Woah... A Lot Has Changed!
#1
Posted 06 June 2018 - 04:22 PM
Just has some work done to it - new HDs, including a solid state, fresh Windows installation, hoping I'll get a frame rate that actually lets me score a shot or two before dying.
But I gotta know - what's with the Solaris 7 name tag now? I mostly remember Solaris from Mechwarrior 4 mercs as the formal chivalrous battle arenas with Duncan Fisher's sultry voice gawking in impression at rookie Spectre's domination of the field.
We getting any Duncan Fisher? Or is this just a title to differentiate from the new Battletech game coming out? Fill me in!
#2
Posted 06 June 2018 - 04:34 PM
#3
Posted 06 June 2018 - 04:46 PM
Starquestman, on 06 June 2018 - 04:22 PM, said:
There's a guy who does a good Duncan Fisher impression in this game on twitch:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/269657724
#4
Posted 06 June 2018 - 04:48 PM
Edit- forgot to really answer your question. Yes we have Duncan Fisher. I would not say we have any chivalry in our 1v1 mode. Mostly we have seven different ques to wait in in three minute blocks to watch a one minute intro to have a two minute fight. And those seven different ques can have 0-7 different players active in them, so fight diversity is not much a thing, if there is anyone to fight against at all. Overall it’s about the same time investment to do a 12v12 game, with 1/4th of the rewards, if you are lucky.
Edited by Cloves, 06 June 2018 - 04:56 PM.
#5
Posted 06 June 2018 - 06:01 PM
Starquestman, on 06 June 2018 - 04:22 PM, said:
Duncun Fisher does do commentary in Solaris. Even with how slow it is to get a match, it gets fairly old, to say nothing about how absolutely brutal Duncan is. I've seen people get moderation warnings for things less rough than what Duncan pulls off.
#6
Posted 07 June 2018 - 08:56 AM
Welp, spent a few hours downloading, joined a match, hag graphics problems when I tried to switch to fullscreen. When that finally went away, I still had the terrible framerate I always had.
Im running an Asus G73 I bought back in December of 2012 - 8 gigs of RAM, Intel i7-2630QM ... 2.00GHz quad core... 64-bit - stock graphics card... I think my core is threaded to 8 "cores", so I may try again with threading disabled - but still, at lowest graphics settings, there shouldn't be any reason this can't handle the game, right? Ive got other games like Trackmania (albiet not as intensive) I play at full spec with zero issues.
#7
Posted 07 June 2018 - 09:22 AM
#8
Posted 07 June 2018 - 10:15 AM
Your computer has no future. Upgrade.
#9
Posted 08 June 2018 - 07:04 AM
I do have a custom desktop machine, but that thing stays offline 100% of the time and is dedicated strictly to studio software. Best decision I ever made for it!
Would hyperthreaded 8 cores be better or worse than reverting to just quad core operation? And, being as though the wife probably isn't going to let me drop another grand into a gaming machine... are there any external graphics cards that could at least make MWO run at a playable framerate? I use external audio cards (usb) for recording all the time, unsure if anything exists like that for video.
#10
Posted 08 June 2018 - 08:46 AM
Starquestman, on 08 June 2018 - 07:04 AM, said:
Main reason I bought it was as a mobile studio machine for my music and personal use - works perfect for that. But for all the other games it plays just fine, I hoped MWO at lowest specs would at least be... playable.
I do have a custom desktop machine, but that thing stays offline 100% of the time and is dedicated strictly to studio software. Best decision I ever made for it!
Would hyperthreaded 8 cores be better or worse than reverting to just quad core operation? And, being as though the wife probably isn't going to let me drop another grand into a gaming machine... are there any external graphics cards that could at least make MWO run at a playable framerate? I use external audio cards (usb) for recording all the time, unsure if anything exists like that for video.
Honestly, buying a $500 ready-to-go rig would be sufficient for MWO these days (if that was your primary interest). That same PC would actually be capable of playing most of today's modern games at a reasonable level. With so many of today's AAA games going "cross platform" between consoles and PCs, it means the games have to be capable of being played on a VERY wide range of PC hardware.
Just know that MWO is extremely dependent on the CPU and less-so on the GPU. So even if you got some kind of external graphics card for your laptop, I don't think it will help out your performance much.
Edit: Unfortunately, now is not a great time to upgrade or build a PC. Thanks to Cryptominers, GPU prices are ridiculous. And thanks to supply/manufacturing shortages, Memory is also really expensive.
