Game not starting?
thebeastmode
Join Date: 2011-01-23 Member: 78645Members
Join Date: 2011-01-23 Member: 78645Members
Hello everyone,
I purchased the NS2 beta 2 days ago and it will not launch in steam. All of my other steam games work except for this one. It displays the "preparing to launch" screen and then nothing happens. The screen goes away and the game never starts. I've tried redownloading the game content to no avail. Any suggestions? Anyone else having this problem?
I purchased the NS2 beta 2 days ago and it will not launch in steam. All of my other steam games work except for this one. It displays the "preparing to launch" screen and then nothing happens. The screen goes away and the game never starts. I've tried redownloading the game content to no avail. Any suggestions? Anyone else having this problem?
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In order to help we kind of need more information tbh.
Can you post your dxdiag and system specs?
2 gig ram
x1600 ATI 128 mb
Directx 9
First, this is a beta that has not been optimized at all right now. While it gets faster with each release (ok, not each, but most), as far as we know they did not adress the main performance issues.
Currently the game runs mainly on one core and does not use the GPU very much. That means that what counts is the raw processing power of one core, 2Ghz is not that fast. As i said, that will improve, just stating how it is currently.
Also, 128 Mb GPU memory is very low. What helps here is the awful detail setting, and lowering your resolution.
First, this is a beta that has not been optimized at all right now. While it gets faster with each release (ok, not each, but most), as far as we know they did not adress the main performance issues.
Currently the game runs mainly on one core and does not use the GPU very much. That means that what counts is the raw processing power of one core, 2Ghz is not that fast. As i said, that will improve, just stating how it is currently.
Also, 128 Mb GPU memory is very low. What helps here is the awful detail setting, and lowering your resolution.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I see. That would make a lot of sense for why it is so laggy. I can run Half life 2 and America's Army with ease. Those games require way more than NS2 should.
half-life 2 and america's army are very old games.
Spark is still in development , and by a team funded independantly and partially by pre-order sales ... you smply cant compare NS2 in its current state with already launched titles that use stable and / or pre developed engines.
Compare NS2 with those other titles when UWE announces its official release of the title, its current status is : IN DEVELOPMENT.
To give you some perspective , I get on HIGH settings , on a GTX260 AthlonII x4 630 ( at 3.4 ghz) 9 - 12 FPS in Alien start and about 30 FPS elsewhere.
... oh and yes I maintain my PC properly, keeps drivers updated and run it lean as I can process wise.
Spark is still in development , and by a team funded independantly and partially by pre-order sales ... you smply cant compare NS2 in its current state with already launched titles that use stable and / or pre developed engines.
Compare NS2 with those other titles when UWE announces its official release of the title, its current status is : IN DEVELOPMENT.
To give you some perspective , I get on HIGH settings , on a GTX260 AthlonII x4 630 ( at 3.4 ghz) 9 - 12 FPS in Alien start and about 30 FPS elsewhere.
... oh and yes I maintain my PC properly, keeps drivers updated and run it lean as I can process wise.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Thanks for all the info! I am so excited to see how NS2 develops. :)
Gtx275, Q6600@3ghz, high, 1080p and i got nearly 10-20fps more oO (ofc average is somewhere around the 20-30s or lower with a lot structures and ppl with flamethrowers)