Online Arena not loading

[Cowb0y]

It is not.

[The Fugitive]

4 gigs of ram is the dead minimum, 8 is the recommended. It could be why it is processing so slowly.

https://www.hitechcreations.com/gameinfo/gameinfo-minimumreq

[JimmyD3]

Do you have any map .res files in the AH3terr folder?? Baltic is the map currently up. Virgle had this same problem, we had to send him copies of the map res file for each map initially.

I'll send you the current map res file and the training arena, montis and smpizza. Those should get you online, if tht is the issue. What GPU are you  using?

[Cowb0y]

It’s an ATI Radeon 5870. She’s an old rig. Might be too old and that’s the issue.

[JimmyD3]

I just sent you the map .res files they go in the ah3terr folder in your Aces High root directory.

[Cowb0y]

Thanks Jimmy. I’ll have to try it in a few days. Will report back.

[Spikes]

I don't think the machine itself is the cause for the loading issues, but I think you'll find it may struggle to run the game unless things are turned down. 4GB of RAM tends to struggle running Windows 10 itself.

Do you know if your memory is DDR2 or DDR3 and how many slots the mobo has? Probably have to download something like CPU-Z to find out the RAM type and motherboard model unless you know it.

[Cowb0y]

Spikes,

It’s DDR3. Only two slots on the board. I’m due for a rebuild. Built her in 2008. Next move will be something to support VR.

[Spikes]

Bummer that it's only 2 slots. Not sure when your timeline for a new build is, but if you want to PM me your address I can send you an 8GB stick of DDR3 (Kingston PC3L-12800U) I have laying around. I also have a couple 4GB sticks. Not sure how much it'd help but certainly won't hurt. If your current memory is 1x 4GB stick you could make it 12. I assume it is 2x2GB though.

[hazmatt]

Spikes,

It’s DDR3. Only two slots on the board. I’m due for a rebuild. Built her in 2008. Next move will be something to support VR.

I'm not sure you want to do a rebuild with current ram prices. I think you'd do well to take Spikes up on his RAM offer. If you could get an 8GB and a 4GB Dimm combined for 12GB total, the performance increase you'd get would be worth what you would lose from the memory running in dual channel mode. I'm currently writing this on an old system with 4GB of RAM but I'm running a very light version of Linux Mint on it. I can't imagine trying to run Windows on it.

I think I have an R9 380 on the shelf somewhere too if that would be helpful. I ran AH3 on VR with it with a Rift-S back in the day and while it wasn't great it was playable.

[icepac]

I run a hd5770 with nowhere near the horsepower of a 5870.    That second digit is where the power is.

[Cowb0y]

Is it at all possible that not having a subscription could be causing the issue? I thought there was a free week or something online?

[The Fugitive]

There are a number of arenas you can use for free, those without the $ symbol in front of the name. Try entering one of those arenas.

If your two free trial was used already you should get a popup that says you need to subscribe to enter one of the $ arenas

[Spikes]

Let me know if you would like the memory, I'd prefer it go to something useful than sit here on the shelf.

[Cowb0y]

Hey all,

Thank you everybody for the help and support. Turned out it was just a ram issue and now I'm running sixteen instead of four. What a difference. Ole girl is boomin' and zoomin'. See y'all out there.