New game releases of May 20-26
Killzone: Mercenary shoots onto Vita on September 10
Trion Worlds hit with more layoffs, Defiance team impacted
Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault defending Vita next week
Game & Wario was originally going to be pre-installed on Wii U
Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Sep 25, 2008 6:00pm PDTSo uh.. I heard a rumor that some odd economy stuff is going on here in the USA. As
long as Diablo 3 keeps being worked on though I imagine we'll all be ok.
- China hacking
href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/09/25/china.space.ap/index.html">space
- No txt while
driving
- MySpace music
- Stem cell progress
- Quit checking your work
href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/09/24/email.study.ap/index.html">email at home
As for the the videogame news around these parts:
- Bungie unveils new Halo 3 campaign?
- Punisher: No Mercy screenshots
- Mythic caves on crediting
controversy
- Call of Duty 5 PC system
requirements
- Need for Speed Undercover trailer
- Mirror's Edge & Dead Space collectors
editions
- Jack Thompson disbarred for good
- Rare responds to being called
outdated
- Tomb Raider: Underworld trailer
with wetsuits
- Skate 2 screenshots
- PC CD games are dead
- Fallout 3 Vault Dwellers Surival
Guide
- Banjo Kazooie XBLA screenshots
- Katy Perry rocks The Sims 2
- Far Cry 2 multiplayer hands-on
- PlayStation Store gets Wipeout HD
and Mega Man 9
- Warhammer Online producer talks
expansions
- Max Payne Film releasing gamer
dedicated cut
- Dead Space trailer
- Braid developer on ports
- Crysis Warhead SDK on the way
Lastly, thanks for all the positive feedback on what we're up to with the library stat
integration with news items. Maarten and I think it could really be a big step towards
some pretty interesting stuff.
I already posted this in the expansion-news comments, but figured that since I went through the "trouble" of writing this, might as well make sure as many WAR players as possible see this. It has worked for many people I know, and it might work for you, if you are experiencing bad FPS or stuttering in PvP. So, a repost for the masses of Evening Reading:
There is actually a potential fix for the scenario/RvR lag / stuttering issue many have mentioned, and it worked for me at least. First, let me explain, so the solution doesn't sound as strange as it might:
Typically when you are doing Scenarios/RvR, you are in a group, and have group frames visible. In the group frames you can see what buffs and debuffs each group member have. These buffs and debuffs are, as it stands, being updated at least 10 times per second, maybe even more, hard to tell. The constant updating of dozens of effects causes client lag, perhaps best described as "stuttering". I was suffering from this even though I have a very up-to-date system. (C2D 3ghz, 4 gigs, 8800GT)
Luckily, some research into this yielded results:
http://www.curse.com/downloads/details/13745/
What we have there is an UI addon that simply limits the amount of times the effects are updated per second. The default value is twice per second, and with that value, it all but completely eliminated the stuttering for me. Scenarios are now very smooth. I recommend anyone else suffering from this problem gives it a shot.
There is also a second bug in the engine causing bad fps, that is not related to the same problem. It has to do with the game "over-utilizing" your CPU for some odd reason, leading to bad FPS. The fix for (at least some) Nvidia cards is at least as strange as the previous one: Try forcing FSAA and AF _ON_ from your Nvidia control panel. My CPU loads went from 95-100% to 50-70% when I did this, and my fps got much better all-around. If you are an ATI user, I'm afraid I have no solution to offer.
Lots of other possible fixes can be found at http://www.warhammeralliance.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=74 - these two alone however turned by WAR from a frustrating collection of bad fps and stuttering into a smooth experience.
Good luck.
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