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SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
HI,

I am an STO user that normally uses a MacBook Pro booted into Windows XP to get onto STO. When I am launching the game normally (laptop display) the launcher is quite quick, logging me in, and connects to login server as expected.

Same System, now using an external display (single display mode), the launcher is barely responsive, costing me usual 4 minutes before I can even get to the engage button. Outside of this, Game is fully responsive once I am in and running, with no performance issues.

It does not matter if I have freshly rebooted, or not, any time I run on an external Display, launching STO is incredibly slow. No other applications on this system (in Windows) are exhibiting this issue.

All web browsers are up to date, and I am running Firefox.

System MacBook Pro 15"
2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo Processors
nVidia 9600M GT Graphics
6GB RAM
10GB Free disk space on windows partition
Patched Win XP SP3
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Location, location, Location

    Parked only 3 feet away, I was getting really low wireless signal from my access point. The location I docked my laptop when using an external screen, was in a virtual wireless black hole. Getting, technical, I believe I was parking this in the exact middle of a wireless wavelength, which caused next to no signal.

    I noticed this issue when I was waiting for the launcher to load, and in windowed mode.

    I am still unsure why web browsers and other items could handle 1mbps better than STO, but, using ethernet, or moving my laptop a foot in any direction has resolved this.
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