sorry to say,but... waaaait for it!

stenbenstenben Join Date: 2012-02-22 Member: 147139Members
<div class="IPBDescription">general praise and such!</div>hey all!
Long time lurker and an old NS1 player here.

I actually bought into the game in the early stages (i think i had my first matches in build 158 or something)
the playability and performance of the game at this stage (build 216) is great.. hands down! i swear on some random TSA marines grave!

I dont understand what all the fuss is about regarding the general performance... I may not be a competitive player or anything thou i do enjoy a fair fight and i can hardly say i have been in a fight with any alien vs any marine and vice versa and lost on account of the performance. The only thing i can blame is myself and i know this because i do loose and win firefights in battlefield 3 all the time too!

The specs of my computer is nothing to write home about

AMD x6 1055t@2800mhz
AMD radeon 4850 512mb ram
various other bits n' pieces to keep it running along

no ssd's or crazyclocked sandy bridges, no black magic and ritual offerings of virgins to NS2HD (which i have followed from the very nervous and shaky begginings (the first video actually))

Between school, work and being occasionally drunk i log into steam and bring up NS2 to become amazed of all the awesome that's hitting my face!
To have a laugh at the stupid skulks i'm shooting and the noob marines i'm gnawing at the moment.


A heartfelt congrats from me here in rainy sweden to all of you ######s in sunny SoCal! unknown worlds! <!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><b>YOU ROCK</b><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->
I KNOW that i will play some fantastic games of siege / ladderwars / combat / actual NS / Gorge vs. ARC kart racing in the future. Those 30 bucks or whatever it was one year ago is probably my best spent 30 or whatever dollars ever...


I <3 you



/Stenben
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  • ellnicellnic Join Date: 2010-07-19 Member: 72559Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Well its nice to see that you enjoy the game as much as we all do, but be prepaered to be dazzled in the future build with better performance and optimization and of course... EXO!!!
  • playerplayer Join Date: 2010-09-12 Member: 73982Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1961450:date=Aug 12 2012, 02:01 AM:name=stenben)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (stenben @ Aug 12 2012, 02:01 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1961450"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->the playability and performance of the game at this stage (build 216) is great.. hands down! ... I dont understand what all the fuss is about regarding the general performance

    ...

    AMD x6 1055t@2800mhz<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Pics of r_stats or I declare yee one of Flayra's troll-accounts.
  • stenbenstenben Join Date: 2012-02-22 Member: 147139Members
    in which state of the game do you want the r_stats pic player? early, mid or endgame? i'm happy to oblige! :)
  • WheeeeWheeee Join Date: 2003-02-18 Member: 13713Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    just do a fraps frametime benchmark in a populated server.
  • Locke504Locke504 Join Date: 2010-04-23 Member: 71511Members, NS2 Map Tester
    I've heard it runs differently for most people even if they're running the same hardware.

    That said, I don't think the majority of players are complaining about barley getting 20 fps for ###### and giggles.
  • spaceturtlespaceturtle Join Date: 2012-08-03 Member: 154714Members
    Don't think you can claim the "majority" are complaining unless you have some kind of evidence to back it up. All I see and hear since 216 is how much better fps is, with a minority reporting otherwise. That is my personal experience however.
  • stenbenstenben Join Date: 2012-02-22 Member: 147139Members
    stuff n' giggles is what it's all about! aint it?

    The competetive players or the ones prospecting to become a competetive player is most certainly already running top notch hardware which more or less nullifies any performance issues.

    People that are getting massive fps penalties even looking at a firefight are probably having some other problem with the general config / conflict / state of their system.


    another 5 ören from me
    cheers
  • stenbenstenben Join Date: 2012-02-22 Member: 147139Members
    edited August 2012
    a couple of pics of my performance...
    <img src="http://i47.tinypic.com/35cr8qv.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
    <img src="http://i47.tinypic.com/2vj8u4i.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
    <img src="http://i49.tinypic.com/2mabg5.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
    <img src="http://i50.tinypic.com/24dknb4.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
    <img src="http://i47.tinypic.com/35a556c.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
  • playerplayer Join Date: 2010-09-12 Member: 73982Members
    33.1 FPS
    32.2 FPS
    22.8 FPS
    32.4 FPS
    19.7 FPS
    ---------
    28 FPS = great performance

