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For myself, the only issue I have with the statements made by the OP is that some of the things the community is asking for should have been in the initial release. If Warner would have had more patience while Monolith was developing the game, they may well have been.

Adding melee weapons to the game would be a serious endeavor, requiring dedicated development. The easiest part of that process would be designing the model weapons; after that, you have to lay out melee weapon skill trees, design their separate branches and then begins the laborius work of designing the animations, which is probably the most labor-intensive portion of the process. However, going back to my opening statement; melee weapons should have been in the game from the beginning. Even when I was in the beta, it was strange to see racks of katanas, wakizashis and tantos and find that you couldn't actually use them.

A more robust clothing design system would also be a laborious process, but at a minimum, at least you would not have to actually design and model the clothing from scratch. So the most intensive portion would be mapping the textures and colors for every single piece of clothing and developing the system that allows the player to assign desired attributes. The GUI for that process would be the least difficult portion.

For myself, those two items, while difficult, are not unreasonable requests because they were omissions that should have been in the game at release.

The community in MXO obviously cares about the game. I'd be willing to say that if the tools were in their hands, there are definitely those in the community who would be willing to take on partial development of those two items. At the very least, there are designer/developers in training (like myself) who wouldn't mind having credit for those designs on their resumes and in their portfolios coming out of the gate. Personally, I would take the credit over pay.

The other items I agree are mostly unnecessary embellishment to the game for the exact reasons the OP stated, particularly drivable vehicles and player property.

Just wanted to add my two cents here. Getting consistent game crashes, although performance is vastly improved over the past two weeks ( I was getting some bizarre stop and start lag on certain indoors missions).

Managed to finish the critical mission, but crashed twice trying it. Managed to complete two more missions before crashing again. Logged in and started a mission, but crashed again before finishing it.

I just wanted to add; if there is an issue with a video card overheating, it does not follow that you have to purchase a new video card.

There could be a few reasons for the overheating that are directly related to your video card fan;

1. Check your power management, especially if you have a utility that monitors your fans. Ensure that it is not using a setting that reduces the fan rotations or turns off the fan during periods of lowered use.

2. Consider purchasing a new fan for your video card. There are many relatively cheap and very effective fans that can be installed easily and are superior to the fan that came with the video card. Even if you install that fan and you are still experiencing issues, at the least you will have a back-up fan in the event that your original one fails. Spending $39 to $50 on a new fan is much cheaper than purchasing a new video card and could result in vastly improved performance.

3. Consider installing alternative drivers to those released by the card manufacturer / chip manufacturer. The Omega drivers are often superior to the normal Catalyst drivers released for ATI cards and the XtremeG drivers are often superior to the Forceware drivers from Nvidia.

You may also want to check your power management settings in the Windows XP Control Panel. Make sure that they aren't set to turn off your HDD or reduce your processor power during times of low or no activity. I set mine so that they never turn off.

Give those things a try and see if they improve your situation. You can be sure that if replacing the fan fixes your texture issue in MXO, your overall performance across the board in every game will improve, even if you never previously had any issues.

Message Edited by Adnihilo on 01-08-200609:13 AM

Hmmm... some good questions, Chuui.

Normally I don't die a lot, but lately I have been dying more often. I've also noticed that there are times that I cannot use specific skills; I que them in interlock and they appear to go into the action section, but they disappear and are replaced by whatever default action is loaded. I just noticed that last night.

Usually I do have the map on while I am doing missions, so that I can track areas that I haven't cleared.

I did notice snowing inside a few missions, but just at exit doors (ones that exited outside) and only occasionally. Not lately, though.

One thing I have noticed that seems very strange is that the performance is worse when I set my cache to High; it is significantly better when the cache is set to Low, which seems strange to me.

It's especially annoying after having enjoyed such great performance and really enjoying the game. Now, I can only play it for a limited amount of time before it just reaches the point where it's sucking the fun out of the game.

