So you want to zone faster...
I thought I would post again about how awesome it can be to run games directly from RAM.
Through testing, I've determined that Ram loading Everquest drops between 3 and 10 seconds of load time(depending on where your zoning into). The reduction only applies to those of us without SSDs; people with SSDs will probably see no reduction. If your interested in ram loading EQ(I only suggest you attempt this if you have 4GB or more of RAM), you'll need to get a program like Ramdisk to run the virtual drive. Before you make the virtual drive, you'll want to delete all non-relevant files(aka non classic/kunark/velious expansion files). If you delete everything, including all sound files, the resulting EQ folder should be ~1800MB(mine is 1762MB). With the EQ folder reduced, its time to make the RAM Drive. Make the new drive ~5% larger than your EQ folder, and format it to FAT32. Copy your slim EQ folder into the new drive, and play. *If you change your client in any way, you'll need to remember to copy the EQ folder back off the RAM Drive before you shut down or un-mount the RAM Drive. Its also worth noting that the last time I played EQ off RAM, I was unable to zone much faster than 16 seconds. My guess is that the client transfer between zone servers is the main limiting factor at that point. Its been over a year since I have played, so maybe I'll get some better zone times tonight. Anyhow, let the posts about how silly this is begin... |
reworking game/program processes are a bit different than adding or removing zones or adding / editing items I'd think
They would probably take a lot longer to rework than build game up from scratch i'd think... games are stupid like that "spaghetti code" and all... I wanted for the longest time for ffxi to improve and update but its code got hard wired to be compatible for ps2 stats.. heck even the game's timing mechanics ran off the processor speed of a playstation. Simple concepts can really turn into headaches to implement is what i'm trying to say i guess. Idk about eq code i haven't looked at it.. but i'd imagine it would be a bear to rewrite the code. I totally respect the work the devs have done here |
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So, what can you delete?
I run Duxa's installer and removed stuff, so my EQ folder is much smaller (about 4 or 5 gig) but that's WAY bigger than the 2GB that you list and I don't think there are 2 ggs of mp3s :). I really want to reduce the size of my EQ file as I'm running it on a netbook with 2 OSs so space is at a premium. Thanks Quote:
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EDIT: Cleaned up my post's numbers, what I get trying to go from memory =P
My EQ folder sits at about 1.7 gigs after running the EQlite program (I have no idea if this is the same thing that Duxa's installer uses). I think there is some other "non classic" files that get used for certain things - Plane of Time? Equipment files? Not sure, I only skimmed the EQlite thread and heard those mentioned. So, I don't really trim it down beyond that. Didn't delete the sound files. That's with the high res texture files, though, come to think of it. Stuff like that is going to alter your directory size, obviously. Screenshots are stored as 2-3 meg bitmaps IIRC (EDIT: Oh lord, at 1920x1080 they're almost 8 megs each) and will inflate your directory size if you have a couple hundred. http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...ghlight=eqlite Link for the EQLite thread. Claims 1.35gb, which sounds about right for me running with the larger, high res zone files. Anyways, like OP already said, this was useful when I was running off a standard 7200rpm HDD. It cut loading time down significantly, from about 16-20 seconds to about 8-12, depending. It was absolutely divine. Upgraded to an SSD, and I don't see much of a difference, still sat around 8-12 seconds for zoning so I just left it on the SSD. |
Here is a list of all files in my small EQ directory.
Scroll to the bottom for a total number... Code:
Directory of Everquest\ Easiest way to delete sound files is to delete any and all ".mp3" and ".wav" files. |
Thanks a lot, eqlite just made my day.
I'm down to 1.5GB :) |
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this work?
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