Post by Firebeard on Apr 22, 2017 5:14:45 GMT -5
As inferred by the title: "nearly "
For quite some time I was experiencing several Disconnects and severe Lagg during gameplay. It was becoming increasingly frustrating to play and it crippled my enjoyment. Because of my love of all things Mecha, this prompted me to investigate.
In my research I came across an article on "Battery Optimization." It seems that for Android this Service will shut down files and limit resources that aren't used frequently to save resources and limit the drain on your Battery. However, the App or Service must include directives for the Android system to use it properly or Android defaults and cuts the App off at the knees - this causes major issues with many Apps.
So, I figured wth .. give it a shot. I disabled "Battery Optimization" for War Robots Robots - Instant performance increase and no Disconnects .. Well, almost none. I had one Disconnect that lasted for three seconds out of four hours of gameplay. That's down from one Disconnect every twenty seconds that more often than not sent me back to the Hangar. Know what else? .. didn't Crash!
Upon investigating the newest Disconnect, I learned it was Google Play that continued to try and connect and would interrupt my connection. So, to solve that problem I installed a game boosting App called "All in One" - No, that's not a plug I'm just telling you what I chose - with the Game Boost plugin. That solved the Google Play issue .. No Disconnects.
But what about "nearly?" ..
Well, I do get the very, very seldom Disconnect on Moon Map but that may be from the Map being unoptimized .. at least it's confined.
Now for the Lagg - gone! Disabling "Battery Optimization" with a game boost App solved the Lagg. Controls are smooth and Menus pop open and close swiftly. But - there's always a "But" - the game looked less appealing. The graphical fidelity was off. So, I entered my Developer Options and enabled "4x MSAA." Sweet Mecha bliss .. and another "But," it created stutter. The game doesn't lagg but runs choppy sometimes but that's the price of narcissism.
WARNING: War Robots Robots is extremely resource intensive. It will drain your Battery even while Charging.
So, does this mean Pixonic is free from fault? No. It means Pixonic has not "Optimized" the game for Android and while they continue to deliver new content they haven't opened their network pipelines enough to account for the additional throughput.
I hope this helps you and I hope Pixonic read this and consider writing for Optimization.
These results were tested over four days at various times of day to discern Server load.
Good hunting .. See you on the Battlefield
For quite some time I was experiencing several Disconnects and severe Lagg during gameplay. It was becoming increasingly frustrating to play and it crippled my enjoyment. Because of my love of all things Mecha, this prompted me to investigate.
In my research I came across an article on "Battery Optimization." It seems that for Android this Service will shut down files and limit resources that aren't used frequently to save resources and limit the drain on your Battery. However, the App or Service must include directives for the Android system to use it properly or Android defaults and cuts the App off at the knees - this causes major issues with many Apps.
So, I figured wth .. give it a shot. I disabled "Battery Optimization" for War Robots Robots - Instant performance increase and no Disconnects .. Well, almost none. I had one Disconnect that lasted for three seconds out of four hours of gameplay. That's down from one Disconnect every twenty seconds that more often than not sent me back to the Hangar. Know what else? .. didn't Crash!
Upon investigating the newest Disconnect, I learned it was Google Play that continued to try and connect and would interrupt my connection. So, to solve that problem I installed a game boosting App called "All in One" - No, that's not a plug I'm just telling you what I chose - with the Game Boost plugin. That solved the Google Play issue .. No Disconnects.
But what about "nearly?" ..
Well, I do get the very, very seldom Disconnect on Moon Map but that may be from the Map being unoptimized .. at least it's confined.
Now for the Lagg - gone! Disabling "Battery Optimization" with a game boost App solved the Lagg. Controls are smooth and Menus pop open and close swiftly. But - there's always a "But" - the game looked less appealing. The graphical fidelity was off. So, I entered my Developer Options and enabled "4x MSAA." Sweet Mecha bliss .. and another "But," it created stutter. The game doesn't lagg but runs choppy sometimes but that's the price of narcissism.
WARNING: War Robots Robots is extremely resource intensive. It will drain your Battery even while Charging.
So, does this mean Pixonic is free from fault? No. It means Pixonic has not "Optimized" the game for Android and while they continue to deliver new content they haven't opened their network pipelines enough to account for the additional throughput.
I hope this helps you and I hope Pixonic read this and consider writing for Optimization.
These results were tested over four days at various times of day to discern Server load.
Good hunting .. See you on the Battlefield