    Okey-dokey.
  • stenbenstenben Join Date: 2012-02-22 Member: 147139Members
    enjoyable performance...
  • WheeeeWheeee Join Date: 2003-02-18 Member: 13713Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--quoteo(post=1961497:date=Aug 11 2012, 11:54 PM:name=player)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (player @ Aug 11 2012, 11:54 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1961497"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->33.1 FPS
    32.2 FPS
    22.8 FPS
    32.4 FPS
    19.7 FPS
    ---------
    28 FPS = great performance

    Okey-dokey.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    great compared to a year ago, lol
  • stenbenstenben Join Date: 2012-02-22 Member: 147139Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1961485:date=Aug 12 2012, 05:31 AM:name=spaceturtle)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (spaceturtle @ Aug 12 2012, 05:31 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1961485"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Don't think you can claim the "majority" are complaining unless you have some kind of evidence to back it up. All I see and hear since 216 is how much better fps is, with a minority reporting otherwise. That is my personal experience however.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    True true! maby i were a little unclear.

    I dont think everyone even notices the fpsdrops or even care, i certainly dont because i dont play at that level of competetiveness. The guys gaming at that level are a tough bunch to satisfy even for a big developer and i think many of them run very high end gear capable of running virtually everything. When a game comes along that brings those computers to a crawl (for various reasons, not intentionally with super duper sweet unreal engine 4 graphics) someone is bound to get annoyed.


    I strongly believe that many of the extreme performance issues that is being talked about on this forum is due to the general healthiness of the afflicted systems.
    Driver issues, conflicts, backgroud tasks, you name it. My computer is not the tidiest or the best kept, but i do know what is running, why and when: and that means ALOT.


    As far as the game has come since the early days are quite staggering i must say. I ran NS2 back then on the same computer as i do now and the performance has maby not doubled, BUT it has smoothed out something fiercly, instead of fps drops to 1 or 2 it drops to 19... i'm happy with that as a non competetive player playing for stuffs and giggles. A competetive player running a OC'ed sandy on a 7970 maby has drops to 30-35 fps in ridicoulously crowded fight (thats just me guessing)(on a good server ofcourse, no other way to compete is there? :)


    /stenben
  • SlamHanniganSlamHannigan Join Date: 2012-07-06 Member: 153952Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1961497:date=Aug 11 2012, 11:54 PM:name=player)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (player @ Aug 11 2012, 11:54 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1961497"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->33.1 FPS
    32.2 FPS
    22.8 FPS
    32.4 FPS
    19.7 FPS
    ---------
    28 FPS = great performance

    Okey-dokey.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Setting aside the fact that "great" is entirely subjective, compare that to the performance in betas for Firefall or BF3, which were released to much fanfare and ended up delivering slideshow messes. This beta outclasses several others I've played in terms of performance.
  • H3lixH3lix Join Date: 2012-08-03 Member: 154722Members, NS2 Map Tester
    edited August 2012
    per my system specs i do NOT consider 30fps-40fps in an end game scenario (onos, lerk's misting, jetpacking grenadiers/flamethrowers, and turrets) acceptable fps. if i can run bf3 on max everything without so much as a hiccup at 120+ fps. Then this game is far, far from optimized. I love the game, just not the optimization.
  • Squeal_Like_A_PigSqueal_Like_A_Pig Janitor Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 66Members, Super Administrators, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Reinforced - Supporter, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer
    Hey Stenben, glad to hear you are having fun.

    Just ignore the people who like to "lerk" about on the forums and pounce on any new poster who dares to mention they are enjoying the game, and attempt to convince these players that they are in fact crazy and wrong and could not possibly be having fun playing NS2 in its current state.

    We do have lots more optimzations, bug fixes, balance changes, and general improvements on the way, as well as the Exosuit and some new maps.

