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<b>Message ID:</b> 2928 <br/>
<b>Date:</b> Tue Jul  6 18:35:50 BST 1999 <br/>
<b>Author:</b> Kimes, Dean W. <br/>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Quick Keys/Songs and twisting speed <br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1708372777">Not sure John, I have a RIVA TNT and I have been able to twist 3 songs,<br/>
exactly once successfully.  It a P3 450 with 128m RAM also.  I can twist 2<br/>
no problem usually, but whenever I hit a summoning animation its hell.<br/>
Course I have everything on, particle, 2 layer sky, etc.  I&#39;m probably being<br/>
held back by my connection but there is no dsl in my neighborhood yet.<br/>
<br/>
Kitasi of E&#39;ci<br/>
<br/>
-----Original Message-----<br/>
From: John Kim [mailto:<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:kim@...">kim@...</a>]<br/>
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 11:32 AM<br/>
To: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:eqbards@onelist.com">eqbards@onelist.com</a><br/>
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Quick Keys/Songs<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
From: John Kim &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:kim@...">kim@...</a>&gt;<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="qreply"> On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Brendan Daly wrote:<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; The advantage is in twisting.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Instead of moving the mouse and clicking - esp hard during some mage<br/>
&gt; spells due to screen saturation.<br/>
<br/>
Does anyone *not* have this problem?  My system is pretty high<br/>
end (Celeron 450, 128MB RAM, Voodoo 3 card) and ever since I<br/>
got the extra lights at L24, unless I turn particle density<br/>
off (meaning I don&#39;t see spell effects like root at all), I go<br/>
from twisting 3 songs easily to barely twisting 2.  I&#39;m<br/>
thinking of changing my video card because a friend with a<br/>
Riva TNT said it wasn&#39;t that bad on her system (same CPU<br/>
speed, RAM).  Of course she isn&#39;t a bard so she doesn&#39;t have<br/>
to juggle songs.  Do any of you have an easy time twisting<br/>
with lots of spells flying?  What video card do you use?<br/>
<br/>
The thing that really irks me about this is that it&#39;s a client<br/>
side problem.  The determination that &quot;you haven&#39;t yet<br/>
recovered&quot; to sing another song is completely client side, and<br/>
completely dependent on the speed of your system.  When I had<br/>
a P200 with a Voodoo 1, it took ages for the song buttons to<br/>
un-grey when I stopped singing.  When I upgraded to my current<br/>
system, it was almost instant, except as noted above when lots<br/>
of spells are flying.  I would prefer to be able to turn off<br/>
the button un-grey animation sequence and suffer a flat time<br/>
delay which doesn&#39;t change with CPU speed.<br/>
<br/>
--<br/>
John H. Kim<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:kim@...">kim@...</a><br/>
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