BOOM-BOOM on PW

[Ellen Plays Games]

Developers, please answer why it lags so much in Prime-wars, and in the chat constantly blame those who use boom-boom for these lags?

[Xerastraza]

My guess would be because you rarely see groups of players.
But in a prime war you see dozens and your all building 8000 structures and firing a lot of stuff off.
Puts a big load on the server in those areas.

[Ellen Plays Games]

Originally posted by Xerastraza:

My guess would be because you rarely see groups of players.
But in a prime war you see dozens and your all building 8000 structures and firing a lot of stuff off.
Puts a big load on the server in those areas.

Yes, it is, but in chat always blame boom-boom weapon for fire

[Martin]

More than 3-4 people in an area and it lags badly.. and it isn't your ping.. it's actual netlag as the game tries to position players in regard to the games assets. Prime Wars are just as bad as Silos or Boss fights or those Work Area group things.. the lag in those is awful.

[follyofthedragon]

If Boom Boom is to blame, then what about any explosions, because all we are talking about is particle effects. Missiles would explode causing particle effects. The boss itself also has particle effects. I do not see where this can be turned off, so it could contribute to lag, but likely, the bigger problem is how many objects are drawn in frame (meaning how many individual pieces are seen on screen, each wall is a piece, so 1000 pieces that are not drawn as 1 each have to render in, same concept as trying to download 1000 files, bad things are going to happen).

[Gearotic]

Originally posted by Ellen Plays Games:

Originally posted by Xerastraza:

My guess would be because you rarely see groups of players.
But in a prime war you see dozens and your all building 8000 structures and firing a lot of stuff off.
Puts a big load on the server in those areas.

Yes, it is, but in chat always blame boom-boom weapon for fire

This is the first time I've ever seen that mentioned. On my server they're blaming grenades.

On another server the problem is wearing a certain hat, and on a different server you cannot wear glasses. But on another server you can't summon your vehicle, but on a different server melee weapons are the problem. Somewhere else people blame a certain deviant, but you also can't use purple ammo.

You see what I'm getting at?

[Xerastraza]

Originally posted by Gearotic:

Originally posted by Ellen Plays Games:

Yes, it is, but in chat always blame boom-boom weapon for fire

This is the first time I've ever seen that mentioned. On my server they're blaming grenades.

On another server the problem is wearing a certain hat, and on a different server you cannot wear glasses. But on another server you can't summon your vehicle, but on a different server melee weapons are the problem. Somewhere else people blame a certain deviant, but you also can't use purple ammo.

You see what I'm getting at?

That the average gamer has no idea how servers and technology actually work ?

[EvilHare]

Loading structures, map loads at the edges, VFX from monster and guns are all to blame for the lag. But cutting down on the crazy unneeded structures would help.

Now there are reports of people closing off the PW node so you spawn into a box with no exit.

[schicic]

Originally posted by EvilHare:

Loading structures, map loads at the edges, VFX from monster and guns are all to blame for the lag. But cutting down on the crazy unneeded structures would help.

Now there are reports of people closing off the PW node so you spawn into a box with no exit.

Lol. Doesn't everyone have building rights though?

[EvilHare]

Originally posted by schicic:

Originally posted by EvilHare:

Loading structures, map loads at the edges, VFX from monster and guns are all to blame for the lag. But cutting down on the crazy unneeded structures would help.

Now there are reports of people closing off the PW node so you spawn into a box with no exit.

Lol. Doesn't everyone have building rights though?

They do, but too many create lag.

[Iblysi]

Not just on prime wars. if those are active then the whole server even the dungeons are a lag fest. This has to do with the way the game is code on UE5. and they need to fix this asap.