Swamps unplayable on 3G iPhone

[Grubmeyer]

PL always was a bit laggy, but up until swamps was released it was manageable. With a full party up against a set of 3-5 mobs reduces my framerate to less than 1fps, thus making it impossible to play. Often times when I join a game and play through a level, the most of what I see is my xp bar increasing, and my drops showing across the screen. Typically if I run to far ahead of the rest of the group, I'm dead before I even realize that I was being hit. I hope this gets fixed soon, right now it's almost impossible to play on an iPhone 3G.

[Justg]

We are working on some optimizations now. In the meantime, have you turned off anti-aliasing and turned it to low quality (through options screens)?

[TheBaconKing]

We are working on some optimizations now. In the meantime, have you turned off anti-aliasing and turned it to low quality (through options screens)?

Yeah I had to turn it to low quality on my 3g iPhone as well. Still gets super hot, but not near as choppy.

I cannot wait till I am eligible for a new phone this summer.. AT&T makes new customers wait a year and a half, unlike the year current customers had to wait.

[FeralDruid]

Yeah I had to turn it to low quality on my 3g iPhone as well. Still gets super hot, but not near as choppy.

I cannot wait till I am eligible for a new phone this summer.. AT&T makes new customers wait a year and a half, unlike the year current customers had to wait.

Yeah, but we're not gonna be stuck with the 3Gs... We'll be eligible for the NEW hotness... That's a TRUE update in apple fashion imho.

[Justg]

I hear ya... I still have a 3G and it is time it was taken out to pasture. And shot.

[Splurd]

I am always paranoid about the heat, that my fingers will get radiation from the phone and when I'm in my 70's I'd have finger cancer and I cant play games anymore when I retire.

Yeah, the heat freaks me out =x

[nerdherd]

Playing on an iPad with low detail the swamps have a very poor framerate. If I turn on high quality it's totally unplayable, even if I'm the only player on the map. Hopefully the code optimizations will speed it up!

[Justg]

If you folks close all open browser windows (each window uses memory) and restart your devices does performance increase at all?

[jazix]

If you folks close all open browser windows (each window uses memory) and restart your devices does performance increase at all?

I only ever keep one tab open at a time (usually google reader) but replacing it with a blank tab and restarting had no noticable performance increase.

[Odvar]

Lag is worse since this update not sure what was optimized

[nerdherd]

If you folks close all open browser windows (each window uses memory) and restart your devices does performance increase at all?

Thanks for the suggestion, but doesn't seem to help. Is there a way I can see the FPS displayed so I can give you exact numbers?

[Cloudstrike]

Still very hard to play

[Thelonearcher]

I have had the same heat problem with my iPod touch guys but I turned down brightness turned off Bluetooth. My iPod rarely heats up as I play and allows me to play for long times without stoping try turning brightness down and Bluetooth of. I hope this helps. 

[asommers]

I hear you. 1.3 will be focused on optimizations. We will see what can be done in the meantime.

-ALS

[Violentsaint]

thanks for the tip about high and low detail

ive always played on high detail and played with a ping of like 700-1000

i just turned high detail off, saw no visual difference in the swamps all all, yet my ping is now around 400-500

thanks for the tip

if theres any visual difference, can u tell me because i couldnt tell.

EDIT: trees in swamp dont have branches anymore, lol id sacrifice branches for less lag anyday!

btw my ipod touch never gets hot playing pocket legends, maybe u guys just play it too much lol

[Violentsaint]

whats antialiasing mean in options, mines unticked for some reason. what happens if i tick it?

EDIT: i just ticked it, it makes the screen a bit fuzzy, im guessing it makes the details a bit less sharp and improves game performance.