Is NS2 working properly yet?
Apollonius999
Join Date: 2009-09-09 Member: 68725Members
Join Date: 2009-09-09 Member: 68725Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Ive been here since original ns and the start of it all</div>The last time i played NS2 there were flashing graphics glitches, scratchy movement, low fps due to bad optimization, collision detection, servers with memory leaks, and while you can run around and shoot. The second you get close to a skulk or marine it all goes to heck and then starts flashing around like a slide show.
There was only support for windows servers which were poorly optimized and unstable as well as numerous errors in code and obvious ways to crash the server which were bug reported through spamming certain features of the game.
I mean be honest with me the only known left NS community that has a server that is dead most the time which is <BAD> believes that hand grenades and explosives causes their server to crash. Do these servers have such problems?
I pre-ordered in 2009 when it opened and stopped playing beta like 6 months ago because of progress and lack of being able to really do anything then have a cool game where i could explore maps and have an OP flamethrower that could destroy the world.
So should i come back or give it more time. You guys be honest with me.
There was only support for windows servers which were poorly optimized and unstable as well as numerous errors in code and obvious ways to crash the server which were bug reported through spamming certain features of the game.
I mean be honest with me the only known left NS community that has a server that is dead most the time which is <BAD> believes that hand grenades and explosives causes their server to crash. Do these servers have such problems?
I pre-ordered in 2009 when it opened and stopped playing beta like 6 months ago because of progress and lack of being able to really do anything then have a cool game where i could explore maps and have an OP flamethrower that could destroy the world.
So should i come back or give it more time. You guys be honest with me.
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Playing on good quality servers is important as well. Best EU server is HBZ and best US is Inversion. Most of the other servers don't have the hardware capable of running NS2 atm and the tickrate drops in the mid game. If you play on servers with high ping you will also get lower FPS.
As well as these issues, there are also problems with the animations and hitreg sometimes seems funny. Skulks sometimes appear to be warping and going through the floor and all sorts of weird behaviour. It can definitely cause frustration.
With that said, when the game does run well it's a blast. If I were you I would wait until the next patch hits and then try and play on one of those servers I've suggested. Most people play the patch on day 1, join a really bad server, have a bad experience and then quit till the next patch.
Playing on good quality servers is important as well. Best EU server is HBZ and best US is Inversion. Most of the other servers don't have the hardware capable of running NS2 atm and the tickrate drops in the mid game. If you play on servers with high ping you will also get lower FPS.
As well as these issues, there are also problems with the animations and hitreg sometimes seems funny. Skulks sometimes appear to be warping and going through the floor and all sorts of weird behaviour. It can definitely cause frustration.
With that said, when the game does run well it's a blast. If I were you I would wait until the next patch hits and then try and play on one of those servers I've suggested. Most people play the patch on day 1, join a really bad server, have a bad experience and then quit till the next patch.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You forgot to mention the Australia-Pure servers - the best server in Australia.
btw, I completely agree with you
Def come back when 186 comes out. The game is much more playable and will be more enjoyable to play when they fix all of the bugs with this next build.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
why does it feel like i've heard this before?
Def come back when 186 comes out. The game is much more playable and will be more enjoyable to play when they fix all of the bugs with this next build.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This, wait for the next version hopefully friday to play again. Right now it has a few performance issues, but it's still much better than what you described in the OP.
You probably have heard this before, but it's hearing it from me that gives it that validity factor.
You can jump in and watch, for a very small fee, just as you evidently once did, as this creation takes shape. Even if all the opinions above are valid, and I don't make that judgement here, you do yourself a disservice by relying on them.
Come play :)!
I've got an old Q6600 @ stock, 4gb ram and a 8800gtx and I've played 204 hours of ns so far.
Im finding it very playable!
Maybe...
As it depends on a truckload of things ranging from CPU to operating system and of course server hardware and how long a server has been running, not to mention builds can vary widely in performance currently. Build 186 show promise from what the playtesters and devs leak out to the world :P
And as it isn't feature complete balance is all over the place.
I disagree with your timescale.
Vista Home 64bit
MSI 6870 Hawk
AMD Phenom II X4 940 3GHz (stock)
G.SKILL 6GB DDR2 800
With this kind of hardware I'm puzzled as to why I have such poor performance. Using medium settings on a lower resolution.
Vista Home 64bit
MSI 6870 Hawk
AMD Phenom II X4 940 3GHz (stock)
G.SKILL 6GB DDR2 800
With this kind of hardware I'm puzzled as to why I have such poor performance. Using medium settings on a lower resolution.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Odd, I have a AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8ghz
G.Skill 4GB DDR2
GTX 260
Win 7 64bit
And usually get a FPS of 40+ until mid game, even in combat. Seems OS or video card(NVIDIA vs. ATI) related then, honestly at least in this case.
in which sense? if you feel like it will be done before next summer i think you're being incredibly optimistic. there are still a whole slew of issues to fix, and several huge gameplay elements to put in and balance/bugfix. In my bet is next halloween for 1.0, trying to be realistic.