Britcitchris Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 First of all apologies if this question is a reoccuring one, i did a purusal of recent questions posted and came up blank. Having no choice but to use dial up, has Galaxies good net code for us lowly dial up players ;-) Am I likely to get an ok game? Any feedback from dial up players would be appreciated a great deal because I really would love this game. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Haine Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 Hey there. Im sorry to have to say it but you wont even be able to get onto the game with a dial up connection, when you double click the icon on your desktop it opens the launchpad, from there before you can do anything you must update your game, i have a dial up connection at the moment, and it said it would take me 17 hours to update it. Now my internet resets itself after 2 hours, but the patch downloader doesnt, and you have to download the file you were downloading again from the begining, so im sorry but there is definatly no way i would buy this game now i know that it wouldnt work on Dial-Up, but now im getting Broadband either today or tomorrow so i can still play it. Sorry to have to say that but just dont go wasting your money on it when you cant even get into the game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DarthMaulUK Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 Unless you cant get broadband in your area, there really is no excuse now to have dial-up in the UK as the cost is almost on par with dial-up. NTL do a 128kb modem for £15 a month, and so do Tiscial broadband. Worth looking at DMUK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devian Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 Sure you can play on dial-up. Thats if you like playing at 1fps, with a 300ping, and lag spiking to different locations in the game... as well as wait 20 hours for the patch to download. Not to mention there is a patch every month or so. Get broadband. Its only between 20-50 a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britcitchris Posted February 25, 2004 Author Share Posted February 25, 2004 dial up is not supported on my tel exchange..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DarthMaulUK Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Not everyone can afford £20-£50 a month for broadband - which is one of the most expensive in the modern world in the UK..especially when you think what you get for the money. However, having broadband will NOT solve the 1FPS thing. It happened to me alot and I have 1 meg broadband. DMUK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraith 8 Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 ... lord haine is not correct. you can play with dial up. its true it takes forver to download a patch.. but you can just play the game as anyone. it also depends a lot on your comp.... i mean i have DSL and i get more lag in cities then my friend who has dial up but a monster comp. so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DarthMaulUK Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Alot of useless ISPs like BT and freeserve restrict you to 2 hour time limits online. BT also restrict the amount of hours you can have a month to 150. Very lame indeed This only applies on dial up. It might be worth looking at a download tool like getright. DMUK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britcitchris Posted February 26, 2004 Author Share Posted February 26, 2004 Thx Wraith 8. I was beginning to feel the anti dial up sentiment there and i really have no choice but to grin and bear being a dial up player. I'm still looking into it but I really would love to be a part of this game and it's community. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britcitchris Posted February 26, 2004 Author Share Posted February 26, 2004 This only applies on dial up. It might be worth looking at a download tool like getright. DMUK [/b] Can you use download managers (I have flash get) for the patching process? That would be handy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Haine Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 Originally posted by Wraith 8 ... lord haine is not correct. you can play with dial up. its true it takes forver to download a patch.. but you can just play the game as anyone. it also depends a lot on your comp.... i mean i have DSL and i get more lag in cities then my friend who has dial up but a monster comp. so... Hey Wraith, I didnt say you cant play the game, personally i couldnt get onto the game, but i have played it with a dial up on a pretty good PC and it was OK, but in my case i just couldnt download the patches. Thanks. Also, i dont think you can use download managers to help download the patches from the Launchpad, although if you can, please say?! Get broadband. Its only between 20-50 a month. I ordered Freeserve Broadband 2 days after getting this game, but i had been thinking about getting it for about 2 and a half months now, its quite a big thing, although Freeserve are doing it for £15 for the first 3 months, then £28 there after, its alot of money, so alot of people cant just say oh well it wont work lets get broadband instead, espiaccely as you usually have to get a 12 month contract. Im just lucky that is was the right time to see the game in a shop quite cheap NTL do a 128kb modem for £15 a month, and so do Tiscial broadband. Worth looking at Please stay away from Tiscali Broadband, you will only regret it, i have heard of people getting slower upload/download speeds on it than with there regular dial-up, and apperently the customer service is very bad. If you search on google like i did no doubt you will come across a reviews site of it full of people complaining, well, thats what happened to me anyway. Although NTL is good! Originally posted by Britcitchris I'm still looking into it but I really would love to be a part of this game and it's community. Hey, in a way you are already, your a member of the SWGalaxies.net Forums ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DarthMaulUK Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 NTL cap the limit to 1GB a day of bandwith. However, they are currently looking into 'pay as you go' broadband, so you pay for what you use. Until these so called service providers actually INVEST rather than just keep putting prices up for a lesser service, the UK will always remain a 'modern third world country'. In Singapore, you can get something like 20MB for £15 a month and it does put us to shame. Its 2004 and our net services are still not to the standard of 2000. A good website to compare service providers... http://www.adslguide.org/ If you can get Telewest in your area, their Blueyonder is unbeatable. Great service, good price and they offer 2MB lines for those who can afford it. I miss blueyonder so much, that i am moving back to an area where i can get it DMUK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devian Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 Originally posted by DarthMaulUK Not everyone can afford £20-£50 a month for broadband - which is one of the most expensive in the modern world in the UK..especially when you think what you get for the money. However, having broadband will NOT solve the 1FPS thing. It happened to me alot and I have 1 meg broadband. DMUK It happens to everyone. For me it only happens at coronet, theed, and the dant mining outpost. Only for about 15 seconds too. Everywhere esle I get 20-60fps. Can't really complain about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Haine Posted February 28, 2004 Share Posted February 28, 2004 I only get a max of 29 Frame Per Second, Even though it runs completely fine, ive never seen it drop below 25, although when im in Coronet it once when to 16 then jumped back up when these people were dueling. I need more ram me thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DarthMaulUK Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 Its not RAM. its the game/server. I have 1.1 GB of ram and i dropped to 1fps in busy cities etc. RAM is cheap, so its worth getting more. However, if you are connecting to the USA servers - you have to expect lag DMUK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Gaarni Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 I play on Starsider, live in Norway, and don't get more lag than anyone living in the US. And in the beginning I could sometimes find myself playing with 5000 in ping. Note that I said I was playing. I have 1MB cable in, 256KB out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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