shortguy on indom

Going to put this into sig line w/ur permission... sums up my play nicely. Usually solo 95% of the time, but spend the other time leading LFG: lvl 50 +4... 'lvl 1 and up' .......PUGs to their doom. Fun is what you make it.

This^ I like the challenge of keeping old stuff in use as well to the final fizzle, but this one change would be huge benefit.

@AspieAnarchy You do know that you AMD 4350 chip supports 64bit right? https://www.cpu-upgrade.com/CPUs/AMD/FX-Series/FX-4350.html If you can get ahold of a 64bit Windows 7 operating system... or upgrade to 10...?

Perhaps this is the issue. Are you wifi connected or ethernet cable connected? Some other ideas: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/tips-to-improve-pc-performance-in-windows-b3b3ef5b-5953-fb6a-2528-4bbed82fba96 I have laptop with 1/2 of your system specs but a faster 400Mbps/12 up connection and getting about the same map load-times. So mine is hardware issue. Thinking maybe because you have much better hardware but slower connection it may be your issue. Sounds silly but a hard reset of modem/router may help? Hope it helps.

I needed the same solution... but a couple of things to consider. heat: that fanless mini in your link may thermal throttle. (not sure because i do not have experience with one). laptops get very hot. unless it is more of a gaming laptop. screen size for laptop: my laptop screen is 17 inches, and still has a cramped viewing area. i would not want anything smaller. That guide link above is great for processor/graphics selection. One of the best guides which have ever read on the subject. My solution was upgrading and modding my 2014 laptop.... that gets close to your goal (but not quite). 20-25 FPS ultra varies w/map; 45-60 FPS on Quality settings. (the exact same laptop goes on ebay between $50-$100, just looked). Please do not consider this option unless you like to tinker and have some time, to make it work. About $75-$100 for parts). AMD 4 core/4 thread (holds 2.095 Ghz when ramped up). lightweight operating system. linux mint xsfd. sata ssd 16 GB old laptop so has a deep case, so removed dvd drive and installed a secondary heat pipe/sink fan. modern laptops have a slim case and am unsure if this could even be done if they had a dvd drive which you could remove.

has it become a race?

so close, the water conforms to the vessel until the vessel is broken.

FWIW - All my builds have filled 6 slot'o health and stamina. Whatever works as BL/IP quote above ^^^^.

"Be Water, My Friend. Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless, like water. You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." - Bruce Lee or from IP man.

So, finally figured out!... and it's crazy what is causing the slow game map loading... and hangs during map loading screen. Answer: A family member using bluetooth earbuds with her phone! She has been having issues with not being able to hear the caller, various disconnects, etc. So, she takes out the earbud (only uses one of the two) and continues with the call. The other earbud is always on the kitchen counter, in its little case about 10 feet away from where I play the game. To make a long story short, my laptop is constantly trying to connect to that single earbud, while her phone is connected to the other. lololol. This is causing her phone issues and my laptop issues. Verified last night, where she used her old apple corded earphones... and both our problems disappeared. As an added bonus, my occasional mapserver issues have just about gone away. Still adjusting settings on my laptop to fix this issue, and tweaking swappiness.... but am confident that now it's close to the point of being solely hardware limited as everyone suggested above. I do not need the latest/greatest system, satisfied with something that will just work. Hope it helps someone.

Good advice. Since it is an age old laptop, wanted a cheap upgrade. The brand 'KingSpec' which I installed looks slow vtrue. But was only $43. To grab a Samsung would have cost me double. So got what I paid for. 210-300Mbps not the best for sure. The Ram stick was $12, and the paste and glue were about $7 each.

Searching on the web this seems to be a somewhat common problem on quite a few other games. Windows systems: Cure for slow map loads on super state of the art pc's looks to be adjustments to virtual memory settings. Looks like easy fix for 5-7 second map loads. Linux (which I am running): it is or can be a few different things which am currently trying to test atm. download: 'Stacer' (this is like a CCleaner for linux). using stacer: turned off unneeded start-up apps; ran auto-clean. Went to this website: https://itsfoss.com/create-swap-file-linux/ And followed easy directions to create a larger swapfile. new swapfile size: went from 2GB to 17GB. in my case i have 16GB DDR3L RAM installed swappiness adjustment: left it at stock '60' for now, but still fine tuning. Will post back yea or nay if it works. in case someone else in the future (or currently experiencing) similar issues. Results from above: went from 25-30 map loading (with hangs and snags), down to 10-15ish seconds (with vshort hangs). For me this is a win! The website also has a guide for increasing 'speed' of linux Ubuntu in general. Easy to understand for noob like me.https://itsfoss.com/speed-up-ubuntu-1310/ (i have not tried the other tweaks yet). peace

Nothing but the lightwight operating system with whatever bloatware that came on it and only the game.

