Comments on: 30 Seconds of Darkness http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/09/25/30-seconds-of-darkness/ A blog about MMORPGs like World of Warcraft (WoW) and Everquest 2 (EQ2) Mon, 20 May 2013 08:46:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Atnor http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/09/25/30-seconds-of-darkness/comment-page-1/#comment-10149 Atnor Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:43:28 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1780#comment-10149 I get a loooong black screen with an NCSoft logo. Takes freakin forever, but then I guess I'm a tad impatient. It's definitely longer than the average load time. i've got a quad core , btw... I get a loooong black screen with an NCSoft logo. Takes freakin forever, but then I guess I’m a tad impatient. It’s definitely longer than the average load time.

i’ve got a quad core , btw…

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/09/25/30-seconds-of-darkness/comment-page-1/#comment-10139 Gordon Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:40:05 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1780#comment-10139 Very interesting, I never knew those sort of publishing rules exsited! It's definitely design 101. I remember being told that back in University when we were developing poxy Java applications. A simple image on screen would solve all of the problems :) Very interesting, I never knew those sort of publishing rules exsited! It’s definitely design 101. I remember being told that back in University when we were developing poxy Java applications. A simple image on screen would solve all of the problems :)

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/09/25/30-seconds-of-darkness/comment-page-1/#comment-10138 Gordon Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:38:32 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1780#comment-10138 Strange. Mine goes straight from darkness to the Aion screen. Maybe it's a graphics card thing? Strange. Mine goes straight from darkness to the Aion screen. Maybe it’s a graphics card thing?

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/09/25/30-seconds-of-darkness/comment-page-1/#comment-10137 Gordon Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:37:51 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1780#comment-10137 2.4GHZ dual core is pretty decent. Mine is 3GHZ dual core and I still get the 30 secs of darkness. I think it's just a design thing and they couldn't get a logo appearing. 2.4GHZ dual core is pretty decent. Mine is 3GHZ dual core and I still get the 30 secs of darkness. I think it’s just a design thing and they couldn’t get a logo appearing.

]]> By: Tesh http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/09/25/30-seconds-of-darkness/comment-page-1/#comment-10129 Tesh Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:22:20 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1780#comment-10129 We develop for the XBoxLive system, and there are actually publishing standards that mandate that you can't have that sort of thing. You cannot have a static screen (no animation, no change) for more than 15 seconds, or you will not get approved. That even excludes more than 15 seconds of a cool image or whatever. Loading bars are a good compromise... but many games just load up in 15 seconds or less to dodge the fuss. To be fair, it's easier to mandate that because of the platform standards (you're not dealing with thousands of possible different PC configurations), but really, players shouldn't have to wonder if their computer is busted when they start up your program. That's just bad dev-user relations. We develop for the XBoxLive system, and there are actually publishing standards that mandate that you can’t have that sort of thing. You cannot have a static screen (no animation, no change) for more than 15 seconds, or you will not get approved. That even excludes more than 15 seconds of a cool image or whatever. Loading bars are a good compromise… but many games just load up in 15 seconds or less to dodge the fuss.

To be fair, it’s easier to mandate that because of the platform standards (you’re not dealing with thousands of possible different PC configurations), but really, players shouldn’t have to wonder if their computer is busted when they start up your program. That’s just bad dev-user relations.

]]> By: Longasc http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/09/25/30-seconds-of-darkness/comment-page-1/#comment-10127 Longasc Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:06:41 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1780#comment-10127 No, I see a NCsoft logo all the time! No, I see a NCsoft logo all the time!

]]> By: Professor Beej http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/09/25/30-seconds-of-darkness/comment-page-1/#comment-10126 Professor Beej Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:42:04 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1780#comment-10126 I'm going with "that's what you get for playing Aion." ;) I’m going with “that’s what you get for playing Aion.” ;)

]]> By: Chris (Game by Night) http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/09/25/30-seconds-of-darkness/comment-page-1/#comment-10125 Chris (Game by Night) Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:02:09 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1780#comment-10125 I chalked it up to my processor being slow at 2.4GHz dual core. The black screen is nuts though. The first couple of times I loaded the game I had to wonder if I had froze up. Fun fact, you can turn that black screen white by trying to load the task manager while it's up :-) I chalked it up to my processor being slow at 2.4GHz dual core. The black screen is nuts though. The first couple of times I loaded the game I had to wonder if I had froze up.

Fun fact, you can turn that black screen white by trying to load the task manager while it’s up :-)

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/09/25/30-seconds-of-darkness/comment-page-1/#comment-10124 Gordon Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:35:47 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1780#comment-10124 Yeah, I don't really mind and the game does run nicely once it's started. Just finding the black screen a little disconcerting :) Would've liked a simple logo or something :) Yeah, I don’t really mind and the game does run nicely once it’s started. Just finding the black screen a little disconcerting :) Would’ve liked a simple logo or something :)

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/09/25/30-seconds-of-darkness/comment-page-1/#comment-10123 Gordon Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:35:16 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1780#comment-10123 Yeah, I noticed that too. Definitely a load issue. Yeah, I noticed that too. Definitely a load issue.

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