SWG expansion pack (space sim)

[crabcakes66]

http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/expansions.jsp

This will add an interesting dynamic to the game.

Even if you are not into SWG what do you think?

 

[supangr]

Looks cool, I heard SWG has a LOT of LAG, I'd get the game if not for that, I should download the demo and see for myself but it's 1.9Gigs or something.

 

[DarkStar]

Yeah, before the try this real-time mumbo jumbo they've GOT to something about the lag in this game. Uhhh.........yeah.

 

[Stigmata]

Hmph. I only experienced a few lag spikes when I had SWG.

I'm just glad that Galaxies is moving towards a free-combat system rather than pseudo-turn/encounter-based combat. I wish you could just shoot people, but then get arrested and stuff if there's Imperials nearby...

 

[ShadowBlade]

I dont know about connection lag.. I get ok pings to all servers, but this is a RAM hungry game and on my current rig I get extreamly bad PC lag.

 

[crabcakes66]

Swg is a very power hungary game......

if i want constant FPS at 29 i have to set every setting to off or minimum.

i usualy run with 2xaa 4xaf at 1024x768 with medium gfx settings(my comp cant handle anything higher in swg)
and i get 15-29fps wich is fully playable in that game becuase its all turnbased anyway.

My comp is not slow. I run a 2600+ 9700pro and a gig of ram.

Network lag usualy isnt bad at all for me.... i ping between 100-200 ..wich again is fine for a turnbased combat system.....



The game is so large that it cant store all the data in immediate active memory(you load lvl gfx while your playing), so everytime you go into a building or walk around a city it has to load up everything and that is the biggest cuase of lag...... and all the LOD'ing going on makes me crazy......buildings change shape every 10 ft as you walk towards them.

 

[Steelwind]

if i want constant FPS above 30 i have to set every setting to off or minimum.

SWG is capped at 29fps. There is no going over 30.

 

[crabcakes66]

SWG is capped at 29fps. There is no going over 30.

I know. that was a figure of speach.

besides....i was still editing the post after i posted.

 

[Razor]

It is about bloody time, Star Wars without spaceships and epic space battles is like working without getting paid.

 

[Gunner]

SWG is not turn-based, you punch in your specials and you move around in real time which affects your accuracy, that's not turn-based.

And the space expansion won't save the game, swg has been losing players since january.

 

[crabcakes66]

It doesnt need any saving....its alive and well.

 

[CrazyHarij]

The game is great but the problem is SoE, not giving a shit about year old bugs that could be fixed easily. People are whining so much on the SWG forums about it. They sort of just care about the jedi since it's best to let the profession that it takes months to get to is the best one, since time played = money for SoE