AVWW Post-Release 1.059 "Release Candidate 6" Released!

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Original: http://arcengames.blogspot.com/2012/06/avww-post-release-1059-release.html

This one is yet another release candidate.  There are still a couple of very teeny things we want to fix up this morning, but aside from that this is going to be the 1.1 version unless someone finds a problem.  So if there's a problem, we definitely want to know about it!

In the prior RC version there was a stuttering issue -- if anyone who was seeing that can confirm that issue in particular is fixed, we'd greatly appreciate it!

More to come soon.  Enjoy!

This is a standard update that you can download through the in-game updater itself, if you already have 0.500 or later. When you launch the game, you'll see the notice of the update having been found if you're connected to the Internet at the time.  If you don't have 0.500 or later, you can download that here.

[Psyren]

Hi.

Just installed 58 and 59 now, and there appears to be some performance issues. The game randomly starts skipping frames, and does so very often. Thought i'd let you know, and see if anyone else is having this problem.

The frameskip/freeze thing is happening so frequently i kind of stopped playing because it's rather annoying...

[TechSY730]

Oh dear, an intermittent performance issue. In my experience, these are nasty to track down. Sorry this had to be sprung on you on you so last minute.

Time to unleash the profiler?

[Psyren]

OK after restarting the game for a third time. It was running fine... Even tried 'stressing' the game by spamming spells, but it was running ok.

Went back into the pyramid to explore some more and after 4-5 minutes or so, it started doing the frameskip thing again... So not quite sure what's up with that?

Just to be sure i played a more resource demanding game, and the gameplay was fine there...

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Can you post a world file where this is happening?  It may be limited to some specific situation, I'm not sure.

[Psyren]

I've tested that theory and it happens in other regions too... Another strange thing i noticed (Well its a first for me), when exploring region and moving from section to section, the loadtimes are noticable.

Normally its just End of Screen -> Quick black screen -> New area. Now i'm actually seeing the "Loading" text, and a few times there are random pauses before the "Loading" happens. Will add my world data in a sec.

EDIT: Added worlds. If i'm not mistaken, the backup should load in a pyramid. The normal world will load in an abandoned town...

EDIT #2: Went as far rebooting my PC. Started up the game. Just ran out of the abandoned town region. On the continent map it just got laggy in general.

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Okay, hopefully this one fixes it!  I think it will: http://www.arcengames.com/forums/index.php/topic,10928.0.html

Thanks!