Is game playble now?

[PrimeCronus]

Hey guys! Been out from new a long time, now i am back and want to try finally new patch, but have a question. Is game playble now? Cuz last time i tried had a lot of lags and freezes... So, did they fixed anything? Or it's still luck, if you connect to empty good server?

 

[Printimus]

Lots of stuff has been fixed. Should be playable.

 

[Vavrik]

Yes and No. The game is playable, they fixed quite a bit, but your mileage may vary depending on the whim of CIG and the number of pirate interdictions they're running on that server.

They're running a test you see, to see what the effect of interdictions is, and it can be devastating to your game play experience. Or not. It totally depends on the server, and how many pirates are attacking Port Olisar and other players at that moment. What you're supposed to do as part of the test is, if you experience interdictions, fill out a survey to tell your experience. If you get more than 4 in 1 trip, send a video.

Problem is, the interdictions are per player experiences, so if you get 4 interdictoins, that's up to 20 extra ships in the instance PER PLAYER, and half of them or more are likely to be caterpillars. As a result, I've experienced FPS from 40 which is wonderful... all the way down to 2.5.

 

[Deroth]

Well, I was able to get from 5k to almost 5 mil over the weekend doing cargo runs.

Combat in the PU is hit or miss on playability based off multiple factors (good/bad instance, connection, your system, FPS, ship you're flying, etc.)

 

[Shadow Reaper]

Some parts have been very playable for a long time.

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[Fin_Corso]

Its definitely playable, there are some bugs but the most playable Alpha I have seen! (That may not be saying much, lol) :beer::beers::beer:

 

[Black Sunder]

Playability comes and goes these days as they tinker with the backend and interdictions. Today was unplayable for me. Massive FPS drops, lag spikes like crazy.

 

[Plagueis]

Yes and no, they are working on a lot of issues which makes game play a bit difficult. But its nice to jump in the game once a week to feel the progress from all the updates.

 

[PrimeCronus]

Well...
This week was trying different days to start the game.
After launcher game starts and it's okay, but when i choose Universe and click "Play" it's just a black window and game is not loading. Somebody had this problem? Maybe you know how to solve it?

 

[Thalstan]

System specs please including that type of drive you are playing off of. M.2, SSD, spinner, etc. memory, memory speed, processor, GPU.

 

[StdDev]

After launcher game starts and it's okay, but when i choose Universe and click "Play" it's just a black window and game is not loading. Somebody had this problem? Maybe you know how to solve it?

The black screen is normal... as long as you can still hear the music in the background. The black screen shouldn't last more than a couple minutes.

 

[CosmicTrader]

All of the above answers.

 

[Vavrik]

After launcher game starts and it's okay, but when i choose Universe and click "Play" it's just a black window and game is not loading. Somebody had this problem? Maybe you know how to solve it?

The black screen is normal... as long as you can still hear the music in the background. The black screen shouldn't last more than a couple minutes.

What he said. Something else you can do is hit the tilde key (the one with the ~ and ` on it beside the 1 on your keyboard. Don't hold shift, you want the ` character). This opens the console so you can see what's transpiring between you and the server. As long as it says

"[Lobby] KeepAlive after t [xxxx.xxxxxx] of inactivity" and doesn't report an error, the game is loading.

you can also type r_displayinfo 3 at the console prompt, or put r_DisplayInfo = 3 in a user.cfg file in the Live folder. This will display the "frame rate" as the game is loading. Note this is not the real frame rate, so don't worry if it says 1 fps from time to time. Your system is very busy loading the bits it needs out of a 40Gb compressed file.

 

[AstroGimp01]

I played last night for about 40 minutes, EU server at 11:30PM Pacific, settings 1440 Very High, FPS was steady in the mid 20's which is awesome for me - occasional and very short drops/stutters I assume related to massive pirate activity, but very playable from a purely mechanical or performance point of view.

BUT, there were literally pirates everywhere, 2 interdictions Olisar to Cry-Astro, 1 interdiction Cry-Astro to Cellin, pirates spawned at EVERY attempted landing site (3 places, right on top of the site as I was making my terminal approach), and in numbers I had no interest in engaging in my Penguin.

Decided I was not going to be able to make any monies under those conditions so set Cry-Astro in StarMap, 2 interdictions on way to Cry-Astro, 2 more on way from Cry-Astro to Olisar. All events started with one pirate but quickly spawned to 3 to 6 which for me was literally an unenjoyable mess.

I am impressed with the server performance under that kind of AI load - it spawned no less than 24 pirates against me, sometimes 6 or so at a time. I did not engage in combat except at the last interdiction at which point I had had enough and went after the Cat. When they interdict, it appears their shields are completely down (may be due to initial spawn condition) and I thought I might have a chance so I went in close and unloaded on it but jumped out when 5 of his buddies showed up in Gladii and Aurora LN's.

I do not frankly enjoy dakka dakka gameplay in SC right now so it ended up being a very disappointing night - it was beautiful, but not enjoyable since I had set out to recreate my fortune - had I been soloing the Connie I might not have actually made it out (will try that today).

Once I got back to Olisar it was steady at 17-20 FPS in 1440 so I did a test switch to 4K and saw only a 2-3 FPS drop once it stabilized.

They definitely are making major performance progress behind the curtain in my experience and this raises my hopes for 3.1 in particular.

'Gimp

 

[AstroGimp01]

Scored my first dogfight kill in 3.0.1 today, Connie Aquilla vs Pirate Cat. Got tired of the endless interdictions and took matters into my own hands.

It was like a slow motion mud wrestling match between 2 pregnant hippo's but I eventually got a good firing solution and hit it with about a half dozen missiles while hammering the aft shield with the big laser cannons - was a beautiful explosion.

Also earned a little over a half million aUEC on a few trade runs. Mostly ignoring the interdictions, select afterburner and power through, get about 10 Km away from the group (saw as many as 6 again) and resume QD. Expect two stops per jump leg on average.

Given the number of AI spawns going on, and the occasional fully loaded pirate Cat getting blown up right above Port O by the turrets (3 FPS but the visual was awesome, little boxes EVERYWHERE with the remnant carcass of the Cat drifting around) the servers were reasonably stable, FPS drops were very short lived but were taking it from high teens/low 20's (@1440) and cutting them in half.

Had more fun today than yesterday for sure.

'Gimp

 

[smeggy]

Kinda goes off your definition of playable.

Can I sit at Port Olisar or Levsky, drink till the floor is my best friend, and then go find some green skinned women (or men)? For isn't that what man (or woman) dreamed of when they first looked at the sky? Hey Kiff, I'm asking you a question.
-Not yet

Can I go exploring moons, do space trucking, or some fighting?
-Yup.