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SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited January 2010 in PC Gameplay Bug Reports
Loading takes entirely too long. Like longer the the mission... I didn't have this problem last time I logged on.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    same.

    10 characters
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Retrieving List of Characters myself, for the last 10 minutes.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Same here stuck on retrieving characters till it times out. Then rinse and repeat.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    got one mission done, and won't load back to space, exited out, now won't load character screen, so guys, YOU GOT IT WRONG.

    Someone want to say *yokel chuckle* That's Beta?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I really hope the load times aren't one of the new features they're touting. I waited over 5 minutes to exit a sector after completing a mission. They seemed to have muched up the targeting again too. It was so easy to target a ship before the latest patch. They're not supposed to break things this close to launch.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I'm also getting this. :(

    Waiting on the retrieving characters screen.

    Before that I was zoning from an instance to system space and it stopped loading and stayed on loading screen. It's not crashing or freezing, I can't terminate easily from task manager and animations still run or tid-bit info ticker on load screen refreshes etc.

    I think the hamster has out of dry mix! =)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Retriving list of characters for past ten miinutes....
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    The game is definitely broken now, these load times are awful and the targeting is so screwed up right now.

    Nice going guys!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Ten minute loads in between deep space and sector space. >sigh> it seems when one thing is fixed another has an issue. Yes, i know it's OB but it's very close to the end of OB.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Yup, getting stuck on retrieving list of characters too...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Trenix wrote: »
    Same here stuck on retrieving characters till it times out. Then rinse and repeat.

    here too ... ... ... ..
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    same, got stuck trying to zone. Exited game now and came back to loading list of characters and hangs forever
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Same as above.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    20 mins i have waited same problem can get passed charctor load sceen:mad:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    JCSWW wrote: »
    I really hope the load times aren't one of the new features they're touting. I waited over 5 minutes to exit a sector after completing a mission. They seemed to have muched up the targeting again too. It was so easy to target a ship before the latest patch. They're not supposed to break things this close to launch.

    To boldly load where no man has loaded before. I have never been an 'I hate instancing' guy, but the way Cryptic abuses instancing with terrible transitions and far, far too many of them not to mention them being incredibly small (handful of people per instance) it really is sickening. A game about space is more like a lack of space with little to no real persistent world, just a bunch of disconnected maps and zones. On top of of that, their server farm is so terrible the loads are frigging slow as hell, it is like salt in the wound.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    If you are stuck at retrieving Characters...

    Kill the game
    Re-run the launcher, select OPTIONS | Safe Mode

    then when you login you are given the option to run at lower settings. Do so and you can now get into the game

    Once in the game, you have to fix your graphics settings. Don't set them to max, keep stuff below 75%
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Specifically, someone else worked out that you need to keep "World texture quality" below 75% for the game to work... I am trying that now
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I enabled two things on the login screen before logging in:

    Force File Check
    Safe Mode

    It worked after the full check.
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