Age of Conan

Ok I have had no end of trouble getting this game to even work.  I'm just curious if I'm the only one with these problems.

It might be interesting to just document what OS and vid card you are having and give a brief line about which option you choose.  Perhaps the game works better for vista then xp or maybe for ati vs nvidia...  Maybe include the version of video driver you are using cause it seems the game is very sensitive to video drivers.

I'm running xp with nvidia and using 174.93 and for me it loads sometimes but most of the time just crashes when starting up.  Crashes can be freezing or the little dialog complaining about stuff like

d:\dev-env\build\branch_generalbetacurrent\code\common\ch eetah\gui\DXUTStripped.cpp (10867)

Symbol not found. (0)
operator>> + 0x4B5464
operator>> + 0x4B58E6
operator>> + 0x4B979B
operator>> + 0x59C89D
operator>> + 0x4913FF
Symbol not found. (0)
Symbol not found. (0)
Symbol not found. (0)
Symbol not found. (0)
operator>> + 0x914927
RegisterWaitForInputIdle + 0x49

for me its about a 60/40 load/wont load ratio

Win XP Pro 32bit

8800GT EVGA 512

It loads up just fine for me, but..., I've had 2 computer restarts while playing it, I've never gotten one of those before during a game.

Windows XP 32bit SP2, 6800GT driver version is 169.21

Loads great, runs fine. :)

well the latest whql drivers for xp from nvidia will not run full screen and seem to have graphical glitchs.  You know random wierd angular shapes that sometimes flicker in the screen.  Doesn't seem to happen much but in a 10 min period you would probably see it.

In any event I finally got the game to load again.  Someone on the aoc forums suggested that you need to reinstall video drivers sometimes since AoC can corrupt them somehow... didn't seem likely but I was able to load the game so who knows...

Disasterous client. It crashes at least 3-4 times in an hour.

Never had a problem with it not loading. So it loads every single time.

It also runs smooth 90% of the time, the other 10% of the time I pretty much know when I'm asking for lag. (I bother video options the devs said not to tinker with in this build mainly, the other times I alt-tab out of fullscreen over and over.)

Things aren't all roses though, I've had a few incidents: Twice earlier today I had an issue where..I guess things weren't loading correctly. Textures in new areas were low quality with NPCs having yet to appear; probably server lag though on Open Beta 1. Once today I switched from Night to Day, the screen hung at "Generating Content" and I had to forcefully close the client.

Those are the only three problems I've had today though, and today marks the longest I've played OB so far.

I have to say though, my FPS is like 30-40 FPS. It was a LOT better with the PvP Weekend Client where I steadily hit and exceeded 60 FPS by a few points...I imagine I was capping out.

This client definitely has issues, so I don't doubt anyones complaints about it. Same time, I've seen what a latter client runs like, so I'm pretty optimistic about launch despite OB performing worse than the PvP Beta.

9800GTX

Vista 64 Ultimate

C2D 2.66ghz

8 Gigs DDR2 800

Never had a problem with loading up.  Runs at 30-50 FPS in Tortage City, 45-65 in open areas.  High settings, 4x AA, no bloom.  Occasional client crashes, maybe once an hour.. sometimes less, sometimes more.  This is because of the client, I am sure of it.  Seems there is a hidden performance setting, which changes your model details depending on where you are and what you're doing.  We'll be getting another patch shortly..  I hope it eliminates the crashing.

I'm definitely keeping my CE pre-order.  Excellent game.  The quests are just awesome.  Sure, go here, collect this, kill this.  But that's not just it, the meaning behind the quests are what make them great.  You're not just killing for the sake of it, you're doing everything for a reason.

figured I'd bump it up in prime time to get some more data points on the survey.