Update 10/3/2009

[Max]

Through the night of Saturday October 3 and Sunday October 4, Nova TC was updated a number of times to improve performance and load handling. The following changes were made:


Database process threading was improved
Database save timer was changed to 1 hour (temporary measure)
Clients are now limited to 2 concurrent connections per account
A number of locks and crashes were fixed
Connection limit was raised to ~1000


All players should notice much smoother gameplay. With 900 players on line last night, the server experienced no noticeable lag. TheAnswer and the development team deserve many thanks for their hard work on these stability rubix cubes.

Cheers and have a great time!

[Dark-Rage]

Awesome, thank you for making the gameplay smoother!

[Raven118]

sweet update maybe now people wont have sit at the connecting to galaxy screen so long

[Omegataco]

Awesome update. Excessive multiple instancing finally scrapped. Cheers!

[iffey]

most definitely noticed a huge reduction of lag and much smoother gameplay... even though I only started playing 2 weeks ago, I'm so impressed by the dev team & their dedication... AWESOME JOB AND MANY THANKS!!

[Rippster]

The performance difference was like night and day. Good job and keep up the great work! :)

[Vlada]

Database save timer was changed to 1 hour (temporary measure)


Nice, just one question though, if server crashes at lets say, 59 minutes after the last database save, does this mean we could lose the whole hour?

[vformrh]

Thanks Max and SWGEmu team !

[Murreki]

Ahhh! Thank you SO much for this update! It really feels like the real thing now, able to have over 1k people online and still as smooth as if you're the only one online. Keep it up! :D

[SirJMon]

Job well done Dev Team. Server last night was very stable and lag free after the update. WOOT!:cool:

[Destruction]

Nice, just one question though, if server crashes at lets say, 59 minutes after the last database save, does this mean we could lose the whole hour?

yes i think so

what i want to know is that if you relog would that save your information?

[Oxyfire]

awesome update guys you can really see the difference in the server

cookies for everyone!

[arween]

Yeah, works fast and smooth with 900+ People online.
Awesome update, thank you devs!

[sXeKJB]

was totally impressed how little lag there was with 900+ on, thank you thank you thank you

[Jubba]

Excellent job! Really is nice and you guys ROCK!!

[Labyrinth]

Nice, just one question though, if server crashes at lets say, 59 minutes after the last database save, does this mean we could lose the whole hour?
yes i think so

what i want to know is that if you relog would that save your information?
I was wondering about this also. I mean, does the game auto-save your character when you log off (assuming that the server is online)? Or is it more like the database stores your information and then saves at the 1-hour marker, even after you've logged (again, assuming that the server stayed online)?

[Zeridian]

This is great! Last night was so smooth, so I turned up the max framerate and the settings overrider that Uli made and my head almost exploded it was so awesome. Nothing beats 50fps on top of a mountain on naboo over looking miles of trees and grass in high detail with volumetric shadows...in SWG...

[Vou23]

Very smooth now, a much needed update.

[Joshino]

sweet ..good work.

[Dame]

Great to hear, nice work dev team.

[Howaw]

Amazing work. Really appreciate it.

[thescroll]

yesterday was the first time i was able to log on for a week. I bow to you, sir.

[Master Chief]

Last night, I noticed that the game performed without any noticable flaw. I don't know who "TheAnswer" is or are, but the sound like Gods at this point (Despite for the now temporary server shutdown) :bow:

[pchatterjee]

Great work guys/gals. Amazing how much this feels like pre-cu already.

[Master Chief]

This is great! Last night was so smooth, so I turned up the max framerate and the settings overrider that Uli made and my head almost exploded it was so awesome. Nothing beats 50fps on top of a mountain on naboo over looking miles of trees and grass in high detail with volumetric shadows...in SWG...

Please tell me how you got to amp the fps rate. I'm stuck at 30 and I want to optimize my experience.

[Varanis Black]

I have said it before and I will say it again!!
keep up the good work you guys are GREAT!!

[scorpiusjagr]

did i hear some 1 say CH?

[scorpiusjagr]

all this stuff im hearing about smoother game play but i cant even get in2 the gm half the time. ill get 2 the screen after i log in an select my char then it will say conecting 2 server wat do i do???HELP

[Decebal]

Awesome work! Let the debugging continue.. seems progress due to it is showing.

[Vlada]

all this stuff im hearing about smoother game play but i cant even get in2 the gm half the time. ill get 2 the screen after i log in an select my char then it will say conecting 2 server wat do i do???HELP

First, please use EDIT don't double post.

Second read announcements, there is a server cap, so if you cant log on leave it loading you'll get there.

[bondhi]

Love you guys <3

Waiting at the Bank terminals for the dispenser to work is now gone :D can finally give whacking it with a stick a break!

[CapnSwifty]

Night and day difference :)

Not to downplay the importance of everyone else but I would like to point out that theAnswer truly lives up to his name :rock:

[jeremyvandamme]

Awesome job to everyone on the emu team.I can't stress enough the outstanding job you all have made,making this game come alive again.Thank you.

[hitchhiker54]

great job guys, keep it up :D

[klendithu1]

Is their a good way to keep track of the # of people on?

[Master Chief]

I believe that the front page has recently added a new feature that does just that.

[Emokho]

It's all very happy now, Just one question for some of you though. Why would you want 50 FPS when the human eye can only recognize somewhere around 30?

[TheExile]

It's all very happy now, Just one question for some of you though. Why would you want 50 FPS when the human eye can only recognize somewhere around 30?
Actually, the human eye can only see around 60FPS.

[Vlada]

Actually, the human eye can only see around 60FPS.

True.

We as humans have a very advanced visual system. While some animals out there have sharper vision, there is usually something given up with it (for eagles there is color, for owls it is the inability to move the eye in its socket). We can see in millions of colors (women can see up to 30% more colors than men, so if a woman doesn't think your outfit matches, she is probably right, go change), we have highly movable eyes, and we can perceive up to and over 60 fps. We have the ability to focus as close as an inch, and as far as infinity, and the time it takes to change focus is faster than the fastest, most expensive auto-focusing camera out there. We have a field of view that encompasses almost 170 degrees of sight, and about 30 degrees of fine focus. We receive information constantly and are able to decode it very quickly.
So what is the answer to how many frames per second should we be looking for? Anything over 60 fps is adequate, 72 fps is maximal (anything over that would be overkill).

And a link: http://www.daniele.ch/school/30vs60/30vs60_3.html

[Rodd]

Through the night of Saturday October 3 and Sunday October 4, Nova TC was updated a number of times to improve performance and load handling. The following changes were made:


Database process threading was improved
Database save timer was changed to 1 hour (temporary measure)
Clients are now limited to 2 concurrent connections per account
A number of locks and crashes were fixed
Connection limit was raised to ~1000


All players should notice much smoother gameplay. With 900 players on line last night, the server experienced no noticeable lag. TheAnswer and the development team deserve many thanks for their hard work on these stability rubix cubes.

Cheers and have a great time!

Incredible news, thanks Max!!

[Hikarikuen]

*60-72 fps, etc.*

Of course, with games, we must consider the possible drops during high activity, so having a higher than noticeable framerate doesn't hurt.

Anyway, I haven't had a chance to play lately, but this sounds very nice so thanks guys :D

[zetlaux]

Very nice update.

[Wen Talross]

:) Epic! I can't wait until all my assessment is over, this is a very nice update and will make it beautiful to test. Merci Beaucoup :D