56K firendly?

[Anubis]

I dont know if this has been covered but i wont bother to go through all the threads but this is a question quick and simple does 56K work with Planetside I havent bought the game yet but im obseesed i must play it so how well does 56K work?

[Diddy Mao]

Download the 7-day trial from fileplanet and see how it runs

[Anubis]

Yah but thats over 1475 mbs thats alot for 56k you see so it aint happening......thx for the suggestion though ne body else have some helpful advice?

[BDMJ]

I can't personally tell you how well PS performs on a 56k, but I can tell you that the game is coded to favor slower connections.

[Skullhead]

You can try Jumpgate
www.jossh.com
It has dated graphics its sortof a Space RPG but with no point and click fighting. You need to have aiming skills to actually hit stuff in that game (and a targeting computer with lead indicators). It can even run on a P200 any modern low end system. The game is only about 100 or so megs.

Its more than 56k friendly.

The download is free but to get a 10 day free try you have to enter your credit card number (I canceled my account after 2 years of playing that game for planetside) its only $10 dollars a month.

[Lonehunter]

Planetside on 56k = Santa on crack

Not good :(

Edit: If you don't play on Emerald and use low video settings(Which is ok) you just might make it.

[Bismarck]

One guy in my outfit lives in alaska, plays on emerald, AND has 56k....lol. Last night we were both gettting ants, and whiel waiting for them to fill up i started to headbang, and he tried and it was like what i was doing, just 10x slower. In big battles he gets pings in the 3k - 5k range. So he stays behind on our excursions to amerish or solsar.

[Anubis]

So what server s the best i dont care much for graphics But whats wrong with Emerald and my last question will piloting a vehicle cause more lag ooooohhh one last itty bitty thing i havea business connection which is like 56k with a shot of cocaine

[Lise]

I actually do fairly well in the smaller fights on Konried with a 56K and medium video settings on a 56K (and a GeForce 3 Ti500.) Just avoid the really massive zergfests until you get broadband of some form.

In really massive fights, I sometimes get framerate drop when I'm in a vehicle turret.

And Emerald is just the most popular server. You'll get better results if you head to someplace like Konried where there aren't as many people.

[StormRavn]

the servers that would be best for you is wait till you get high speed and a gig of ram then play the game

[Anubis]

I already have a gig of ram and I just got the game muhahahahahahahaha now to the instal!

[X-113]

Sheesh, why are you people being so hard on the guy for having a 56k? I honestly had a flashback to the OF reading this. :( And it's not like we need you pushing people AWAY from the game. As it is we barely have enough people to keep the game alive.

[StormRavn]

if they actualy fixed bugs in the game instead of keepin them around and just patchin them here and there gee the game wouldnt die hehe

[FlakMan]

PS will lag if you have crappy RAM. I have PC133 SD-RAM and PS lags unbelievably in the heat of huge battles.

[niplan]

I played everquest for 3 years with an 56k dial up on a compaq with compuserve.... =) it was hell. amd-k6 and 215 MB ram

[StormRavn]

56k is the antichrist =)

[FlakMan]

Narrowband makes baby Jesus cry :thumbsup:

[StormRavn]

it sure does it makes you wanna roll down the window and cry =)

[X-113]

So much hate.

Feel the :love:

[StormRavn]

hate helps you kill better not love heheh