All Posts by virtuella

Did you try to set the AllowFakeFullScreen=False
It's set to True by default but setting it to False might help you a bit.

Some other normal things to try and turn down to help performance.

Turn down player crowd to 0
Turn all shadows off
Turn videopost off
 Set enginespeed to medium/high
Set framerate to 30

I don't know what your rig is but i'm playing LOTRO with a 3½ year old rig where my CPU's internal cache is fried.
Because of that i have to restart my pc like 50 times sometimes to start windows because it freezes a lot.
1 Ghz Amd
Ati 9800 Pro
1 Gb ram.
Turned off 8x AGP support
Turned off fast AGP writing
DOWN clocked my FSB to 100 Mhz so it runs at 1 Ghz because then i can sometimes start my PC.

Off course i have to play on low/medium settings but it runs surprisingly well compared to what i have done to my system
But if my rig can play it i guess everyones should too.

ohh and adding 1 Gb more ram so you have atleast 2 GB really helps alot in breetown for example.
Seen the difference on a buddies PC and it really helped adding 1 Gb Ram.
Ram is cheap nowadays.

The UI still needs some work.
They really need to work on the scaling.

Look here from this screenie i found on the EU forums how much the UI fill if you play on lower resolution.

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/5955/screenshot00465qe9.jpg

Radar is to huge.
Raidbars takes  up way to much room.

When you then try to turn up your resolution your toolbars and chatwindow becomes to small.


Scaling Turbine,,scaling.

I think it's pretty safe to say Turbine has that mmorpg on the market with the best graphic that runs smoothly on the lowest requirements.
Even WoW lagged more on my rig than it does in LOTRO.


Just don't play LOTRO with only 64 MB on your graphiccard and only 512 Mb in your PC.
That's now a very pleasant experience.

Originally posted by -O_O-

Originally posted by virtuella
There is one thing where they are not true to the books.
Not even close.

Middle earth has been scaled down big time.
Ingame a trip from Bree town to Hobbiton takes about 15 minutes on foot.

In the books that distance is about 125 miles if you look on the various middle earth maps on the net based on the books.

That means my minstrel can run 600 miles an hour ;)

Or it means that the worldsize has been scaled down approx 60 times.

You would never get anywhere if this was middle earth every inch an mile.

There is one thing where they are not true to the books.
Not even close.

Middle earth has been scaled down big time.
Ingame a trip from Bree town to Hobbiton takes about 15 minutes on foot.

In the books that distance is about 125 miles if you look on the various middle earth maps on the net based on the books.

That means my minstrel can run 600 miles an hour ;)

Or it means that the worldsize has been scaled down approx 60 times.

Originally posted by JelloB2000

 

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Originally posted by virtuella

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Originally posted by JWPike

You need to change credit cards then as you are getting ripped off. I guess the question boils to how long you think you are going to play the game. if you think you will be loyal for about 2 years or more then I would say the $199 is worth it but if you think that in a year you will get bored and come back to it off and on it may not be such a good value as I am sure in a few years there will be something new and hot on the market.

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The extra 5$ my Visacard charges is because i pay in another currency than my country have.
I think Mastercard does the same but not sure.

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Are you sure thats not your bank adding charges?
(I have payed in foreign currency lots of times with my VISA & never had any extra charges).

Originally posted by JWPike

You need to change credit cards then as you are getting ripped off. I guess the question boils to how long you think you are going to play the game. if you think you will be loyal for about 2 years or more then I would say the $199 is worth it but if you think that in a year you will get bored and come back to it off and on it may not be such a good value as I am sure in a few years there will be something new and hot on the market.

I bought a lifetime account and for me it's a good value because i always grew tired of a game and leave,but i always return later on.
Besides the normal monthly 15$ my creditcard company also charge 5$ pr transaction so it's 20$ pr month for me .
i will never have to pay that monthly fee so those saved money also comes into the calculation.
So for me that evens out within the first year and then it's a free ride after that.

Originally posted by Salvatoris

Originally posted by ganjnehri

i must agree with that their system suckz. if i could lvl up an orc that would be different. i played in beta and i loved the pve then got bored when it comes to pvmp and i got enough pve in the beta, no need to buy.. thx codemasters to let me join the fun for free but that game needs a different system to keep me there for long

 

I don't understand why people keep saying there is no PvP, when clearly there is.  Players fighting other players... isn't that PvP?  Are you guys mad at the limited play-field for PvP and just overstating the issue, or do you really not understand how it works?

You make a monster, you give him a name, you do quests with him, he gets stronger, tougher and meaner as you play him. Over time you raise your armor and attack ratings and even upgrade your physical appearance.  I understand that the PvP is implemented differently than in other MMOs, but you are still fighting against other players... you can even take your main character in to combat against other real players who are playing their monster.  You just can't kill an elf with your hobbit or take your orc to downtown Bree....

Different PvP doesn't really equal no PvP.

Man i'm so glad Codemasters in Europe has decided that they will make some officially tagged roleplay servers so people know how to play on those.
Why Turbine didn't do that is really really weird.

Not having roleplaying servers in one of the best roleplayingworlds is a big mystery.

Originally posted by WisebutCruel
I have a question. Will the high resolution textures be available for open beta or are they already available?

They have more ready when they need them.
They said so in yesterdays Devchat.

It's pretty if you're into pretty things :)

Some screenies i saw on Ascensionguilds website.

www.ascensionguild.com/lotro/

Anyone seen ZtyX lately?

Stuff are only decaying and not destroyed.
Nothing will ever break even if it hit 0% condition.
Then you just have to reapir it back to 100%

Don't try and play on the minimum requirements with 512 Mb ram and a 64Mb graphiccard.
When will gamecompanies be honest and list the minimum requirements so it fits a machine that can play the game at 25 FPS at all times.

You need atleast 1 GB ram and you will love 2Gb unless you want to lag quite a bit in crowded areas such as breetown or ettenmoor battleground.

Play it with Turbines minimum requirements and you are in for a very laggy experience.

Originally posted by darkcircuit
Actually one last question.

The £5 pre-order open beta thingy from Codemasters, is that with the high-rez client? I close beta'd it but that was with the low-rez client and it almost turned me off the game until someone pointed out that it was with the low-rez client and the final client is much better :)

Thanks
Dave

Originally posted by darkcircuit

Thanks for your help to clarify that :)

As I pre-ordered it on game I get to go on the game 10 days early and have a chance to make use of the founders offer so I think I'll stick with that and just be patient and wait. Seems a waste to spend £5 to get a short period of time to play on it before my pre-order 10 days kicks in.

Thanks for everyones help :)

Dave

Originally posted by darkcircuit

Originally posted by virtuella
Is it the EU version you need?

You can preorder the EU version until April 23th.
Codemasters own site still have the EUROPEAN preorders for sale for 5£

http://www.codemasters.co.uk/eshop/more-details.php?digitalitemid=43

You need to buy the preorder if you want to take advantage of the lifetime offer or the cheaper monthly fees.

I'm confused, granted I am usually confused but now I'm not confused than normal :-P

How come codemasters are selling the game for £5 but everyone else is charging £25 for the standard edition. Whats the difference between the two?

Thanks

Dave

Is it the EU version you need?

You can preorder the EU version until April 23th.
Codemasters own site still have the EUROPEAN preorders for sale for 5£

http://www.codemasters.co.uk/eshop/more-details.php?digitalitemid=43

You need to buy the preorder if you want to take advantage of the lifetime offer or the cheaper monthly fees.