INFINITE LOADINGSCREEN

[Hugin]

I get infinite loading screen when i try to join a server. Does anybody know why?

[Courlex]

Ah, I also thought this was happening to me. But it's really just connecting you to the server for 10-20 minutes and then when you finish it will put you to the server browser and take you to the actually loading screen which is much shorter. Just dont alt tab or anything. Let it sit for literally 15 minutes. You'll get in eventually.

The second loading screen has an actual loading bar with a percentage so you'll know when you're almost done.

[Nihrahk]

Originally posted by Bloodlust Hero:

Ah, I also thought this was happening to me. But it's really just connecting you to the server for 10-20 minutes and then when you finish it will put you to the server browser and take you to the actually loading screen which is much shorter. Just dont alt tab or anything. Let it sit for literally 15 minutes. You'll get in eventually.

The second loading screen has an actual loading bar with a percentage so you'll know when you're almost done.

They should really put a loading bar on both loading screens.

[MugHug]

Originally posted by Nihrahk:

Originally posted by Bloodlust Hero:

Ah, I also thought this was happening to me. But it's really just connecting you to the server for 10-20 minutes and then when you finish it will put you to the server browser and take you to the actually loading screen which is much shorter. Just dont alt tab or anything. Let it sit for literally 15 minutes. You'll get in eventually.

The second loading screen has an actual loading bar with a percentage so you'll know when you're almost done.

They should really put a loading bar on both loading screens.

Agree strongly.

[steppenwolf]

Thirded. Now I'm used to it, but the first time I thought the game was broken for me and I was about to request a refund. It really needs a loading bar.

[Melyssa]

Same here. I thought the game wasn't loading at all, but after reading other comments explaining that it requires 20+ mins to load (which means I need 40+, my PC is ♥♥♥♥) I can confirm that the loading times are LONG, but the game does work.

Just load the game, go get your breakfast (I literally did this in the morning) and by the time you finish you'll come back to a loading bar. Once it shows up, you're close.

Fortunately the bars DO have a filling animation. If they don't, just wait until they do.

Personally, this happens with every recently launched EA game. We'll be having an optimization update sometime in the future so don't fret.

[Hugin]

Why the ♥♥♥♥ would i wait 15 minutes every day to play a game?! refund.

[MugHug]

Originally posted by Hugin:

Why the ♥♥♥♥ would i wait 15 minutes every day to play a game?! refund.

Early Access

What is the current state of the Early Access version?
“Dark and Light is a true Early Access game. That means that core gameplay and content is in a playable state, and we're expecting players to really enjoy themselves with the content we have available currently.

That being said, we're also expecting to see a lot of serious bugs, server stability issues, and gameplay balance issues, especially during the beginning stages of Early Access.

[Hugin]

Bye

[DaLagga]

Originally posted by MugHug:

Originally posted by Hugin:

Why the ♥♥♥♥ would i wait 15 minutes every day to play a game?! refund.

Early Access

What is the current state of the Early Access version?
“Dark and Light is a true Early Access game. That means that core gameplay and content is in a playable state, and we're expecting players to really enjoy themselves with the content we have available currently.

That being said, we're also expecting to see a lot of serious bugs, server stability issues, and gameplay balance issues, especially during the beginning stages of Early Access.

Early Access is not a shield you can use to excuse a game of critical faults like this. A 15+ minute loading time is unacceptable for ANY game if they are charging money for it (and they are). People expect some bugs, issues, and balance problems but this is obviously a rather game breaking issue and you should not be defending the devs for it.

[MugHug]

Originally posted by DaLagga:

Originally posted by MugHug:

Early Access

What is the current state of the Early Access version?
“Dark and Light is a true Early Access game. That means that core gameplay and content is in a playable state, and we're expecting players to really enjoy themselves with the content we have available currently.

That being said, we're also expecting to see a lot of serious bugs, server stability issues, and gameplay balance issues, especially during the beginning stages of Early Access.

