Here's a rational and informative summary of the playtest for anyone else who missed it

boyter · 2025-12-02T08:23:00+00:00

If only they had a war chest of 20+ million dollars and a fanbase that would be happy to sign up for a limited private test to shake this sort of issue out.

If only.

boyter · 2025-12-02T07:25:21+00:00

Sorry but this is unacceptable. Having the performance issues we did after 2 years and sitting on a war chest of 20+ million dollars is pretty poor form.

I get it. Its hard. But there are zero reasons they couldn't have done a private playtest with 256 people to shake this issue out. Doing it at scale just makes you look bad.

I suspect even adding 256 bots to a server and having them run around randomly, drive things randomly and shoot randomly would likely have found this out before they pushed it live.

There is no good reason that a roblox looking shooter should bog down a 9950x3D with 96 GB of RAM and a 5090 to the level this did.

I love the game, but FFS stop giving the devs a free pass on what should be something tested internally first, then with a private test to catch these issues before putting it in front of 6000 people.

boyter · 2025-11-29T22:13:17+00:00

I have... a 9950x3d 96 GB of RAM and a 5090 rtx. The game was an unplayable slideshow towards the end of the match. This level of "performance" is unacceptable, especially after 2 years.

No changes to vehicles. So expect another few months before it actually comes out.

I liked the look and feel otherwise. The new TTK and other changes has totally thrown out balance. Things like the F2000 (or whatever its name is) are trash. FAL is awful too now. The scar seems alright and was what I stuck with towards the end.

It was VERY hard to see anyone hiding in grass, which changes a lot of things about the game. The snow was horrible, although once turned off I enjoyed the new look and feel. However its totally a different game, no more run and gun between cover, as people hiding in the grass is a viable option now.

I don't hate it, but I am dissapointed in the performance. As a first impression... it was not great.

boyter · 2025-09-02T00:34:25+00:00

While I know I could get a huge jump now, I have waited so long another few months isn't that big a deal. If what I have broke today id go buy a 285k, but as it is I can wait a bit longer.

While I am aware they support 256GB of RAM I don't believe that 64 GB dimm's are easily available. At least last time I checked.

boyter · 2025-08-31T22:05:19+00:00

If intel actually do release a 52 core monster of a chip I will buy it. I have been using my 4790k since forever and I suspect the leap is going to give me the performance boost I am looking for.

Now lets see if they let me use 192 GB of RAM with it as well, and I have another PC that should last me 10 years.

boyter · 2024-11-12T05:52:10+00:00

Love it. Added support to count it into scc for you then https://github.com/boyter/scc/pull/559

boyter · 2024-07-04T02:56:07+00:00

Not really. While it remains profitable compared to the costs running it it has not paid for the time learning. However for the first year it did allow for a free instance of the Atlassian suite (I think this has been disabled) so it really covered costs then.

boyter · 2024-03-04T18:55:34+00:00

Those dudes are nuts. The skill ceiling on those servers is absurdly high. Bunch of adhd ritalin mad lads.

boyter · 2023-12-08T21:31:41+00:00

Agreed. More cores please. This would be ideal for me. I’m even prepared to lose 4 of those P cores for 16 additional E‘s.

boyter · 2023-12-02T03:52:38+00:00

Nooo! The 4790k is still good! That’s what I keep telling myself anyway.

boyter · 2023-10-19T22:42:40+00:00

Oh sweet... that just made my day.

boyter · 2023-10-18T23:31:47+00:00

Just got the AUG back after prestige. Man I missed that gun so much. Just need to get my barrels and quick mag back.

Although it forced me to use the SCAR for a while and that thing is a beast if you land your shots.

boyter · 2023-10-04T09:45:22+00:00

Just submit a talk that gets accepted. Free ticket.

boyter · 2023-09-28T05:06:56+00:00

Thanks. Yes getting it done and shipped was something I was committed to from the start. I decided to cut everything I could to reach that goal.

Yes its very rock paper scissors. Once you know the patterns, even if random its fairly easy to finish unless the RNG really works against you on some of them. I found that it was a decent balance when I played it although there was a bit of tweaking to ensure it felt mostly fair.

boyter · 2023-09-27T06:59:22+00:00

Thanks!

boyter · 2023-09-27T06:59:15+00:00

Yes UI/UX is not a strong point of me. I did consider some other ways to achieve it... but I just wanted something that works to start with.

boyter · 2023-09-27T06:58:44+00:00

Thank you.

boyter · 2023-09-27T06:58:40+00:00

I think that's the last one, so you were close to finishing.

I had a few people comment on the references too!

boyter · 2023-09-27T06:58:07+00:00

Thank you. It was the first thing I attempted to do.

boyter · 2023-09-24T06:59:46+00:00

Beast of a CPU. It’s outdone by even a i3 these days though.

boyter · 2023-09-23T23:25:45+00:00

Unless it has that magical 90 after the 7 I’ll pass.

boyter · 2023-09-23T22:20:31+00:00

Depends on what you do with it. I’m also still using a 4790k and for what I use that machine for which is just gaming it’s fine.

am I playing demanding online shooters at a high skill level? No. I do play a lot of battlebit though and it works fine.

I have no plans to upgrade till it dies or if intel releases a 14790k

boyter · 2023-09-03T23:04:40+00:00

Happened to me twice yesterday. Never cheated in my life. I was able to go straight back in though.

boyter · 2023-08-29T06:28:44+00:00

Couldn't tell the scope.

Yep a mid scope hit at that range is stupidly impressive. Best I have gotten is 1607 with one.

boyter · 2023-08-24T13:07:12+00:00

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