Why so slow?

[Woodruff]

Why does it take so long to load the map? I'm confused by this, as it seems to me that it should be a very simple data load. I've not seen this length of time being necessary on several other similar sites.

 

[ORBOTRON]

Ouch! 7.2 is probably the max if you scale a cell tower and strap yourself to one of their antennas. Still, as horrible as that speed is, it shouldn't be taking that long.

 

[greenoaks]

i tested it a few more times, that ended up being the 2nd best score. it got a lot worse.

my connection box often says i have a 4 or 5 bar connection but nothing is downloading, so it is not just this site. i would be more active on the forums and play more than 2 games at a time if it wasn't for my pathetic commection.

 

[kraytex]

The only time I have load problems is when running in ChromeOS. Otherwise the maps load within 5-15 seconds and the actions occur almost instantenously.

But in ChromeOS the browser crashes A LOT when moving between actions. Not MCs problem....just something I've noticed about that OS.

Are you on the dev or beta channel? All the problems I experienced with the OS was because I was using the dev channel. I switched to the beta channel and I haven't had problems with it since.

 

[waverley]

I'm using Chrome as well, and besides what a few others have said about konk, I find the maps (albeit) much simpler load pretty quickly at victorsunited and strat game network. MC's are by far the prettiest though, and worth the wait IMo.

 

[Rimbaud]

time to load game 3-8 min. i have lost a lot of turns in real time games when i start them and i got to deploy first. speedtest says: 0.79download speed, pretty poor, i search on bugs or something with my computer or internet tht could make it go slower but didnt found anything, i pretty think its connection slowness .

But anyway that is pretty anoying and not as a complain but as a recomendation you guys should try to get it faster, like, i know this case is not so your fault, but i cant change my internet modem, neither hire a better connection, and when the site get public i think there will be more people like me, think about it =)

 

[Badorties]

I'm using Chrome as well, and besides what a few others have said about konk, I find the maps (albeit) much simpler load pretty quickly at victorsunited and strat game network. MC's are by far the prettiest though, and worth the wait IMo.

Thanks wavely, quite a compliment coming from you. :wink:

time to load game 3-8 min. i have lost a lot of turns in real time games when i start them and i got to deploy first. speedtest says: 0.79download speed, pretty poor, i search on bugs or something with my computer or internet tht could make it go slower but didnt found anything, i pretty think its connection slowness .

But anyway that is pretty anoying and not as a complain but as a recomendation you guys should try to get it faster, like, i know this case is not so your fault, but i cant change my internet modem, neither hire a better connection, and when the site get public i think there will be more people like me, think about it =)

we feel your plight. the speed should increase once we get around to optimizing this ol ship.

 

[juicy87]

Im currently at school, and the maps are loading a lot quicker than at home. PC sucks here, internet rocks. At home it's the other way around.

 

[Evan]

Are you on the dev or beta channel? All the problems I experienced with the OS was because I was using the dev channel. I switched to the beta channel and I haven't had problems with it since.

Yeah dev is definitely slow and often unstable as Im mucking about the code

 

[Evan]

...load pretty quickly at victorsunited and strat game network.

It is, as you observed, because of the difference in map quality. They are able to use vectors for their low-detail graphics, which are much smaller than what we are using.

Thx