John Smedley: Expected PC multi-core optimization in 2-4 months

Rolfski · 2013-08-13, 06:33 PM

As everybody is so desperately waiting for this, I thought you might be interested in Smed's reply to this topic: http://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/c..._release_date/

camycamera · 2013-08-13, 06:43 PM

for those of you who can't access it for some reason, this is what Smed said:

Quick comment - we have members of our tech team actively working on making PS2 play better on multi-core. We recognize performance is an issue and so we're working hard on it. This isn't an easy task. It comes down to rewriting some pretty important stuff. It's going to be a bit. My best guess? 2-4 months.

:3

KarrdeBRBU · 2013-08-13, 07:12 PM

Good news there. Also in before ppl complain that this should have been in earlier vs content. You have NO idea how hard multithreading code is XD (and I only have knowledge by proxy of a friend who tries to make it work XD)

HereticusXZ · 2013-08-13, 07:33 PM

2-4 months?

HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED

maradine · 2013-08-13, 08:03 PM

I'll believe it when the other 3/4 of my tower catch fire.

camycamera · 2013-08-13, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by HereticusXZ

2-4 months?

HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED

nah, by the time we get actual stable performance on PS2, Half-Life 3 would have been confirmed a long time ago....

/lame joke

CzuukWaterson · 2013-08-13, 10:45 PM

Awesome.

DOUBLEXBAUGH · 2013-08-14, 02:01 AM

So we can expect this sometime in 2015?

Selerox · 2013-08-14, 02:11 AM

I'll believe it when I see it.

It means that a game with crippling performance issues will have gone without multicore support for almost a year.

Falcon_br · 2013-08-14, 03:30 AM

Originally Posted by Selerox

I'll believe it when I see it.

It means that a game with crippling performance issues will have gone without multicore support for almost a year.

Dude, you have no ideia of how bad it was before!

They forgot to mention it, but now on GU 14 the game is finally using more memory!

From 2gb now my game is using 5 gb!

It is awesome! Finally I don´t need to wait 10 seconds to open the map, or 20 seconds in the middle of a fight to use a infantry terminal! All menus opens real fast now that the game is using more memory!

Maybe in 2-4 years the game will run great to everyone! I think in 6 months we will be close to the end of the beta!

PS: yeah, troll post, but it is a troll topic.

Maidere · 2013-08-14, 08:59 AM

Originally Posted by Selerox

I'll believe it when I see it.

This.

Dragonskin · 2013-08-14, 10:52 AM

No surprise here. What also comes out in 2-4 months? Oh that would be Playstation 4.... Kinda a no brainer that it needs to be implemented by the time the console comes out.

Assist · 2013-08-14, 10:56 AM

Originally Posted by Rolfski

As everybody is so desperately waiting for this, I thought you might be interested in Smed's reply to this topic: http://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/c..._release_date/

I want to believe it but iirc he said the same thing just before x-mas.

Aaron · 2013-08-14, 11:09 AM

Sooooo, I've only been using one core this whole time? Wait, don't a lot of games make use of multiple cores these days? I'm confused.

Dragonskin · 2013-08-14, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by Aaron

Sooooo, I've only been using one core this whole time? Wait, don't a lot of games make use of multiple cores these days? I'm confused.

A lot of games use dual-core or single core. Most don't use 4 cores and I can't think of 1 that uses more than 4... so me having 8 cores is kinda pointless and has been for awhile. I am hoping they will bump PS2 up to using at least 5-6 cores.. the full 8 would be nice, but I doubt they want that since it sounds like the PS4 will have at least 1 dedicated core for system processing.

To go along with that having more than 8gb of ram is largely pointless. Never seen my system cap out. If I ever do then I will just pick up another 8gb for the 2 un-used slots I have so I can have 16gb total.