Brighteyes Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 Now I havent been here much because Although I dunno if its cos of the changesa or what but the loading time takes ages! Its not my computer cos everything else loads ok. Can anything be done cos it makes me not wanna come here. ------------------ <IMG SRC="http://mattxiii.50megs.com/images/djb.jpg" border=0> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenW Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 I have exactly the same problem. Every other site I go to loads up quickly, but here it just seems to take forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feral Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 Working fine for me... ------------------ <IMG SRC="http://deparmentofdeath.homestead.com/files/Feralchicken.jpg" border=0> <IMG SRC="http://www.imood.com/query.cgi?email=the_feral_chicken@hotmail.com&type=1&fg=FFFFFF&bg=330066" border=0> Is it just me, or does 'Virgin Megastore' sound like a Porn Shop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COJ Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 maybe becuz theres like ALOT of posts and folders... ------------------ <IMG SRC=" http://www.geocities.com/mi_hotel/gg.gif" border=0> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Threepwood Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 For it takes forever and other times is loads very quickly. Life is so confuffling. ------------------ <IMG SRC="http://www.murraysweb.net/teheehehehehehe.jpg" border=0> How much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest grannen Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 There are some general ways to check the PC. In your case I suggest to start with a reinstall of DirectX 8.0. It sounds silly but it really can improve the speed if it isn’t working properly! Then there are lots of things to do but first try with DirectX. You can find it at www.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ ------------------ <IMG SRC="http://www.grannen.com/Calvin.gif" border=0> <IMG SRC="http://www.grannen.com/Hobbes.gif" border=0> and Grannen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COJ Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 how can 8x help?? ------------------ <IMG SRC=" http://www.geocities.com/mi_hotel/gg.gif" border=0> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brief Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 I think Granne is just slightly confused regarding what Brighty was talking about. Brighty was saying that this forum takes a long time to load, and it seems Grannen thought he was talking about the game. It does seem to me that The Harbor takes a lot longer to load than the other forums, and my guess is the same as Griswold's--that it takes longer to load because there are a lot more posts in this forum. It does make sense from a programming point of view. ------------------ <IMG SRC="http://www.capcorphq.com/images/brief.gif" border=0> "He's looking at me like I'm a chicken! I'm not a chicken! Okay, I'm a chicken... but I'm not a chicken." --Rachel Leigh Cook, Celebrity Adventures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest grannen Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 Originally posted by Griswold: how can 8x help?? By experiance; when I got frustrated and twice found that if I reinstalled the DirectX, without having done anything else, the download time of these forums decreased alot! I think that's a good explanation! If it worked for me, why not for you? ------------------ <IMG SRC="http://www.grannen.com/Calvin.gif" border=0> <IMG SRC="http://www.grannen.com/Hobbes.gif" border=0> and Grannen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brief Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 Oops. Open mouth. Insert foot. It seems Grannen wasn't confused. I fail to see how DirectX would help, considering that browsers don't make use of it, but heck, it can't hurt to try. Originally posted by Grannen If it worked for me, why not for you? Somehow I'm reminded of The Mummy by this quote... ------------------ <IMG SRC="http://www.capcorphq.com/images/brief.gif" border=0> "He's looking at me like I'm a chicken! I'm not a chicken! Okay, I'm a chicken... but I'm not a chicken." --Rachel Leigh Cook, Celebrity Adventures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natty Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 It's kinda slow for me sometimes, but I don't notice it that much coz of the cable modem, but there's been a few technical probs lately with the Optus server- so I'm just assuming it's that. Though, sometimes when I've clicked on the reply and the message sends, it takes me back to www.escapemi.com rather than the harbor or general discussion or whichever forum I'm in. Does anyone else have that problem? It doesn't happen all the time, just every now and again ------------------ <IMG SRC="http://nattsy.homestead.com/files/smurfsig.gif" border=0> Natty Is Feeling Very <IMG SRC="http://www.imood.com/query.cgi?email=nattydevil@optushome.com.au&type=1&fg=CC33F&bg=66CCFF" border=0> At This Present Time (Note Subject To Change Without Warning!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest grannen Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 Brief! My answer is not a general solution to download problems and don't start some maniac downloading and hope that this is the universal help! I only found that it helped twice but it is of course not something you should download everytime it takes ages to get a new page! I only found that in this specific case with the escapemi Forums it helped (but sorry to say, never always]. But the download time varies of our forums, depending of the time of the day and how many people are using the web site. Don't take my answer as a general solution, It's only something that twice has helped me from nervous breakdowns! PS. Brief! When i wrote "you" in my answer I didn't mean "you-Brief"! It is a general "you". ------------------ <IMG SRC="http://www.grannen.com/Calvin.gif" border=0> <IMG SRC="http://www.grannen.com/Hobbes.gif" border=0> and Grannen [This message has been edited by Grannen (edited October 30, 2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COJ Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 do u think they should have like a Harbor 2 or something?? ------------------ <IMG SRC=" http://www.geocities.com/mi_hotel/gg.gif" border=0> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natty Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 I don't know what you could call the 2nd harbor or what you would post there, the thing is you don't wanna have too many forums, besides, the Harbor is just for general everyday stuff like our lives, if you start dividing it up, so that one harbor forum is on our fave TV shows, colours, food and stuff, while the other harbor forum is on our fave music, animals and other stuff (just using those as an example) it would get very confusing, well it would for me. The reason why the harbor is so busy is that basically we've all played EMI now, so there's nothing to talk about game-wise, so we're basically left talking about everyday things ------------------ <IMG SRC="http://nattsy.homestead.com/files/smurfsig.gif" border=0> Natty Is Feeling Very <IMG SRC="http://www.imood.com/query.cgi?email=nattydevil@optushome.com.au&type=1&fg=CC33F&bg=66CCFF" border=0> At This Present Time (Note Subject To Change Without Warning!