I don't think so outside of launching the game. It is an alpha, after all.
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EverQuest Next Landmark Alpha |OT| Settle in, Trailblazin' is afoot.
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I don't think so outside of launching the game. It is an alpha, after all.
Servers are up!
Edit: aaaand they're down again
I was able to chop down 1 tree before they crashed
lol
I'm going to get some more RAM. Should be up when I get back.
Maybe
RadioactiveLobster
Member
$60 minimum to get into Alpha...
LumpOfCole
Member
This might sound like a silly question, but can people help other people build places, like community built castles or whatnot?
there is a permissions list where you can set specific players as a constructor, lord, vendor, banned, etc. You can also make your claim public so anyone can edit.
RadioactiveLobster
Member
Don't do that yet though, as it's broken and it will allow anyone to work on your claim.
Also, I don't think SOE knows how a que works. I've gone from 50th place to 250th then back to 110th and then back up to 180th then back down to 30th and back up to 235th.
Only clicked play once.
A queue is calculated by taking into account people logging off. If nobody would log off then the wait time would be infinite. A rising queue time merely means that there are less people logging off then anticipated by the algorithm determing the wait time....
RadioactiveLobster
Member
Got to 25th place in que and the game crashed.
Relaunched, 1300 place in Que.
#ALPHA
Relaunched, 1300 place in Que.
#ALPHA
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Deleted member 17706
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This may not be the place for technical discussion about this game, but does this game make anyone else's GPU go nuts when playing?
I'm at the log-in screen and my GPU load according to GPU-Z is 99% with the fans on at 62% of full blast. I wonder if it's because there is no frame rate cap? Anyone have any ideas to maybe try capping the FPS to 60?
I'm at the log-in screen and my GPU load according to GPU-Z is 99% with the fans on at 62% of full blast. I wonder if it's because there is no frame rate cap? Anyone have any ideas to maybe try capping the FPS to 60?
Zalusithix
Member
Fraps reporting framerate sub 60FPS here in the login queue, and one GPU is pegged. (I don't dare exit queue to test SLI settings.) I think it's just a pretty damn high load for whatever reason. I know the FPS goes up when I lower options.
That said, I just exited my stupidly long queue to get the server list, and now I'm in the queue to enter the actual server. Lines are fun!
Edit: And it keeps dropping me from the sever queue. Even the queue is alpha quality!
Edit 2: Figures that shortly after I make that edit, it finally lets me in to the server.
Edit 3: Look at map -> crash -> back to queue.
You should be able to use Nvidia Inspector to limit the fps to 60 (or whatever you want) if you own an Nvidia card.
If you need help with that here's a random guide to limit the fps: http://youtu.be/Y8TjOVd6w5M?t=2m3s
RadioactiveLobster
Member
So I finally managed to get past the dropping que but now I'm just stuck at a 0% loading screen
EDIT: and the game crashed
EDIT: and the game crashed
crazepharmacist
Member
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
AMD card. Radeon 7970.
I'll see if I can't do something similar in the Catalyst Control Center application they have.
Zalusithix
Member
Servers dead again. Also, SLI is a no go for this game - worse performance.
Edit: And back up...
Edit: And back up...
Dead Prince
Banned
just going to try this game on laptop (since people are using my pc to watch a movie) wonder if it'll go crazy. lol.
cheststrongwell
my cake, fuck off
Good luck with that shit.
Anyone know if this refund policy applies to the game purchased after they announced specs? I'm under spec'd on my processor, but willing to put up with a bit of jank, but if it's unplayable I'd hate to drop $60 on it. I emailed their support yesterday, but no response (I'm sure they're getting hammered).
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Deleted member 17706
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I don't think the queue is actually letting people in. Once they loosen the log in restrictions, I'm sure there won't be much of a queue, anyway. I'm just going to wait instead of brutalizing my GPU by sitting at that character select screen.
if you're not happy with the Alpha for any reason, they'll refund it.
