Steam Auth slowing down the game?
FragDoofus
Join Date: 2005-01-17 Member: 36115Members, Constellation
Join Date: 2005-01-17 Member: 36115Members, Constellation
So, perhaps many of you noticed today that the Steam Servers were inaccessible for some time. However, during this time I wasn't able to join any games, because any server I tried to connect to would fail, because I couldn't authenticate. However, I did notice that my game loaded much faster, and my overall performance felt smoother. Am I imagining things, or should the authentication really slow things down this much?
If you want to try it yourself, if you're connected to Steam just load the game. If you aren't, log into your account in offline mode, and launch NS2. Mine usually takes maybe 5-10 seconds to load (get to main menu, load all the shaders, display the menu, maintain stable fps), but without the authentication, the game loads in literally 1-2 seconds and is much smoother than normal.
If you want to try it yourself, if you're connected to Steam just load the game. If you aren't, log into your account in offline mode, and launch NS2. Mine usually takes maybe 5-10 seconds to load (get to main menu, load all the shaders, display the menu, maintain stable fps), but without the authentication, the game loads in literally 1-2 seconds and is much smoother than normal.
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Perhaps this is a good time to discuss good methods for improved performance?