Challenge: Start Anew

[southsearutherby]

@KatarinaNavane

I just had to do this without knowing about the challenge, starting playing on my bf’s computer while mine was sitting in a dry place with it’s battery out after a run in with a water glass and a cat (it’s fine, luckily) and it turns out that about half my problems with the game on none whole were due to my crappy old computer not the game itself. I had thought my frame rate went from ok to once in a while bad, but as it turns out, it was going from bad to terrible. I suddenly understand that things like &quotmaneuvering&quot and &quotflanking&quot in combat are actually possible, where previously my turn radius of about 4 inches on a good day and the full legnth of the screen on a bad day would allow no strategy more complex than full speed reverse. Also it is now possible to pull into ports without a three point turn! Marvels upon marvels. Nevertheless my first character had a pretty early run in with a lifeberg and didn’t last long, but the second one was fun. I miss having multiple guns on the first ship. It takes way too long to save up for a new one and one gun combat just isn’t as fun. More one-time ways to get money early on would help though.

Glad to see I’m not the only one who’s having frame-rate issues. I did start a thread about it weeks ago but I only got a few responses. I understand the development team is aware of the issue (or was, at least at some point) but I’m curious about what other information can be provided in bug reports.

Right now, my machine takes about 30 seconds to do a 180-degree turn, which is a death sentence against certain enemies in certain situations. I’ve been able to get around this by traveling with my light off – I’m not combat-centric but I’m sure some potential fans are and would prefer a smoother framerate.

A bit of advice: if you’re having trouble with a really bad framerate you might try lowering your video settings from &quotSublime&quot to &quotadequate&quot and see if that helps. It doesn’t completely solve the problem (for me) but sometimes it helps.

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edited by SouthSea Rutherby on 12/8/2014