Zalusithix
Member
Heh, was in for a while, but accidentally hit the window X instead of the map X... suffice to say the game doesn't ask if you really meant to close. Or maybe it does - kind of hard to tell given it just outright locked up. Back to the queue now, but given how the servers are full, I doubt I'll get in any time soon.
Random things of note from my brief time in:
1) I've achieved higher frame rates in game than at the queue screen.
2) The shard I was dropped off in didn't have any room for new claims.
3) Game needs a compass, or a way to set waypoints. Having to open the full map over and over to regain bearings is a pain.
Random things of note from my brief time in:
1) I've achieved higher frame rates in game than at the queue screen.
2) The shard I was dropped off in didn't have any room for new claims.
3) Game needs a compass, or a way to set waypoints. Having to open the full map over and over to regain bearings is a pain.
LowParry
Member
Game needs a mini map. I hope they put up some suggestion threads for feedback because that would be the firs thing I'd ask for. And the ability to press ESC when menu/character sheet/map is up.
I see the potential with this game which I think is going to translate well into EQN.
Zalusithix
Member
Basically you can't set up a claim within the large grey box that surrounds somebody else's cube. Good luck finding an area to do it!
Dead Prince
Banned
box shouldn't have red on it. you'll know lol. just check your map to see an empty area
Compass or minimap should be craftable items. In keeping with the spirit of the game.
Edit: crashed out when trying to use someone else's crafting station. If the queue estimate is accurate I won't be playing before I leave to go watch the superbowl
Zalusithix
Member
Even if they could get the hardware today, I'm not sure I'd want them to set it up. Seems they were already getting people out of bed to fix the existing ones. Not sure I want sleep deprived people setting up new ones.
the issue really isn't server related. Smedley has been talking about it on Twitter.
the problems we're seeing right now are back-end/db related. i'd wager the code is fairly buggy at this point and that's causing all kinds of stability problems.
more servers might help that, but if the bugs are left unchecked, they'll break too.
You don't usually run VMs for this kind of application and if you do, you don't oversubscribe resources.
terrisus
Member
Specs?
I have a 3rd-gen i7, with a geForce 650m 2GB, and 8GB RAM. I'm hoping I should be fine.
this isn't a VM use-case. servers for this kind of thing need dedicated resources.
Zalusithix
Member
Well, hit up your backlog then. This really has next to nothing to do with EQ aside from the name and the tech behind it. The game has far more in common with Minecraft than EQ.
Here's a couple tweaks to try to improve performance for Nvidia users.
To improve your frame rates in game if you're using an NVIDIA graphics cards, open the NVIDIA Control Panel. Click 'Manage 3D settings' and in the 'Progam Settings' tab, click 'Add'. If 'Everquestnextlandmark64.exe' isn't listed, browse to it. Down in the feature box, set 'Power management mode' to 'Prefer maximum performance' and set 'Texture filtering - Quality' to 'High Performance'. This change barely reduces the quality of the in game graphics, but makes a HUGE difference for consistant framerates.
Playing in windowed mode significantly increases frame rates due to the smaller resolution of play. To enter windowed mode, press ALT + Enter. To return to full screen, simply press ALT + Enter again.
To improve your frame rates in game if you're using an NVIDIA graphics cards, open the NVIDIA Control Panel. Click 'Manage 3D settings' and in the 'Progam Settings' tab, click 'Add'. If 'Everquestnextlandmark64.exe' isn't listed, browse to it. Down in the feature box, set 'Power management mode' to 'Prefer maximum performance' and set 'Texture filtering - Quality' to 'High Performance'. This change barely reduces the quality of the in game graphics, but makes a HUGE difference for consistant framerates.
Playing in windowed mode significantly increases frame rates due to the smaller resolution of play. To enter windowed mode, press ALT + Enter. To return to full screen, simply press ALT + Enter again.