Are you sure about that? That doesnt seem to make
sense. The only reason I can think of is that when you
load a zone you need to recieve lots of packets
containing info on the position and status of each NPC
and PC in the zone. What items are for sale for how
much and what kinda loot each mob has although that
info could wait untill the kill. I also thought maybe
the Eq each PC was carrying would have to be
transfered as well. Or at least the texture map for
each diferent item and which character might be
associated with which particular texture map.
After the zone is loaded you only need to recieve
updates. Also obviuosly the graphics change but these
are locally stored and load rather quickly. I think if
the Zone was on a different server it would load
quicker. As each physical machine is supporting fewer
players they can spend more time sending info and less
time crunching data. I agree about pipe and processor
size I have a cable modem and an AMD 333 and I zone in
about 8-10 seconds sometimes faster depending on the
zone and I would guess how crowded it is.
--- Shane Horne <
dextrin@...> wrote:
> From: "Shane Horne" <dextrin@...>
>
> The reason it takes so long to go from zone to zone
> is your going to another
> server.
>
> Lilu
>
>
>
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