Edited by Suko, 08 June 2018 - 08:50 AM.
#11
Posted 08 June 2018 - 09:15 AM
On the graphics side set particles and shadow effects to lowest possible. Those massively kill frame rate. We have a dedicated hardware section on this forum I suggest you post there.
Your single thread performance in passmark is 1314, a figure that exceeds my ancient Phenom. I can still play.
Edited by Spheroid, 08 June 2018 - 09:32 AM.
#12
Posted 08 June 2018 - 12:47 PM
IIXxXII, on 06 June 2018 - 04:46 PM, said:
There's a guy who does a good Duncan Fisher impression in this game on twitch:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/269657724
Played a match with this guy a while back... freaking amazingly hilarious!
#13
Posted 09 June 2018 - 04:41 PM
I made some tweaks, got the machine running on custom performance settings, and on a cooler table couldnt figure out how to disable hyperthreading, but so far its manageable!
Got a chance to play Solaris mode; it is well done. It feels like a starting point, and I hope it gets managed well and grows. And for sure -
Solaris runs on Duncan!
#14
Posted 09 June 2018 - 07:02 PM
IIXxXII, on 06 June 2018 - 04:46 PM, said:
There's a guy who does a good Duncan Fisher impression in this game on twitch:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/269657724
i think i dropped with that guy a couple times.
#15
Posted 09 June 2018 - 08:14 PM
Starquestman, on 07 June 2018 - 08:56 AM, said:
Welp, spent a few hours downloading, joined a match, hag graphics problems when I tried to switch to fullscreen. When that finally went away, I still had the terrible framerate I always had.
Im running an Asus G73 I bought back in December of 2012 - 8 gigs of RAM, Intel i7-2630QM ... 2.00GHz quad core... 64-bit - stock graphics card... I think my core is threaded to 8 "cores", so I may try again with threading disabled - but still, at lowest graphics settings, there shouldn't be any reason this can't handle the game, right? Ive got other games like Trackmania (albiet not as intensive) I play at full spec with zero issues.
Starquestman, on 09 June 2018 - 04:41 PM, said:
I made some tweaks, got the machine running on custom performance settings, and on a cooler table couldnt figure out how to disable hyperthreading, but so far its manageable!
Got a chance to play Solaris mode; it is well done. It feels like a starting point, and I hope it gets managed well and grows. And for sure -
Solaris runs on Duncan!
Hmm 2012 G73.... does it has an Nvidia GTX 460M? Yeah that GPU will struggle with MWO.
You also may want to download HWMonitor to make sure the laptop isn't overheating and downclocking.
Edited by LT. HARDCASE, 09 June 2018 - 08:17 PM.
#16
Posted 22 June 2018 - 05:16 PM
Anytime I start a game, I guess it overtaxes the shot battery, so it flickers inbetween battery and plugged in mode... and each time it changes, it interrupts the display and graphics processing ti display a graphic informing me it has done so.
Unplug battery, plug in charger, works alright! Minimum settings, but at least I can get a target now!
#17
Posted 22 June 2018 - 09:09 PM
Sounds like your laptop does switch graphics to integrated on battery and dedicated on power.
So, always use it with power and don't unplug or it will crash (or configure to use dedicated on battery. Yet this may fry your PC and/or terminate the battery very quickly)
Edited by NimoStar, 22 June 2018 - 09:10 PM.
#18
Posted 23 June 2018 - 03:49 AM
NimoStar, on 22 June 2018 - 09:09 PM, said:
Sounds like your laptop does switch graphics to integrated on battery and dedicated on power.
So, always use it with power and don't unplug or it will crash (or configure to use dedicated on battery. Yet this may fry your PC and/or terminate the battery very quickly)
Using it plugged in, no battery, minimum settings seems to get me by))
Yeah, I got the machine originally for music production. I wanted i7 power, big screen, and backlit keys so I could take my studio software everywheres. Its really more of a mobile desktop than a laptop anyway - and for what I needed it for, it's worked great!
But I figured, heck, if it's marketed as a gaming machine, it should be at least CAPABLE of MWO on min settings. A new battery might fix the power problem.
Maybe in a few years (after we buy slightly more important things like a house, and car for the wife, and full-on recording studio lol) I'll spec out a dedicated gaming desktop.
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