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Are WGT to blame for meter glitches.

• pjctas0822 4,615 Posts

  Thu, Oct 4 2012 7:27 AM

  Really? Get in tune guy.

  TightRope wrote up some techie words on this matter that was spot on. Do your homework and you wouldn't have to read something that is years old.

  WGT is only part to blame but I will say this....There are triple the amount of players with no meter glitches than the other way around so who is to blame for smooth meters?

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, Oct 4 2012 7:38 AM

  andyson:

  The bottom line is its not ALL on our computer.

  Nothing like a good meter discussion. Beats quitters, I suppose.  :-)

  A sincere, honest, non-instigating question-why do I not have issues with my meter? I'm not special and I don't do anything special to get there. And if I see a decent meter 99% of the time (I can invariably find out what caused the 1% on my end) then why isn't it that way for everybody if it's WGT's or Flash's  fault? What can they tweak to make my meter better than it is if it's fine now?

  I believe what players complain about with the meter. I'm not sure I believe how often it happens to some nor am I sure they've done prudent stuff to fix it but that's immaterial-it happens. Why them and not me?

• piztaker 5,743 Posts

  Thu, Oct 4 2012 7:40 AM

  Nobody can prove these things one way or the other, all I know is that you can improve things a lot by optimising your PC to the game.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, Oct 4 2012 7:45 AM

  piztaker:

  Nobody can prove these things one way or the other, all I know is that you can improve things a lot by optimising your PC to the game.

  I suspect this is the crux of the matter but then there are those that say you shouldn't have to do all that optimizing in the first place. That is a legitimate point, too. Not everybody is going to take the time and trouble to figure it out. Easier to go find something else to do.

  Technology scares people when they're faced with trying to figure it out. :-(

• chrisironsbones 3,524 Posts

  Thu, Oct 4 2012 7:51 AM

  Greyyowl:

  So basically when you see a glitch on the swing meter, it is because there is a problem with your computer. For everything to run smoothly you need a fast system where there are going to be no external factors causing the meter to jump or stutter. The people at WGT can do nothing to control what is going on on your computer while you play the game. So how can you control the environment that you play in.

  How can you explain my perfectly smooth meter and perfect gameplay 99% of the time when i use my kidies PC which is 2.8 ghz dual core, 1 GIG!!! RAM, no graphics card and 6.8 mbs internet,no gamebooster, clear cache once a fortnight (if i remember), high flash quality in game options, makes no difference with having animated water and flag on either, well below minimum requirements but game is perfect. Its not our PC's its what happens between our PC's and WGT, servers, local internet which causes problems

• Steve442 710 Posts

  Thu, Oct 4 2012 7:55 AM

  YankeeJim:

  I suspect this is the crux of the matter but then there are those that say you shouldn't have to do all that optimizing in the first place. That is a legitimate point, too.

  Really it isn't. It would be a legitimate point if we were using a games console and even then only if everyone's Internet connection was identical.

  No two people will have exactly the same setup, different hardware, software and internet speeds will give vastly differing results.

  A pc is a jack of all trades but master of none. Add into the mix users who don't have the first idea of how or why they need to perform basic pc maintenance and you're asking for the problems that we see.

   

   

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, Oct 4 2012 8:04 AM

  Steve442:

  Really it isn't. It would be a legitimate point if we were using a games console and even then only if everyone's Internet connection was identical.

  But WGT made it a browser based game ostensibly to attract anybody with a computer anywhere. Open a browser and play. That's where it all breaks down. If you want that audience you have to make it a no-brainer for them or just bank on being able to capitalize on the smaller audience of diligent types.

• piztaker 5,743 Posts

  Thu, Oct 4 2012 8:20 AM

  PRIESTESS:

   

  HAHAHAHAHAH

   

  Does anyone spot the irony here?

   

• Steve442 710 Posts

  Thu, Oct 4 2012 8:22 AM

  YankeeJim:

  But WGT made it a browser based game ostensibly to attract anybody with a computer anywhere. Open a browser and play. That's where it all breaks down. If you want that audience you have to make it a no-brainer for them or just bank on being able to capitalize on the smaller audience of diligent types.

  Agreed but the point is you should optimize your computer even if you just use it for word processing or playing Solitiare. There is no legitimate reason not to. 

• WGTpizza 1,656 Posts

  Thu, Oct 4 2012 10:43 AM

  Ahh... time for the "meter" conversation to come back, eh?

  Andyson pretty much nailed it - Are all meter problems WGT's fault? No. If you look at those "hundreds" of threads that describe meter issues, you may find as many as half of them were resolved with some troubleshooting.

  Is it possible to have a flawless meter 100% of the time? Ask the people in this community who have achieved it. Is it likely? No. Due to the inherent nature of the environment this games live in, there will always be a possibility of meter issues. It's unavoidable. WGT will do whatever we can on our end to optimize the meter, but it should be known that the majority of solutions for meter problems come from performing maintenance on the user end. That is an opinion I will stand by based off my experience helping this community.

   

  Stay classy,

  -WGTpizza