I'm not sure what is happening, but I have the worst performance in the past week, which is very odd as I've had no performance issues since starting the game until now.

I have made no driver changes or hardware updates, no new software has been installed, I use disk clean-up, defrag, error checking, malware/spyware and Registry Cleaning weekly. Other than MXO, I am having no performance issues with any other software installed on the system, games or otherwise.

I've checked my system temperatures during play and there has been perhaps a change of two degrees. I have noted that MXO is using a considerable amount of my CPU, but I've never monitored its usage before (because I haven't had any real issues) and so I don't know what the standard there is.

Specifically, the issue is nearly non-existent while travelling outdoors or engaging in any outdoor activity. It also does not seem to exist when going indoors until I take a mission. Once I take a mission and head indoors, the game begins behaving erratically. It will run smoothly, then suddenly my RSI will start moving like it's stuck in tar, then I will speed up again and slow down again. It seems to get worse while turning corners and seems especially bad in Westview.... as a matter of fact, I didn't seem to have any (or hardly any) issues in Richland.

System specs:
AMD3000+ 2.7ghz
1GB DDR400 RAM
GeForce FX5600 w/256mb RAM
1 x 80gb HDD
1 x 40gb HDD
1 x 160gb HDD
DirectX 9.0c
Nvidia 81.89 Forceware Drivers

I've done a full patch and it seemed like there were fewer issues after I did the patch, but after about an hour they returned full force.

Any suggestions from fellow players or the devs/support are appreciated.

I looked for a server reset announcement before I posted this, but I didn't search the boards. I thought it would be on the front page of the main site or on the launcher. Thanks for pointing it out.

I was on earlier and was still having some issues. I'm not sure how it could be my system, since the configuration, hardware and all drivers have remained unchanged for the last four-five months and I haven't previously had any issues like this.

I'll log on again and see if there has been any improvement.

In the last week or so, I've noticed others speaking about it and lately I've been suffering some unusual lag... it is especially noticeable in NPC activity (or lack thereof) where clusters of NPCs who would normally attack you simply stand around, but it's also been causing combat issues for myself, at least. Often I'll start a combat and it will be over before I've seen more than one attack. That doesn't necessarily bother me when I'm the one still standing, but it's annoying when I'm laying on the ground and I have no idea why.

I can't speak for everyone (or anyone, really) but Syntax really needs a server reset.

Please?

My first choice for my character's theme song would have to go to:

Name of the Game - The Crystal Method

Every time I hear that song, I am mentally prepared to administer serious pain to anything that gets in my way.... and just watch out, because at level 17 I am a living engine of destruction... or something like that.:smileywink:

My second choice would go to:

Swamped - Lacuna Coil

That song lifts my spirits when I'm starting to feel like my RSI is actually a human shaped punching bag or hyper-efficient bullet catcher.

Bumping this back up... I uninstalled my Soundblaster and loaded up my onboard AC'97; still no game music, like the entry music, etc. Would still like to see a resolution, please.

Hello folks!

Just wondering if there was a way to set the program heapsize for MXO. Most games allow it as a command extension since it's a global Windows command, but MXO doesn't appear to allow the extension; as a matter of fact, the target isn't even in quotes, which is unusual.

Anyone have an idea on this?

Chuui wrote:
Did you use any tactical boosters or buffed clothing? If not, I suggest you stock up on both. At level 12, you should try to make full use of Iron guard to help lower your opponent's rolls. That coupled with a TB should help. You should also look at other abilties in the Awakened tree, such as Consistent Technique, Detect Vulnerability and so forth. At your level, you don't need to worry about landing statuses so much so either Precise Blow or Energized Attacks should be loaded up and used to help you. If all else fails, run critical missions on "easy" so that you have a little better chance of beating them.

Message Edited by Chuui on 11-04-2005 03:41 PM

Heh. Yes, actually I used two tactical boosters in one mission because I was facing paired dire lupine banes and a health booster (+100 health).

