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Simple loading screen suggestion

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
How about instead of the same loading screens all the time, when you are transporting from your ship on to a planet or station you actually see the transporter matter beam all over your screen and the background transforming from 1 location to another? dont know if im explaining that well but for example:

If your on your ship beaming on to a station, it quickly shows you stepping on the transporter, the entire screen starts to 'beam' and the background screen changes from your ships transporter to the stations transporter.

Just trying to think how they could make it seem less like a loading screen. At least if they did something like that it would be in line with the show and still allow them to keep loading screens effectively
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    did this get lost in all the other posts or is it just a bad idea
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    There used to be some nice warp and transporter effect loading screens in beta, now they've been replaced by dull static shots of irrelevant stuff.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    so they could probably easily reintroduce it, how come no one else has mentioned it if it used to be there? was it not really that good?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    I have a better idea.

    Fix the loading times. Then people will be clamouring for the artwork instead of being bored by it :)

    Waaay too many times in this game where one is stuck looking at some (admittedly fairly nice at first) static artwork and NOT actually playing the game. I wait 10 mins to get into Sol, then a further 5 to get into Earth Space Dock. Great gaming experience - not.

    Lost count of the number of times I have dropped and reconnected to get around the fact I appear to have stalled. Currently waiting for Sirius Sector Block to load btw :rolleyes:

    Funny how, when calling a game Star Trek Online, nobody thought perhaps there would be high demand for it and put performance first.

    As for deliberately planning certain game mechanics only at certain places (Space Dock, Memory Alpha) what WERE Cryptic thinking? :confused:
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