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metallus Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 Hm, maybe not a Harbor 2, but maybe subdivide the Harbor from a single forum into a category of off-topic forums, if that would help the engine build the topics faster. Just some general non-mi stuff, Movies, Music, Games, stuff like that. ------------------ <A HREF="http://home.dal.net/metallus/index.htm" TARGET=_blank><IMG SRC="http://members.hostedscripts.com/randomimage.cgi?user=Metallus"" border=0></A> Metallus is feeling <IMG SRC="http://home.dal.net/metallus/images/art/pooty.gif" border=0> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COJ Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 maybe u should make another files for topics that avnt been used in a while..i dont know im just suggesting ------------------ <IMG SRC=" http://www.geocities.com/mi_hotel/gg.gif" border=0> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighteyes Posted October 31, 2001 Author Share Posted October 31, 2001 <FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Oh well i get cable on Monday so ........</FONT f><IMG SRC="http://www.escapemi.com/forums/smilies/cwm4.gif" border=0> ------------------ <IMG SRC="http://mattxiii.50megs.com/images/djb.jpg" border=0> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brief Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 Originally posted by Grannen: I only found that it helped twice but it is of course not something you should download everytime it takes ages to get a new page! I only found that in this specific case with the escapemi Forums it helped (but sorry to say, never always]. I figured. More likely than not, it was just a coincidence. The slowness seems to be a server problem, not a client problem (I've got cable access too, Natty), at least to the best of my observations. ------------------ <IMG SRC="http://www.capcorphq.com/images/brief.gif" border=0> "He's looking at me like I'm a chicken! I'm not a chicken! Okay, I'm a chicken... but I'm not a chicken." --Rachel Leigh Cook, Celebrity Adventures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest murta Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 It's probably all the mods I installed slowing it down. Not too worry, it won't be a problem when the vBulletin board arrives <IMG SRC="http://www.escapemi.com/forums/smilies/cwm29.gif" border=0> ------------------ <EMBED src="http://www.escapemi.com/murta/sig.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#0D0E34 WIDTH=350 HEIGHT=150 TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></EMBED> murta@escapemi.com My current mood is : <IMG SRC="http://www.imood.com/query.cgi?email=murtaman@hotmail.com&type=1&fg=FFFFF&bg=1E4F72" border=0> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COJ Posted November 1, 2001 Share Posted November 1, 2001 i have cable too and its still quite slow..oh well ------------------ <IMG SRC="http://www.angelfire.com/ab6/griswold/gg.gif" border=0> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storken Posted November 1, 2001 Share Posted November 1, 2001 Got DSL, works fine and fast ------------------ <IMG SRC="http://nattsy.homestead.com/files/storken2.jpg" border=0> "the storks are listening" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadmeat1587246448 Posted November 1, 2001 Share Posted November 1, 2001 Originally posted by Metallus: Hm, maybe not a Harbor 2, but maybe subdivide the Harbor from a single forum into a category of off-topic forums, if that would help the engine build the topics faster. Just some general non-mi stuff, Movies, Music, Games, stuff like that. We had that on the "alternative" forums, but in the end everyone kept posting in the main page (harbor-like) and the other, smaller fora never were used. ------------------ <IMG SRC="http://monkeyislandclub.homestead.com/files/deadmeat.gif" border=0> I'm the root of all that's evil yeah but you can call me cookie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natty Posted November 1, 2001 Share Posted November 1, 2001 I was thinking, Murta said it could have something to do with the new mods for some reason. If that's the case would the forums be better if 2mods were assigned to each forum? I don't know it's just an idea, I don't think 4mods are necesarry for each forum that's all, surely 2mods per forum would be better off? It's just an idea though ------------------ <IMG SRC="http://nattsy.homestead.com/files/smurfsig.gif" border=0> Natty Is Feeling Very <IMG SRC="http://www.imood.com/query.cgi?email=nattydevil@optushome.com.au&type=1&fg=CC33F&bg=66CCFF" border=0> At This Present Time (Note Subject To Change Without Warning!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COJ Posted November 1, 2001 Share Posted November 1, 2001 u know..its not that slow anymore...to me so ill stop complaining ------------------ <IMG SRC="http://www.angelfire.com/ab6/griswold/gg.gif" border=0> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brief Posted November 1, 2001 Share Posted November 1, 2001 Originally posted by Natty: I was thinking, Murta said it could have something to do with the new mods for some reason. If that's the case would the forums be better if 2mods were assigned to each forum? I believe he meant new mods as in new modifications, not new moderators. ------------------ <IMG SRC="http://www.capcorphq.com/images/brief.gif" border=0> "He's looking at me like I'm a chicken! I'm not a chicken! Okay, I'm a chicken... but I'm not a chicken." --Rachel Leigh Cook, Celebrity Adventures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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