All of my clothing is red (enhanced) and I have three items that deal specifically with melee damage reduction and enhancment.

I also have Consistent Technique and Detect Vulnerability. I tried to use Iron Will multiple times, but it was constantly overcome by the bane's attack.

The lower level lupines, I don't have many problems with. Mainly it's just the banes. But having paired banes in two different areas in this mission just really made it difficult and ended with me not being able to complete the mission.

I have had the worst time with the string of lupine missions I've gotten... not lupines in general, but rather, the lupine banes.

They should be difficult... I understand that. But not to the point that they are impossible to hit.

I must have fought one dire lupine bane at least 15 times in the course of one mission and I did not get him down to half health a single time; on more than one occasion, I didn't lay a single finger on him.

I have MA, MA expertise and I am using Aikido; I use endure pain, and I have tried nearly every attack I have. We are both level 12.

Now the mission has timed out because I couldn't kill the one lone bane remaining in the mission. That is really disappointing, since it was a special mission, not a "go here, get that" mission.

I mean, what the heck? I even used four silver bullets in one fight and not a single one got through.

Okay already.. I get it. Lupines are tough. How about making them realistic? I mean, they're dodging everything I have... if I can't even hit them, what's the sense of having them in the mission? So I can feel like a failure?

I honestly believe the Lupine mission in the Merovingian node storyline (it's called Dire something) should be checked out.

TSR-RonC wrote:

Hello,

Can you hear all footsteps, jumpsounds, helicopters flying? If you teleport to a different hardline does the music start?

Yes, I can hear all footsteps, jumps and the helicopters (which can get pretty loud on occasion!).

Teleporting to a different hardline hasn't had any noticeable effect.

It's less of an issue now that I'm using my own playlists and listening to AwakenedRadio, but it's still rather strange.

It may just be my hardware, Chuui, but I had the exact opposite result than what you describe; I saw a much higher performance jump when I turned off the building and environment shadows than I gained from turning off reflections. As a matter of fact, turning off the reflections didn't really give me an appreciable gain in FPS.

One of those things that makes you go Hmmmm.

Up until an hour and a half ago, I was still not impressed with MXO; the game was very unresponsive and laggy on my system, which while not the absolute top of the line, is no slouch.

Then I decided to experiment with various settings in the Video (Advanced) area.

The difference after just a few minor modifications is like night and day!

I am so pleased that I thought I would post screens of the results of my adjustments that allowed me to achieve excellent frame rates, near zero (actually zero so far) lag and very good graphic resolution (in my opinion) so that others who may still be having problems may benefit from them.

My rig consists of:

AMD Athlon 3000+

1 GB DDR333 SDRAM

GeForce FX5600 256mb RAM AGP8X ViVo (BFG Asylum card)

X-Treme G 81.84 v2 Nvidia Drivers

VIA Hyperion Pro Drivers v5.04A

VIA Ultra ATA IDE Accelerator Drivers

The first screenshot is of my current graphic settings in-game. The remaining screens are of combat and environment. At no time during travel or combat, was there any noticeable lag.

The secret, obviously, is not to let the game manage the settings for you; turn options off and on and lower settings until you achieve the balance you need.

If your video card manages anti-aliasing per application (as most Nvidia cards are default set to do) then do NOT turn on anti-aliasing. The effect is... bizarre :smileyhappy:

Screenshots:

http://home.nc.rr.com/screation/screenshot_0.jpg

http://home.nc.rr.com/screation/screenshot_1.jpg

http://home.nc.rr.com/screation/screenshot_2.jpg

http://home.nc.rr.com/screation/screenshot_3.jpg

http://home.nc.rr.com/screation/screenshot_4.jpg

http://home.nc.rr.com/screation/screenshot_5.jpg

http://home.nc.rr.com/screation/screenshot_6.jpg

http://home.nc.rr.com/screation/screenshot_7.jpg

http://home.nc.rr.com/screation/screenshot_8.jpg

http://home.nc.rr.com/screation/screenshot_9.jpg

http://home.nc.rr.com/screation/screenshot_10.jpg

http://home.nc.rr.com/screation/screenshot_11.jpg

http://home.nc.rr.com/screation/screenshot_12.jpg

I hope this helps some people who may still be having lag / choppy gameplay issues.