It's a 2014 laptop AMD 5745m chip... runs the game fine at 50-60 fps 'Quality' graphical settings... can run on 'Ultra' settings but drops to 25-27 fps with little graphical improvement. so I stay on Quality settings. All 4 threads seem to be used by the game. Some more than others. 1TB Sata SSD in it now, had a 1TB HDD before. No noticeable difference in load times at all. Upgraded from 8GB Ram DDR3L to 16GB ram as well. Game is only using a bit over 2GB during play anyways (CPU-X monitored.). Installed a secondary heat pipe/sink with fan in exchange for the CD/DVD writer. Laptop CPU/GPU temps now never reach over 60C temp, usually hover at 45-48C or so. (always was a boiling egg before). New paste and glue too. Temps were measured in game after about 1/2 hour of team play also using CPU-X in windowed mode.

This ^^^^ sentence 2 reminds me of where I real life work.

So, even after doing some laptop upgrades, seems the slow map loading persists. Not much if any difference at all. When I say slow I mean about 25-30 seconds with hangs and blips of loading along the way. My connection speed is solid just shy of 400mbs; 16GB RAM; 2.1GHz 4core 4 thread What is the deal? Why am I always the last one out or last one in? lol. Thx for help in advance.

While not exactly giving the 'element of surprise' completely, there already are PVP zones where door missions are available to do. Would like to see more door missions added to a zone like Warburg for example where its a free for all, maybe more sprinkling of special badges or rewards for completing them. Or make Kallisti with a distinct dividing line down the middle, one side blue other side red. Blue door missions in red side and vice versa.

New Hami raid healers being blown back by the wind comes to mind. Used to covertly drop Zeph enhancements into their pocket. Never liked the flipping motion of the hover myself.

Nicely done. Great accomplishment. On a similar quest atm to complete all the game content using my defender. Blue and Gold all done, and working on the remaining (25-30?) arcs of Redside Ouro lvl 45 and 50 content. Ouro arcs are not a crowd favorite, so soloing is necessary 95% of the time, have an idea on how long it takes. After this, will start the mayhem missions. lol.

First off, welcome back. 1st Q: Seems busier than usual. Lots of action to be found on all servers. 2nd Q: Lots of changes since then. Does not feel super nerfed, and maybe leaning more on the other side of the difficulty spectrum. Can be as heroic as you need based on your build/notoriety settings all while depending if your style of play is solo/small team or full team..... can indeed feel as over heroic as you want. Customizible to your needs. 3rd Q: Arch Vills and Elite Bosses can take some time to defeat at higher settings... I have fought some for 30-40 minutes at times. Depending on shard choice and or who's around, you could run the new to you hardmode 4 star settings (most difficulty in game) on Task Forces/Strike Forces in 20 minutes if you need. +Amazes me that a critique to the gameplay from 20 years ago strikes such a nerve tbh, especially to a returning player. peace

Cool! Please update your experience and thoughts after a few weeks of runtime if you can. Was thinking about giving Garuda a whirl, I also have an old laptop. Loving linux so far because of the better use of RAM than the M$ system. I am looking at the Garuda KDE Lite version. Hoping for the least amount of bloat and something way easier than Arch. Currently running linux mint for the last few months, to dip my toe into the linux water. Like it a lot, but it has too many pre-installed apps for my taste. It is very windows like and easy to use, but with all those pre-installed apps it is always updating apps which I do not use or need. (The main reason I wanted to get away from the window$). Next install will be partitioning my drive correctly so I can switch distros on a whim. Others distros which I am reading about: Nobara and CachyOS.

Jillie Suggest hubby downloads Wireshark its free: www.wireshark.org Starts wireshark, with your fire pc firewall off... then you login to game as usual, will be able to see everything that needs to be opened up to play. And he will get a new toy to play with. With this tool you may also find some interesting things your TV is doing. lol. Hope it helps.

about face to the other ip's which were integral in keep this going? move over here or be cast out? player led developement? so who's next, m i d s? replay of what E A did yrs ago.

reminds me of the MIB movie where will smith pulls up the chair and chuckles when the other 'best of the best, sir' have no idea why they are here.

Say on...