Early Access is not a shield you can use to excuse a game of critical faults like this. A 15+ minute loading time is unacceptable for ANY game if they are charging money for it (and they are). People expect some bugs, issues, and balance problems but this is obviously a rather game breaking issue and you should not be defending the devs for it.

And ignorance is not a shield one can use to not accept the risks of buying into an Early Access game.

The game breaking bug you refer to is not being experienced by everyone, so to place complete blame at the foot of the game is suspect.

There clearly are a multitude of possible reasons. Reasons and possible solutions that the OP seems to have not attempted to investigate as his posts lack any useful information.

[Grimgarwald]

i can expect to be pissed off if we were charged every time we logged on... but its only a one time fee... the loading screen will be fixed, the bugs will be squashed... Early Access isnt a finished game, its not even a half way finished game... heck, even the info page said its only about 30% complete... if you want to play full release, no bugs... see you in 2019?

[RabidRoo]

Originally posted by Hugin:

Why the ♥♥♥♥ would i wait 15 minutes every day to play a game?! refund.

Why play Early Access or any game in general if you don't have any spare time and paitence?

[DaLagga]

Originally posted by MugHug:

Originally posted by DaLagga:

Early Access is not a shield you can use to excuse a game of critical faults like this. A 15+ minute loading time is unacceptable for ANY game if they are charging money for it (and they are). People expect some bugs, issues, and balance problems but this is obviously a rather game breaking issue and you should not be defending the devs for it.

And ignorance is not a shield one can use to not accept the risks of buying into an Early Access game.

The game breaking bug you refer to is not being experienced by everyone, so to place complete blame at the foot of the game is suspect.

There clearly are a multitude of possible reasons. Reasons and possible solutions that the OP seems to have not attempted to investigate as his posts lack any useful information.

If they are charging money for a game, then it had better be fully functional and playble. With loading times like that, it simply isn't. And from what I've read, it's obviously affecting a whole heck of a lot of people so it's perfectly fair to demand a refund over such an issue. Like I said, Early Access is not a magic wand you can use to excuse gamebreaking faults and the fact that many games (including DnL apparently) are released into EA long before they're ready. If it were a free demo that would be one thing but it isn't.

[DaLagga]

Originally posted by Grimgarwald:

i can expect to be pissed off if we were charged every time we logged on... but its only a one time fee... the loading screen will be fixed, the bugs will be squashed... Early Access isnt a finished game, its not even a half way finished game... heck, even the info page said its only about 30% complete... if you want to play full release, no bugs... see you in 2019?

You mean like how Ark, which is about to officially launch in a couple of weeks and DnL is a clone of, will be bug free? In fact, many of the issues in Ark have existed since it first launched into Early Access and will almost certainly never be fixed (i.e. like how the entire building system is a broken frustrating mess). And while 15+min loading times might be fixed, it's absurd to say that people don't have the right to complain about gamebreaking issues simply because a game is in Early Access.

[RabidRoo]

Originally posted by DaLagga:

Originally posted by MugHug:

And ignorance is not a shield one can use to not accept the risks of buying into an Early Access game.

The game breaking bug you refer to is not being experienced by everyone, so to place complete blame at the foot of the game is suspect.

There clearly are a multitude of possible reasons. Reasons and possible solutions that the OP seems to have not attempted to investigate as his posts lack any useful information.

If they are charging money for a game, then it had better be fully functional and playble. With loading times like that, it simply isn't. And from what I've read, it's obviously affecting a whole heck of a lot of people so it's perfectly fair to demand a refund over such an issue. Like I said, Early Access is not a magic wand you can use to excuse gamebreaking faults and the fact that many games (including DnL apparently) are released into EA long before they're ready. If it were a free demo that would be one thing but it isn't.

It is an Early Access game you moron, it literally says 30% completed, Nobody forced you to buy the game while it is in early development.
Learn what Early Access means before you cry about the game not being finished