be optimised to the point where I can run it, because it is still not fun at the moment.
I highly respect UWE for releasing patches and (seemingly) one of the devs is on the forums picking up on issues and feeding it back to the team. The Feedback button on the right is great, but you can't communicate as well with it. The forums have more of a human factor.
EDIT: Oh also, I played on a server with one guy. Everything seemed a lot smoother. Eventually I was alone on the alien team versus 4/5 guys. The server obviously couldn't update the client properly, because text was being sent perfectly, but rubber banding and 'severe' lag (rubber banding) was noticeable. I'm no programmer but it tells me that the server is being overloaded by the clients/structures in one way or another.
It is a shame the game crashes for some people though.
Edit: meh just had my first game freeze ever :l hope it was just random.
Edit: meh just had my first game freeze ever :l hope it was just random.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Seems to happen to me too after a few minutes of play. Perhaps a leak somehwre?