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Arc: pointless memory user
fleetcaptain5
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I've tried using shortcuts, I've tried disabling parts of it through Task manager, but nothing seems to work.
Whenever I try to launch STO, Arc launches with it. If I try to turn Arc off, STO shuts down.
I don't care that much about privacy or anything (as some people did years ago when the launcher was tied to Arc), but it just seems rather pointless to have a program running in the background all the time. Especially when that program takes up well over 100 MB or even 200 MB while serving no purpose at all during gameplay.
Why not give players an option to just close Arc, after launching STO if needed and Cryptic really wants to keep the launcher tied to it?
Whenever I try to launch STO, Arc launches with it. If I try to turn Arc off, STO shuts down.
I don't care that much about privacy or anything (as some people did years ago when the launcher was tied to Arc), but it just seems rather pointless to have a program running in the background all the time. Especially when that program takes up well over 100 MB or even 200 MB while serving no purpose at all during gameplay.
Why not give players an option to just close Arc, after launching STO if needed and Cryptic really wants to keep the launcher tied to it?
[4:46] [Combat {self}] Your Haymaker deals 23337 (9049) Physical Damage(Critical) to Spawnmother
[3/25 10:41][Combat (Self)]Your Haymaker deals 26187 (10692) Physical Damage(Critical) to Orinoco.
[3/25 10:41][Combat (Self)]Your Haymaker deals 26187 (10692) Physical Damage(Critical) to Orinoco.
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Speaking of though, that's weird. Because for me, the ARC client uses between 70 MB and 80 MB. It never breaks the 100 MB barrier.
No, I hadn't. I searched for it using the Windows search bar and then added a shortcut to the taskbar from there. Thanks a lot, your solution worked for me too.
It's not much and my computer has no trouble handling it, but still. STO causes it to clearly make more noise compared to lighter programs (which isn't surprising of course) so even a few %'s less memory use is welcome. And if it's saved by shutting down unused programmes, well, why not?
[3/25 10:41][Combat (Self)]Your Haymaker deals 26187 (10692) Physical Damage(Critical) to Orinoco.
Open chrome and 3-4 tabs of webpages(not empty tabs) and notice how each tab gets usually over 100mb each, sometimes over 300 even