Why does fleetops take so long to load?

[ray320]

posted on September 26th, 2010, 3:46 am

Last edited by ray320 on September 26th, 2010, 4:27 am, edited 1 time in total.

I was just wondering, and maybe this has already been answered, but why does fleetops take so long to start up, or is that just for me?

Whenever i start up fleetops it takes a painfully long time to connect to multiplayer.

posted on September 26th, 2010, 4:36 am

Yeah I sometimes get stuck on the "Checking Game Assets" when connecting to Local Area Network too. One time it took 7 minutes.  It usually only does that the first time I try to connect after comp startup though, after that it connects pretty fast. I always thought it had to do with my internet connection though rather then the game.

posted on September 26th, 2010, 4:44 am

Armada 2 would seem to have an inefficient system of checking files.

posted on September 26th, 2010, 7:01 am

Yes, its called Windows 

posted on September 26th, 2010, 10:37 am

this has been answered in another thread recently.

but to go over it again.

the delay when checking system files is when fleetops looks at the files and figures out what version u have. so it will only let players with the same version play together. it also prevents cheating via modifying odfs etc.

the reason it takes longer and longer each patch is cos they add new stuff like odfs.

several ways to reduce time:
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[*]Dont run other stuff on your computer at same time. especially stuff that accesses your hard drive
[*]Defragment your computer often, as checking game assets requires a lot of disk access and finding the files, if u are really clever u can put all the fleetops odfs in the same area on the disk
[*]Exclude the fleetops data directory from your virus scanner, this means that when fleetops checks these files, your antivirus wont scan them too.
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posted on September 26th, 2010, 10:59 am

i am working on a fix to speedup the file verification process but only on long term

posted on September 26th, 2010, 11:37 am

i am working on a fix to speedup the file verification process but only on long term

if suggestions are welcome i was thinking that starting the file check when fleetops is started would give a headstart.

if the player clicks tunngle before the check is complete then the game waits until it is just like now. but if the check was finished before they clicked tunngle then there is practically no wait.

dont know if this is actually possible though just thinking.

posted on September 26th, 2010, 6:01 pm

i am working on a fix to speedup the file verification process but only on long term

hm, is your new avatar a upgrade or a downgrade of the old one ?

posted on September 26th, 2010, 6:04 pm

hm, is your new avatar a upgrade or a downgrade of the old one ?

upgrade, as a bottle of doca cola is bigger than a can

posted on September 26th, 2010, 6:13 pm

Well im sorry that i had to open a new thread when there was another already out there.

But thank you for taking the time to address my questions, and thanks for the suggestions to, i havent fragmented my computer in a long time, i totally spaced out on that

How would one go about putting the files in the same place on the disk? or would that be too difficult to explain?

Also @ doca, good to know that a speed up solution may be on its way at some point.

posted on September 26th, 2010, 6:17 pm

i use mydefrag, it automatically puts files in the same place if they are used together often.

its ok if u dont do this, as long as u defrag.

posted on September 26th, 2010, 6:22 pm

Yeah I sometimes get stuck on the "Checking Game Assets" when connecting to Local Area Network too. One time it took 7 minutes.  It usually only does that the first time I try to connect after comp startup though, after that it connects pretty fast. I always thought it had to do with my internet connection though rather then the game.

Actually, it has more to do with your processing power and the speed of your hard drive.

But, yes, this is definitely the most annoying aspect of Fleet Ops for me, and I'm sure for many others on older hardware, since this game is fairly low-end as far as graphics go (meaning people with slow, old computers can still run it) I think it would be a huge benefit it we could speed this up. I know for me personally the check usually takes 30 seconds, but it seems that it takes much longer for the majority of players.

ray320: Try this. That company makes good stuff, you might also want to check out CC Cleaner. Both are free, too.

posted on September 26th, 2010, 6:25 pm

Thanks for the suggestions guys, and while i dont consider my computer that old it isnt new, it was bought right as windows vista came out.

specs:
1 gb or ram

Pentium (R) D 2.80 ghz

its got some sort of "lite" graphics card, like a 6700 lite i think

and yes it is windows xp