    --Cory
  • mushookeesmushookees Join Date: 2008-03-26 Member: 63967Members
    edited August 2012
    UWE want those players with high end PC's as they represent a large portion of the market
    UWE want those competitive players as they tend to stick around in the long run and generally help improve the game

    The game is playable for most people ( not news to anyone) but if the low standards of a casual player were good enough, the game could have been released months ago
  • AngeluszAngelusz Harmonic entropist Join Date: 2003-07-10 Member: 18072Members, Forum Moderators, Constellation, NS2 Playtester
    edited August 2012
    Nice! Good to read you're enjoying yourself. I'm running with fairly proper performance myself, although my PC <b>can</b> be considered a powerhouse by current standards. I think it's a really good point to make, that not all players <b>require</b> 60+ FPS consistently to enjoy a game. I guess you and I are amongst them - I can enjoy NS2 in its current state just fine, although I'd love to have it running at 60+ FPS all the time eventually; didn't buy this excellent PC for nothing after all. ;)

    Enjoy!
  • stenbenstenben Join Date: 2012-02-22 Member: 147139Members
    Thank Cory for the backup here hehe...

    I very much hope to see this game running smoothly on more or less everything later. The competetive scene will be awesome!
  • Locke504Locke504 Join Date: 2010-04-23 Member: 71511Members, NS2 Map Tester
    <!--quoteo(post=1961497:date=Aug 11 2012, 10:54 PM:name=player)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (player @ Aug 11 2012, 10:54 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1961497"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->33.1 FPS
    32.2 FPS
    22.8 FPS
    32.4 FPS
    19.7 FPS
    ---------
    28 FPS = great performance

    Okey-dokey.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->


    And the only picture where he's fighting marines is under 20. I'm sorry, but that isn't very good. I get about the same thing, and it feels unplayable at times.
  • kababkabab Join Date: 2003-12-15 Member: 24384Members, Constellation
    edited August 2012
    So they need 3x performance increase in <2 months to make it run well on a average pc....

    Good luck!
  • PricePrice Join Date: 2003-09-27 Member: 21247Members
    edited August 2012
    <!--quoteo(post=1961518:date=Aug 12 2012, 07:33 AM:name=Squeal_Like_A_Pig)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Squeal_Like_A_Pig @ Aug 12 2012, 07:33 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1961518"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Hey Stenben, glad to hear you are having fun.

    Just ignore the people who like to "lerk" about on the forums and pounce on any new poster who dares to mention they are enjoying the game, and attempt to convince these players that they are in fact crazy and wrong and could not possibly be having fun playing NS2 in its current state.

    We do have lots more optimzations, bug fixes, balance changes, and general improvements on the way, as well as the Exosuit and some new maps.

    --Cory<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Don't forget PrimalScream for onos and Webstalk's(new version of webs right? oh please, say yes ) for gorge?! =)
  • elodeaelodea Editlodea Join Date: 2009-06-20 Member: 67877Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Great that you're having fun.

    Don't discount the validity of other people's 'fuss' about performance however. Server performance is a huge hurdle that needs to be overcome if NS2 has any aspirations of real, affordable mainstream success. The game is aiming for 32 player yet at the moment it will only run 18 players at 30 ticks (CS runs 3-6 times higher) and on extremely overclocked sandybridges at that.

    Sure the client runs pretty decently if you consider 20-30 fps decent, but keep in mind that there is still literally NO viable commercial server solution out there that doesn't involve overclocking up around 5ghz.
  • AsranielAsraniel Join Date: 2002-06-03 Member: 724Members, Playtest Lead, Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow, Subnautica Playtester, Retired Community Developer
    actually, server performance got much better. expect it to get better even more (there was a twitter message that might have mentioned something recently).

    As a PT i might not be the most reliable source. But i admit that the last few patches, i didn't enjoy the game very much. performance was one reason, but the biggest was that it was not even remotely balanced. For me that changed with 216. I really love that build. for me with my particular hardware specs performance is very much acceptable to have fun, and more important, the game is somewhat balanced. a 50/50 win/loss ratio might not mean its balanced (there could be 1 OP strategy on every side), but from my games it meant the game is much much better now.