Addendum to the previous post; the in-game radio option works like a charm. Listened to AwakenedRadio and my own MXO playlist just fine. Sound effects worked, everything worked. Just no in-game music, still.

I disabled EAX in the EAX console; no change, still no music.

I started up Windows Media player and loaded my playlist, then started up MXO. Music played just fine, could still hear all the game sound effects (combat, etc).

Did the reverse; started MXO and then started Media Player. Same result, music played and all in-game sound effects played fine.

Thanks for the suggestions folks. Still looking for an answer :smileywink:

I believe this is what you are asking for TSR-RonC:

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Sound Devices
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           Description: USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
           Hardware ID: USB\Vid_041e&Pid_3020&Rev_0100&MI_00
       Manufacturer ID: 1
            Product ID: 100
                  Type: WDM
           Driver Name: sbusb.sys
        Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0095 (English)
     Driver Attributes: Final Retail
           WHQL Logo'd: n/a
         Date and Size: 8/26/2004 09:47:44, 911744 bytes
           Other Files:
       Driver Provider: Creative Technology Ltd.
        HW Accel Level: Full
             Cap Flags: 0x0
   Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
             HW Memory: 0
      Voice Management: Yes
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: Yes, Yes
  I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
              Registry: OK
     Sound Test Result: All tests were successful.

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Sound Capture Devices
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           Description: USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX
Default Sound Capture: Yes
Default Voice Capture: Yes
           Driver Name: sbusb.sys
        Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0095 (English)
     Driver Attributes: Final Retail
         Date and Size: 8/26/2004 09:47:44, 911744 bytes
             Cap Flags: 0x0
          Format Flags: 0x0

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DirectMusic
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       DLS Path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\drivers\GM.DLS
    DLS Version: 1.00.0016.0002
   Acceleration: n/a
          Ports: Microsoft Synthesizer, Software (Not Kernel Mode), Output, DLS, Internal, Default Port
                 USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX, Software (Kernel Mode), Output, DLS, Internal
                 Microsoft MIDI Mapper [Emulated], Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
                 Creative USB SoundFont Synth [Emulated], Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
                 Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth [Emulated], Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
       Registry: OK
    Test Result: All tests were successful.

Let me know if there is another portion you need to see.

Yes, I saw the /radio stop suggestion in the other thread... unfortunately, that did not work either.

I disabled EAX in-game, but not from the console... I wen to the console to do just that, but I did not see an option to turn it off.

I will look for further information on this.

I am using a SoundBlaster Audigy 2NX USB external; can't stand onboard sound.

I rechecked my drivers and they are the most current installation, both software and firmware upgrades, from Creative.

I haven't had any noticeable issues in MXO or any other sound-producing application, minus the lack of music. The sound is very rich and of excellent quality. There's just no music.

I just purchased the game last night to add to my Station Access. Installation went smoothly, patching was very rapid and character creation was fine. Connectivity was fine. I have only had one issue; there is no music.

I was in the MXO beta and I clearly remember there being music when jacking in, during combat and travel.

I searched for similar issues suffered by other users here in the technical support forum. In the main one I found, I followed similar procedures. I deleted my Profiles folder and did a full patch. I turned off my hardware acceleration in DirectX. I disabled sound options in game at the Audio tab.

None of this has worked.

I attempted to paste my DXDiag and MSINFO32 information here, but it seems rather futile. The information is too long and not one other program I have, ranging from games to video editing programs (Adobe Premiere) or audio editing programs (Soundforge) have a single issue playing any sound I care to generate.

Any assistance that can be provided would be appreciated.