QuietRobot
02-01-2006, 06:59 AM
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but here goes anyhow --Since I resubscribed a couple of weeks ago, I've been trying to play almost exclusively on the Test Server, trying out all the character race and class combinations that I never have before and seeing if I could run into bugs, report 'em, and help get 'em fixed. Thing is, I'm running into lots of trouble with the test client, and I don't get to do much testing as a result. Here's what sort of happens: the graphics start to slow down and stutter, and the view will eventually freeze up. The screen will go black momentarily, but after about 15 seconds, it'll recover itself and I'm able to run around and do things normally again for a little while. Then the same thing will happen again. This is pretty typical of what I experience, but sometimes it's worse: the screen will go black, and then it flickers between two shades of black. I am unable to do anything to stop this, and I have to reset the computer using the power button. Out of the all of times I've experienced this weird graphical seizure (so many time I've lost count), I've had to reboot using the power button about 5 times.I've noticed no real pattern to the graphical stuttering/seizure thing -- it just comes around seemingly randomly. The one place I almost always get it to occur, though, is near what was called (and maybe still is) the Wilderness outpost revive tent -- the one where the Ogre guard stood, you know? I almost always get the graphical stutter when my characters get knocked down, too. This happens a lot with the wilderbears on the Outpost of the Overlord, for instance. Other than those two situations, I can't establish any pattern.And the thing is, I don't experience these issues on the non-test servers. I usually have my graphics' settings for both the live and test versions set at "High Quality", but bumping that down on the test server client doesn't help resolve the issue.Anyway, I'm just wondering if this is something up with my computer and my version of the test client, or whether it's just one of those weird test server things.<div></div>