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ark replied on March 16, 2009 02:18 to the problem "Bursts of Lag" in Conduit Labs:

It still happens, but the frequency is down a bit. Memory usage seems to be about halved after a half hour of play or so (330 MB now vs 6-700MB before)

ark gave praise in Conduit Labs on March 09, 2009 22:41:

Ah crap... not gonna be here for the stress test!

Alas $3 sushi roll happy hour talks precedence on monday nights...

Best of luck on the roll-out, though, and I'll be sure to check in on the new stuff later tonight. Let me know if you've got any t-shirts... uh... left over :P

A comment on the problem "Weird note skipping thing... they will randomly jump away from the concentric pattern." in Conduit Labs:

In some cases - including the video I posted - it wasn't so bad because it happened in the middle of a stream and the timing of the note could be very specifically determined.

The situation I hated was when there'd be a break - a few beats without any notes - followed by a big "jump" and more notes, so that there's no way to know when the next stream started. Made timing impossible, and completely guesswork. – ark, on March 08, 2009 23:35

ark replied on March 01, 2009 17:49 to the question "Is there any actual point in playing harder modes?" in Conduit Labs:

I've been wondering this too as well. Before the latest version there was a scoreboard after every song along with the difficulty you were playing on, so there was some small sense of accomplishment attached to it.

I'm not sure what it does now, if anything... maybe the activity meter goes up faster or something?

ark replied on February 26, 2009 03:03 to the problem "Weird note skipping thing... they will randomly jump away from the concentric pattern." in Conduit Labs:

I can confirm it also happens on "expert".

(I was only playing on expert because the Joy Division song is ridiculous, ok?!)

ark replied on February 26, 2009 02:59 to the problem "Bursts of Lag" in Conduit Labs:

Yeah, I get the same thing. The arrows lock up for a second or two (sometimes longer), and then I'm ambushed by a few seconds worth of "BRRRUMP" (you missed) sounds.

Frankly it's been happening so much I've begun to accept it as a "feature". I'd never fail a dance if it weren't for that!

2.5 GHz dual core, 4 GB memory, vista 64 ultimate (if it matters)

ark replied on February 25, 2009 03:59 to the problem "Weird note skipping thing... they will randomly jump away from the concentric pattern." in Conduit Labs:

Forgot to mention: this *WAS* happening *before* the update today. And it is still happening.

I first noticed it... probably 3 or 4 days ago?

ark reported a problem in Conduit Labs on February 25, 2009 03:58:

Weird note skipping thing... they will randomly jump away from the concentric pattern.

A bit hard to describe, so I made a quick video:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?doc...

On occasion the notes will "glitch" away from the nice concentric circle pattern. This tends to happen more on some songs than others, but I haven't thought to make a list. I can if that'd help.

Needless to say, makes it tough to stay on beat.

ark replied on February 25, 2009 00:27 to the problem "Feb 24th 2009 - Experiencing some technical difficulties" in Conduit Labs:

Pizza at the office? Or chinese?

I've had days like that... good to know you guys are working on it, and good luck getting it sorted.

ark replied on February 16, 2009 23:16 to the question "Wanna play on your playlist!" in Conduit Labs:

Hey, I'd dance to it.

ark replied on February 16, 2009 23:02 to the question "How does the activity level work?" in Conduit Labs:

Yeah I've noticed this too. If I close the window and open it back up immediately, I'll still lose like 25% of my activity level. It's no big deal right now since activity level doesn't seem to mean anything, but it could be bothersome if it becomes more important.

ark reported a problem in Conduit Labs on February 06, 2009 03:16:

"View everyone" leads to 404 (AKA Fail), and everyone's name is "John D." or "Jane D." in the sidebar when dancing.

View everyone leads to 404 (AKA Fail), and everyone's name is "John D." or "Jane D." in the sidebar when dancing.

ark replied on February 06, 2009 01:00 to the update "Feb 5th 2009 - Down for maintenance" in Conduit Labs:

Awesome, now I get to practice my widget skills...

Two notes from an FC!

ark replied on February 05, 2009 00:18 to the idea "Just some idears" in Conduit Labs:

If you've been playing you've no doubt figured this out in the last 5 days, but in the newest version hair styles are "loot" than you win for dancing. If you really want that faux-hawk, you've gotta win it!

ark replied on January 25, 2009 07:20 to the problem "HELP!!" in Conduit Labs:

Just for my own curiosity: does the lag happen right when you start playing, or after you've been playing a while?

Because I find myself having to restart my browser if I play for more than 30-40 minutes at a time because the lag gets progressively more unbearable. It seems to still be a memory leaking issue, as it has been before.

Vista Ultimate 64, 4 GB of memory addressable.

The speed test is funny, though. Apparently I'm pulling 32 Mbps! Thanks, Comcast!

ark replied on January 10, 2009 01:05 to the idea "Even MORE closet space!" in Conduit Labs:

Would it be easier to just add a field to the closet called "Last Dropped"? It doesn't have to be a conscious choice by the player when it drops, but that way if they go to their closet at any time before the next time they win loot - probably during the next song if it's something they like - they can delete something else and choose to keep the "Last Dropped" item. Once the "Last Dropped" item is added to their closet, either at the time of drop or in the closet screen later on, the "last dropped" field is blanked.

ark replied on January 09, 2009 05:15 to the problem "lag and off-beat" in Conduit Labs:

Yeah, playing on 'crazy' I've noticed a lot of times I'll fail a few times and start thinking to myself "These arrows don't make any sense, they must be off beat!"

Then I nail the next run of them, and hear what it sounds like clicking on the keys, and go "Oooohhhhh.... so THAT's the rhythm they're going for."

Speaking of which... assist tick? Possibility?

Anyway, I'll agree the arrows don't always flow as well as they could, but they generally *are* on beat once you figure it out.

ark replied on January 09, 2009 00:16 to the idea "DDR" in Conduit Labs:

I'm not sure what you mean by "make it more like a DDR", but if you mean "Arrows scrolling up from the bottom of the screen" I'm going to have to disagree. If I want to play DDR on a computer, there's half a dozen options for that already. LC is different, and I like it for that.

ark replied on January 09, 2009 00:15 to the question "why not firefox!" in Conduit Labs:

I play in firefox exclusively. Do you have all your latest flash plugins installed and whatnot?

ark replied on January 07, 2009 13:39 to the problem "Loudcrowd down, or is it just me? Indefinite loading screen." in Conduit Labs:

Yeah seems to be back up this morning. Oh well...