Guild Wars 2: The One Thread

[Mif]

My C drive is my SSD and my D drive is my HDD. I have my GW2 files stored in my d drive. Can't I still get faster downloads just because of the fact that I have a SSD?

Hard drive read/write speed will never effect your download speed.

[Larynx]

I have a really weird concern that bothers me more than it should. Does anyone know if it's possible to change the double-tap dodge thing to a single key? After playing Tera, I usually had dodge set to my tab key and this worked great for me. When I needed to get away fast, I could tap the button and be a several feet from harm's way.

It's bothered me a lot that GW2's dodging, which is quite time-specific down to the second and absolutely necessary to avoid death sometimes, has to have the key hit twice. It seems quite clunky in my opinion and bothered me a lot, even before I played Tera. I never really liked double-tapping keys in general though. It always bothered me that GW1's auto-run had to be done through tapping forward twice instead of being able to just hit num lock.

Anyway, sorry for complaining, but does anyone know if this can be changed to tapping a single key instead of double tapping left or right or whatever? Thanks. <3

By default it's set to V, or double tap. Double tap can be disabled, and you can rebind V. The keybind will dodge in the direction you're currently moving. I had mine set to M4.

Also, you can autorun in GW1 by pressing R.

[Mif]

does anyone know if this can be changed to tapping a single key instead of double tapping left or right or whatever? Thanks. <3

You can also press V and a direction.

---------- Post added 2012-06-08 at 03:17 PM ----------

is there another solution to "make GW2 run faster if you set the priority in your taskmanager on high"? The last time I tried this (last week) the system became unstable and I had to reinstall my system

It doesn't run on low priority unless you alt/tab out. When you're in the game it stays on normal.

[summourn]

@Larynx and Mif: bless you. Bless your kind souls. So much. Thank you!

[Larynx]

@Larynx and Mif: bless you. Bless your kind souls. So much. Thank you!

My soul acknowledges and is appreciative of the blessing.

---------- Post added 2012-06-08 at 01:18 AM ----------

Mif, do you know how to run GW2 in borderless windowed, so that I can alt-tab without minimizing the window? I was able to change Warcraft 3 to windowed (it only supports fullscreen) by changing the target to -windowed, would it be something similar?

[Kickbuttmario]

Hard drive read/write speed will never effect your download speed.

Sorry. I meant loading speed and gameplay.

[Mif]

My soul acknowledges and is appreciative of the blessing.

---------- Post added 2012-06-08 at 01:18 AM ----------

Mif, do you know how to run GW2 in borderless windowed, so that I can alt-tab without minimizing the window? I was able to change Warcraft 3 to windowed (it only supports fullscreen) by changing the target to -windowed, would it be something similar?

It's in the drop down for screen resolution IIRC.

Edit: Misunderstood, I was thinking full screen windowed. I don't think GW2 can do borderless.

---------- Post added 2012-06-08 at 03:34 PM ----------

Sorry. I meant loading speed and gameplay.

The SSD won't enhance loading speed of programs on the HDD.

---------- Post added 2012-06-08 at 03:36 PM ----------

First signs of life from the official forums: KNOWN ISSUES: BETA WEEKEND EVENT 2

[Larynx]

Actually Mif, I just checked and that's what I wanted. I literally have no idea how I missed that the first time I looked.

What's the difference between borderless and fullscreen windowed?

[Mif]

Actually Mif, I just checked and that's what I wanted. I literally have no idea how I missed that the first time I looked.

What's the difference between borderless and fullscreen windowed?

Sometimes nothing, sometimes something.
Wow for example, when you alt tab in full screen still minimises the window (IIRC).

[Larynx]

Sometimes nothing, sometimes something.
Wow for example, when you alt tab in full screen still minimises the window (IIRC).

Just tested it, and yes it does still minimize. Kind of useless then.

[Jimusmc]

well damn.. it wont update worked fine couple days ago when i did the big 5 GB download.. wont do it now.

[Maarius]

It doesn't run on low priority unless you alt/tab out. When you're in the game it stays on normal.

oh. ....ooh.
thanks Mif!


interesting talk about the reddit:


---------- Post added 2012-06-08 at 05:55 AM ----------

well damn.. it wont update worked fine couple days ago when i did the big 5 GB download.. wont do it now.

perhaps this helps (from reddit):

Hi Spl4sh3r,
We found your crash report and are working on a fix for the problem, but in the meantime you should be able to delete your Local.dat file and run the game after that.
You can find the Local.dat file in your Documents folder, in the Guild Wars 2 folder, e.g. C:\Users\[YOUR_USER_NAME]\Documents\Guild Wars 2\Local.dat.
After deleting that file, try restarting GW2 and it should patch up and let you see the login screen.
Thanks!



Weird, what fixed it for me is flushing my dnscache and rebuilding it. Good to know another way.

[Jimusmc]

didnt work.

*--> Crash <--*
Fatal Error: Disk write failed (incomplete): file 'K:\Guild Wars 2 Beta\Local.dat'
App: Gw2.exe
Pid: 4976
Cmdline:
BaseAddr: 00400000
ProgramId: 101
Build: 14058
When: 2012-06-08T05:59:40Z 2012-06-08T01:59:40-04:00
Uptime: 0 days 0:01:08
Flags: 0

[Delias]

Just tested it, and yes it does still minimize. Kind of useless then.

Getasecondmonitor.

[Larynx]

Getasecondmonitor.

Idohaveasecondmonitoryoufuckingcasual

[Delias]

Wait just a second, it's working fine for me. Even on my main monitor.
http://imgur.com/glfEM

[Larynx]

Wait just a second, it's working fine for me. Even on my main monitor.
http://imgur.com/glfEM

I'll give you about 60 seconds to realize where you made your mistake.

[Delias]

Named it stillwrong.png
http://imgur.com/WnaDU

[Jimusmc]

this is pissing me off.. why the hell did it start to mess up prior to the BWE2? sigh

[Mif]

didnt work.

*--> Crash <--*
Fatal Error: Disk write failed (incomplete): file 'K:\Guild Wars 2 Beta\Local.dat'
App: Gw2.exe
Pid: 4976
Cmdline:
BaseAddr: 00400000
ProgramId: 101
Build: 14058
When: 2012-06-08T05:59:40Z 2012-06-08T01:59:40-04:00
Uptime: 0 days 0:01:08
Flags: 0

If you have a GW2.tmp that isn't zero bytes, rename it to gw2.exe run it (rename your current gw2.exe to something else)
If that doesn't work, move your (original) GW2.exe and GW2.dat to a another folder and try running it.
You can also re-download GW2.exe, run it, then once it starts to download, close it and swap in your gw2.dat file.