zoning optimization?

[GnashingOfTeeth]

Has anyone done any research on this?
Bandwidth or HDD speed dependent? Luck of the draw? Server load?
Curious, thanks

I have a good SSD, wondering if there are any tips ?

[Ziggy]

turn on memory cache, use the smallest (default) texture files, maybe look into eqplaynice. honestly anything under 1 minute is totally NOT CLASSIC

[Pringles]

Ram disk.

[khanable]

Originally Posted by Pringles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ram disk.

mmhmm.

Using EQLite I put aside 2gb for a ramdisk, it's stupid fast.

[Zaela]

Loading textures is definitely the most time-consuming part by far (and why the caching option is there). Mass-spawning mobs is probably second, but not much you can do there.

Originally Posted by khanable [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

EQLite

Be sure to have used this thing. If you are running an unmolested Titanium install, you are potentially wasting up to a few seconds loading post-GoD models from the per-zone loading scripts.

[kaev]

Originally Posted by Ziggy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

turn on memory cache, use the smallest (default) texture files, maybe look into eqplaynice. honestly anything under 1 minute is totally NOT CLASSIC

Wrong. In true classic, i.e. pre-Kunark, zoning in less than 15 seconds was the norm unless you had a rig so weak it you were lucky you could even play the game. Longer zone times were more a Velious thing.

[Doil_Boil]

How does one turn on the memory cache?

[tristantio]

Doesn't the load/popping into an initial zone depend on the 6 second server tick as well?

For instance, if the following occurs:

12:00:00 - Server tick
12:00:01 - You hit zone line
12:00:06 - Next server tick
12:00:06 - You enter next zone

Which would mean in an optimal case (fast SSD or running in a ramdisk) you're still looking at an average of ~3 second load time? (some slower, some faster)

[Whirled]

Originally Posted by Doil_Boil [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

How does one turn on the memory cache?

When u first log in, there is an options (or advanced I forget)... it minimizes game & brings up all those changes u can make to click thru

[myriverse]

Originally Posted by kaev [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wrong. In true classic, i.e. pre-Kunark, zoning in less than 15 seconds was the norm unless you had a rig so weak it you were lucky you could even play the game. Longer zone times were more a Velious thing.

Not true. On average, it would take me 4 minutes in 1999. Sometimes, I'd miss the next docks when on a boat because of the time.