Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I and many many others seem to have this issue where space does not load for some time, and yet, everyone else in the universe can see us just floating there.

This leaves us very vulnerable while our client is doing whatever it does to load up the environment. In the meantime, those of us with this issue are all staring at a black screen, hoping and praying that we are not dead already by the time we can see what is around us.

Here is a link to my reddit post on the issue as well, for those of you who want to read it:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/60n2lj/suggestion_qol_do_something_about_environment/


CCPLz! <3


edit: What I propose goes something like this (code prose - not quite pseudocode):
- Client sends undock request to server
- Server sends space environment to client
- Client loads and processes environment, but keeps the screen black
- Once loaded - client sends "ok" to server
- On client ok - show ship in space & start any timers, etc....
- On ship in space, show space in client

OP have you submitted a report to CCP on this, if not do so immediately with date, game time, system, station and any other information you can give them.


I thought the invulnerability timer on undock was 30 seconds but that was what I was told. I hate station games so I never got a chance to actually time this.

While CCP sorts this out there are a few things you can do.

Clear your cache that is one of the first steps CCP recommends to solve issues with the client.

The moment the screen changes from the station to this black out start pressing the stop ship key combination, either the default or whatever you have assigned. This should stop you while you are still close enough to be able to instantly re-dock.

Time how long this black out is, CCP will need to know this and it will help you determine what level of risk there is relevant to the invulnerability timer and being able to re-dock.

I did have some random trouble with this type of thing when CCP first introduced download on demand my internet connection is to slow so I turned this feature off and the problem went away. Slows down the update process but may be worth trying, you can always turn it back on.

I'm not. I'm dead over 30 seconds after undocking. All of which time my screen remains black and I cannot see or respond to anything happening.

Have you gotten a new computer? This never happens to me.

Of course not. But what you can do is stop the ship even with that black screen (I have that too - every time). Ship stopping with the CTRL+SPACE (default) doesn't kill the timer.

And make sure, you aren't in a kick-out station.

You will not waste your time to give us a simple recap of the things you have tried, but you expect us to waste our time going to reddit and read a thread about this, where and when I grew up they called that being lazy.

Since this issue has been a problem for you since 2014 you need to look at your end and not the game.
Internet connection, out of date drivers, incompatible drivers or software running in the back ground and dozens of other things could be the source of your problems.