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Originally Posted by Mkopec1
No, there isnt any load times, at least not for me. Its a stop, basically if your moving forward, you stop and you have to push the run button again to start running.

And im sure this will be further refined to be totally seamless, its about 90% there already.

What did everyone expect? Magical server farm to host 3 massive continents without some sort of "zoning" , "chunking" or whatever?

I seem to recall Blizzard claiming that WoW had no "zones" either. But yet every area was its own little zone with chokeways etc.../shrug

Very true and well said. For many computers there is minimal to no chunking time. And this will become more and more true as people upgrade and as we fix bugs associated with chunking. Like I said, my systems with x1950s have virtually no chunking issues -- no falling through the world, and crossing over a chunk border is almost instantaneous. And that 90% will approach 100% over the next year as we continue to optimize, fix bugs, and better hardware becomes both available and cheaper. Having to artificial chokeways, as you put it, makes more a more immersive virtual world. Add to that all the advantages I listed in my long post and this forward thinking architecture will pay off more and more and the upsides eventually so out weigh any downsides that it will cease to be an issue. Planning and architecting for the future, which I think is essential when making an MMOG that should continue to look good, be flexible, be upgradeable, etc. for years to come I feel strongly is the way to go, despite the short term issues some players have (although again I do apologize they do sometimes occur to people, and depending on their set up, the fact that they happen more often to some than to others -- by no means am I being flippant or dismissive of the problems some people experience; rather, like with many aspects of designing an MMOG that is to last years and planning for the future and the technology that will become more and more available and accessible/affordable, this does mean that short term there will be some issues, and more issues for some people -- again, I think for most people the advantages already far outweigh the disadvantages and this will become more and more true as the months go by).

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