    So, test the game again, for me the 216 is the best patch yet (with all its rough edges that need to be smoothed out now).
  • extolloextollo Ping Blip Join Date: 2010-07-16 Member: 72457Members
    ^looking fwd to further improvements. joined a spammed up server & it actually held up pretty well there at the end. some movement slideshow on occasion, but not brutal. marines had way lost, so it had an the end game turtle fest. khamm sent in a drifter train at the end. when they first started coming in I lol'd.

    pistol snipe worked better than before. i enjoyed jp movement - perhaps a bit op. for me, still not quite there with the vanilla marine & skulk movement - though it is getting much smoother. some frustrating geometry hangups that i have to learn to deal with. wall jump - with the debug speed - not getting the benefit, really, even with multiple good jumps in a row (perhaps there's a secret i'm not getting / finding).

    enjoy the core gp debates on this board.
  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    edited August 2012
    <!--quoteo(post=1961579:date=Aug 12 2012, 09:33 AM:name=Asraniel)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Asraniel @ Aug 12 2012, 09:33 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1961579"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->So, test the game again, for me the 216 is the best patch yet (with all its rough edges that need to be smoothed out now).<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I don't like 216 or the previous ones that started offloading stuff to the client, making my PC unhappy. Simply too much FPS being stolen from me :D I like 217 more with the magic Max and Dushan stuff

    215 performed better for me somehow then 216. The thing is though, Spark might have performance issues, but compatibility is quite amazing.
  • HughHugh Cameraman San Francisco, CA Join Date: 2010-04-18 Member: 71444NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Onos, WC 2013 - Shadow, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts
    Hi Stenben! Glad you are having a blast. Looks like you have a very similar set up to what the first 300 or so NS2HD videos were recorded on. Of course, no one believed I got acceptable performance even when the proof was in the videos. So the usual pessimistic 1000-post people won't be convinced by your honesty :)

    I hope to see you in game soon (and be fragged!)
  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    <!--quoteo(post=1961771:date=Aug 12 2012, 06:35 PM:name=Strayan (NS2HD))--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Strayan (NS2HD) @ Aug 12 2012, 06:35 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1961771"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->So the usual pessimistic 1000-post people won't be convinced by your honesty :)<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Challenge accepted sir, duel at dawn!
  • weywey Cineastè Join Date: 2003-06-01 Member: 16910Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation
    A blind fanboy calling <20 fps "great performance" is being supported by two devs, while the larger meaningful criticism threads get mostly ignored is just trolling in every true fan's face. Stop defending the performance, it's abysmal!
  • WheeeeWheeee Join Date: 2003-02-18 Member: 13713Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--quoteo(post=1961771:date=Aug 12 2012, 02:35 PM:name=Strayan (NS2HD))--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Strayan (NS2HD) @ Aug 12 2012, 02:35 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1961771"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Hi Stenben! Glad you are having a blast. Looks like you have a very similar set up to what the first 300 or so NS2HD videos were recorded on. Of course, no one believed I got acceptable performance even when the proof was in the videos. So the usual pessimistic 1000-post people won't be convinced by your honesty :)

    I hope to see you in game soon (and be fragged!)<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    i'm sorry but that's completely disrespectful to your fanbase, many of whom STILL have issues with the performance of this game. Did you whip out your UWE blinders for this one?

    You cannot on the one hand say that the devs are aware of the performance issues and that they're nowhere near what they need to be, then on the other hand praise the great performance of the game.

    Even with the recent performance gains, I would qualify my experience with the engine as on the low end of "acceptable" - this is a night and day increase from the low point of ns2 optimization, but please do us all a favor and don't ###### over a portion of your fanbase.

    It is important to remain positive about the outlooks of the game, WITHOUT denigrating those of us who have been here from the beginning, those of us who helped make this entire game possible. Please consider this as a PR representative for the company.
  • Squeal_Like_A_PigSqueal_Like_A_Pig Janitor Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 66Members, Super Administrators, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Reinforced - Supporter, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer
    <!--quoteo(post=1961811:date=Aug 12 2012, 07:48 PM:name=wey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (wey @ Aug 12 2012, 07:48 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1961811"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->A blind fanboy calling <20 fps "great performance" is being supported by two devs, while the larger meaningful criticism threads get mostly ignored is just trolling in every true fan's face. Stop defending the performance, it's abysmal!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I wasn't saying his 20 FPS is great performance, I was merely saying that if he is enjoying the game, then there's no need for everyone to convince him otherwise, due to their general unhappyness. We understand that the game is not performing as well as should be expected for a large majority of the players, and are working diligently, days, nights and weekends to improve it. Nuff said.

    --Cory
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