System Map is now LETHALLY SLOW.
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Same here : I finally tweaked my graphic settings (somehow my framerate is worse since the update), and the map opens almost right away...
Now that you mention it, I'd enjoy it if more of the game was in the game, taking advantage of a first-person-immersion interface, to coin a term.
Unless you have something useful to contribute. "Nothing" would be fine.
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Exactly! Jumping to a separate screen that is somehow "outside" the cockpit is jarring and unnatural, and breaks the immersion.
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I have contributed "useful" things, it's not my fault if anything other than 'it takes ages to open' is dismissed.
400 billion systems, many trillions of planets, and they have to fetch exploration data per-Cmdr. I'd say they decided long ago they didn't want to store that data; but maybe that'll change. Having to store all the exploration data is probably an even bigger data-set.
They could. But they won't.
It would be awesome if the system map would just run in a different process on another screen. Same with the galaxy map. Then it would constantly be updated and it won't affect the main game, except of course when you plot a route.
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It is the biggest data set. I'm sure it was mentioned in the presentation they did at AWS re:Invent 2015. This is an interesting watch if you haven't seen it. Shows how the background servers work.
I find it slow sometimes, what I would like (for both system and galaxy) is that when I trigger them they begin to load in the background and leave me to pilot my ship - when it has loaded then indicate this to me on my hud somewhere and then another click of the map button opens it up.
Yes, opening the system map is really slow. I used to open it after initiating the jump sequence so I could check for interesting planets and abandon if necessary - but the last hundred times or so the jump started before I was even close to opening.
Also NEVER accidentially hit the "open sysmap" key when pointed ever so slightly towards a planet or sun - you can't abandon the action and will crash.
Also NEVER accidentially hit the "open sysmap" key when pointed ever so slightly towards a planet or sun - you can't abandon the action and will crash.
I managed to cost myself a rebuy and over 1.2 million in bounty vouchers the other night when my finger slipped and hit the map key instead of the SCB key while engaged with a wing of 3 ships (they were all small, I was in my Dropship, no big deal...). Yep...sit there and watch the map loading box as my shields drop, and my hull gets shredded since I'm suddenly flying in a perfectly straight line.
Contact support and ask for the credits back. They've reimbursed people for much less, including issues that were purely down to the user.
It can indeed take a while to open but usually around the 10 second mark for me but never any longer than that. Besides, if there is any danger of crashing into a star or planet just make sure your nose is pointer away from them first!
Honestly it takes me a good 10 seconds minimum to get the damn thing opened. The system/galaxy map did actually contribute enough lag to kill me once as I struggled to locate a system to dock and repair my broken canopy....I just barely didn't make it in time. That's unacceptable, really, given that I literally spent half the time messing around with a map.
It's frustrating to be unable to check the map at a glance, though. I get that it might not be feasible, but there has to be a reasonable answer, especially if I'm just searching within the bubble.
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Sorry guys but- advice like "just don't be pointing at a star or planet when you open the map" is arrogant.
Your basicly saying every new player deserves to lose a ship to the "map bug" to learn their lesson....that there is a map "lag" .
This is a genuine problem and needs addressing by FD.
The right thing to do is time every instance of the lag and submit a report everytime...the overwhelming reports will force a solution. (Or should)
Your basicly saying every new player deserves to lose a ship to the "map bug" to learn their lesson....that there is a map "lag" .
This is a genuine problem and needs addressing by FD.
The right thing to do is time every instance of the lag and submit a report everytime...the overwhelming reports will force a solution. (Or should)
Yuuuuup! I'm approaching the Core now, and the one big scare I've had is the above. Gave the throttle a tiny nudge forward just before bringing up the system map... and... ouch. At least the ship is smart enough to drop out, even if it does cause damage.
What kind of ship has a nav computer which not only locks all controls in the ship, but even locks the pilot's head and eyeballs so he can neither move nor look around? Ford, is that you?
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