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[Thrudvangar]

Hey everyone,

is there any way to disable this stupid news popup after logging in??

http://prntscr.com/njebp5

It's useless (for me), it takes alot of time to load (why btw?) and i just don't want it...
another reason why i don't want it is: if your game crashes or you get disconnected, whatever, and you're in a match right now, it takes ages to get into that match again... all these damn loading screens makes me mad!

Greets!

[Vellron2005]

You can't disable the news popup, or any of the homescreen tabs (like PSR, unit, and mech info displays)..

You can only turn them off, but after your next drop, they are back..

it's one of those "known bugs" that never got fixed..

[justcallme A S H]

It is not the news popup that takes ages, it's everything else.

And it's a new pop-up for a F2P game. Of course you can't disable it.

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Edited by draiocht, 03 May 2019 - 02:19 PM.
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[Thrudvangar]

justcallme A S H, on 02 May 2019 - 12:21 AM, said:

It is not the news popup that takes ages, it's everything else.

And it's a new pop-up for a F2P game. Of course you can't disable it.

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it was a simple question, so no need for offense... i thought that i've read about disabling it while adding some lines in the user.cfg or something else, i can't remember. I also remember that it has/had something to do with flash, but not sure how it is effected by it.

Vellron2005, on 02 May 2019 - 12:15 AM, said:

You can't disable the news popup, or any of the homescreen tabs (like PSR, unit, and mech info displays)..

You can only turn them off, but after your next drop, they are back..

it's one of those "known bugs" that never got fixed..

Thanks for the info.

Edited by draiocht, 03 May 2019 - 02:20 PM.
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[ObeyTheLion]

Why is there 2 news of the dervish?
Same thing on my end too

Edited by ObeyTheLion, 02 May 2019 - 03:31 AM.

[Vellron2005]

Thrudvangar, on 02 May 2019 - 01:27 AM, said:

Thanks for the info.

You're welcome.

[Alan Hicks]

It's been asked before, but PGI has done nothing to change that, as a lot of things they need to fix within the game...

Yep, the loading makes you crazy, specially after the client crashes almost daily and you need to get back to a match asap !

[Dread Render]

i don't understand why it takes so long to load after a mission.
arn't all the graphics stored on the client side?

seems to me they just send a list of the codes for the mechs you own.

there has to be some poor programming going on.

[WrathOfDeadguy]

IMO the popup should be optional for anyone who's ever paid RealBucks™ for content adding up to the accepted standard retail value of a game. So, about one Ultimate-tier 'Mech pack, or equivalent. That should enable tickboxes to disable any and all in-game ads, forever.

I call it "being nice to your loyal customers." It's a novel concept, I know. I mean, hey, I'm already shilling for the premium content every time I show it off by dropping in/with it, so at least let me nix the popup. Nobody likes popups, not even for things they want to buy.

[OfficerDingDong]

lol, it's not like people read it anyway

"what, there's an event??? what there's a new mech???"

[Bowelhacker]

Having a large stable of mechs doesn't help loading either.

[WrathOfDeadguy]

Bowelhacker, on 02 May 2019 - 03:03 PM, said:

Having a large stable of mechs doesn't help loading either.

Exactly. Which means that getting rid of the superfluous "thing-in-the-way-I'm-not-gonna-look-at-anyway" is a significant quality of life improvement for those of us who have triple-digit 'Mech stables.

Here's another thought: just splash the stupid thing next to the login prompt, so it doesn't add to the already excessive load-in time. At least then it wouldn't be in the way- the client has to connect to the server to send a login request anyhow; it could just ping the news-and-sales crap then. Anybody who's inclined to even glance at it would even be looking at it for longer, since they'd have to see it for at least long enough to type in their password instead of clicking it down the instant it loads. Problem solved!

[Thrudvangar]

justcallme A S H, on 02 May 2019 - 02:42 PM, said:

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I can and do read those news anyways on the website and the mwo portal/launcher.

Anyways, can't disable it, question answered (and i dont like it

Dread Render, on 02 May 2019 - 08:09 AM, said:

i don't understand why it takes so long to load after a mission.
arn't all the graphics stored on the client side?

seems to me they just send a list of the codes for the mechs you own.

there has to be some poor programming going on.

MWO doesnt have that much internet traffic to explain these high loading times... must be the poor programming

Edited by draiocht, 03 May 2019 - 02:21 PM.
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