EVE General Discussion

Yeah, we definitely need an update on this... All we want is an option to switch to a simple, fade-to-black transition.

The problem is the forced camera swing. In no other circumstance are you forced out of a ship-centered perspective. It's not really sickening as much as agitating and overly dramatic for something so common.

Unfortunately, perspective is crucial in how this animation plays out. So the camera must be swung. I don't see a solution except to allow us to disable the animation.

I've ISBoxed 12 accounts, all running on the same machine, jumped gates, had no problems. New PC time maybe?

Because it is social convention to prove oneself to people making baseless accusations for some reason:
http://clip2net.com/s/5g1UhD
As you can see, 12 accounts logged running on one machine.

The point of this thread (If I'm not mistaken) was:

I'm coming (with proof) to say this is hogwash, can you please explain how I've missed the point of the thread? It is not CCP's fault that you're still playing on a Commodore 64, they even put out a statement stating that the minimum system requirements have increased with this patch, it is not up to them to cater to every Tom, **** or Harry insisting they have the right to play on an antique.

Edit - As a clearly devoted multiboxer, I would be right behind this if I thought it were a problem, I just don't think it is, if I can run 12, I'm sure most PC's (bought in the last decade) should run 2-3 fine...Just turn your graphics down on your non-primary accounts like I do.

Someone wrote a while back when this animation came out that this was good for immersion because jumping through a 'real' gate at those speeds would cause nausea and headaches etc and if you can't HTFU then you shouldn't be a capsuleer DAMMIT!!111!!!111ELEVENTY.

Errrrrrr I think traveling at those speeds IRL would do a lot more than make me want to puke LOL

Anyways, for some, it's all about the immersion, baby!!!!

Wow, someone who's so much into self-promotion/bragging than sense.

Anyone that can run 12 clients on one PC -- and can actually play it and not just show off for screenshots -- doesn't have the typical computer of even an average gamer (e.g., i7+8GB memory system), and thus, can't speak about others needing a "better computer".

That's pure trolling.

I have a fairly recent laptop with a quad core i7, 16GB RAM, and, I believe, GeForce 650M graphics. Even an SSD. Running at the lowest graphics settings, windowed mode, 1280xsomething. No antivirus or other nonsense. Clean machine.

With *one* client running, it is stuttering. Especially when coming out from the sewage tunnel animation. The client seems to stall for about half a second, when absolutely nothing changes (I just see the grey clouds, or whatever). Then the new system loads, with all sorts of **** blinking, and as it is all blinking and swirling, it stalls/stutters again. It does not crash on my machine, it is very playable - but it does not feel smooth, and it clearly pushes the poor machine.

With two clients running, "stuttering" is much worse, and is really annoying. I have not tried running more than 2.

If your computer works fine with 12 clients, good for you. But for the rest of us, a simple option to turn off the shiny will be much appreciated.

By the way, I still remember that during Incarna, people just like you argued that CQ is a-OK, and everyone who is complaining about their melting computer is just a luddite opposed to change. Here we go again.




Dear CCP: can someone blue drop by the thread and let us know when it will be patched? Does not have to look fancy.

Fair question. And I don't really blame you for not wanting to read the thread from the beginning. It's a bit long.

Before answering your question, let me note that I play on a workstation-grade computer with a professional graphics card. I don't multi-box either. So none of the complaints that you allude to apply to me.

So your question, as I understand it, boils down to: what is the problem?

Mata Hotaki summarized much of what has been said in his post (#587). Here's a quote:



So again, the problems are not hardware-based. They have to do withe the cognitive effects of the swing/jump/halt animation on some users.

Incidentally, there was ample evidence that this would happen based on SiSi feedback. This was however apparently ignored in the design process. Here's that quote once again:



I hope this helps make sense of the thread.

New patch today, 9th in the series since Odyssey, still no option to disable or switch to a fade-to-black transition.

Not a difficult or unreasonable request, and definitely worthy of an update from a CCP employee, if we can get one?

Watching this thread, and my previous version, with CCP making a token appearance before fading away, I have a feeling CCP will react to this issue similar to how they "reacted" to other past complaints and issues - silence before springing the next shiny!