Increase your zone time mod(s)???

[DunedainKilrog]

I do not know if there are any such beasts out there at this point, but I would like to pick one up. For clarifications sake; I do not mean a timer to tell me how long it takes to zone into an instance or Zone. What I am talking about is a new and updated mod that works exactly like Catalyst did which is now defunct.

Does anyone know of such a mod? Can anyone make such a mod?


Thanks in advance!!!


Edit: Thanks for pointing out my error in wording Josh It has been fixed.

[JoshBorke]

perhaps you meant DECREASE your zone time? The functionality in Catalyst has already been incorporated into the WoW client. Perhaps you are using a copious amount of addons with embedded libraries like Ace2 based addons (which includes every FuBar plugin). If that is the case then increase load times for the initial login can be expected unless you un-embed the shared libraries (thereby defeating the purpose).

Hope this helps a bit.

[PathMaster]

Originally Posted by JoshBorke perhaps you meant DECREASE your zone time? The functionality in Catalyst has already been incorporated into the WoW client. Perhaps you are using a copious amount of addons with embedded libraries like Ace2 based addons (which includes every FuBar plugin). If that is the case then increase load times for the initial login can be expected unless you un-embed the shared libraries (thereby defeating the purpose). Hope this helps a bit.

This person speaks the truth. The WoW client has had this for awhile. I also agree on ace mods.

[DunedainKilrog]

Originally Posted by JoshBorke perhaps you meant DECREASE your zone time? The functionality in Catalyst has already been incorporated into the WoW client. Perhaps you are using a copious amount of addons with embedded libraries like Ace2 based addons (which includes every FuBar plugin). If that is the case then increase load times for the initial login can be expected unless you un-embed the shared libraries (thereby defeating the purpose). Hope this helps a bit.

Yes, sorry, my mistake, I did mean decrease the load times. I do run a few Ace2 addons. The ones that I do use that are Ace2 are:

AutoBar Config
Autobar
Decursive
OneBag
OneBank
OneRing
ScrollingCombatText
SCT options
SCTD options
and
SCTD


I do NOT run Fubar at all.

I use alll of those options regularly, although the AutoBar config I only use when a quest requires me to unhide my pet bar (I am a Mage btw).

Based on those mods listed, is there any way to adjust the memory that they use? Would a detailed list of the Mods that I do use be of more help?? As a FYI, I have over 1.5 gigs of Ram total on my machine with 256 of that dedicated to addons. Should I change that number?

To give you an idea of my instance load times:

I was in Shattered Halls last night. When we would wipe (and then have to go back in) or when we ran out, I was a good 5-10 seconds behind everyone getting back into the instance. Before Cat went defunct, I was able to load actually faster than almost everyone else in our 40man MC Raid group.

I greatly appreciate the fast responses to my thread. I am glad that I have found a few folks so willing to help me in my cause.


Thanks in advance (again) for your thoughts and replies.

[Dreadlorde]

but ace addons DO use less memory during gameplay.

[Rigorous]

1. you say you have 256mb dedicated to addons, i seem to remember reading somewhere that WoW won't exceed something like 74mb, regardless of what you "assign" to them in your addons section. i might suggest setting that number to 0mb to let the client automatically manage your addon memory.

2. as was stated, Ace mods may increase your initial load times, but any extraneous/duplicate libraries that are loaded will be unloaded on the first garbage collection. i run an almost entirely Ace2 interface that is far more fully featured than any interface i've had befrore (all of my own design made from various mods) and i average around slightly more than half of the memory of my last (pre 2.0) interface.

3. you gave a short list of Ace2 addons, if those are not your only addons, i suggest looking for Ace2-based addons which are comparable to whatever other addons your using. i'd bet you have better overall performance and less memory usage than you have now.

[Seerah]

Originally Posted by Rigorous 1. you say you have 256mb dedicated to addons, i seem to remember reading somewhere that WoW won't exceed something like 74mb, regardless of what you "assign" to them in your addons section. i might suggest setting that number to 0mb to let the client automatically manage your addon memory.

I have had my memory set to 130 in the past and it used to max out and freeze up the game for a few seconds every now and then. That's when I ditched auctioneer, bottom scanner, and a whole bunch of other addons and switched to a lot of Ace2 stuff.


(EDIT: woot! 100th post :P )

[DunedainKilrog]

1. you say you have 256mb dedicated to addons, i seem to remember reading somewhere that WoW won't exceed something like 74mb, regardless of what you "assign" to them in your addons section. i might suggest setting that number to 0mb to let the client automatically manage your addon memory.

I would like to see that post about the memory and WoW. I have also set it to 0 and WoW promptly ate every last byte of memory that I had and never let go. Unfortunately, that is not an option.

2. as was stated, Ace mods may increase your initial load times, but any extraneous/duplicate libraries that are loaded will be unloaded on the first garbage collection. i run an almost entirely Ace2 interface that is far more fully featured than any interface i've had befrore (all of my own design made from various mods) and i average around slightly more than half of the memory of my last (pre 2.0) interface.

My issue is not with the initial load time. It is with every subsequent load of the same instance. I too, run a very select group of addons. My pre 2.0 mods never had this problem, and there is no reason that I should have it now.

3. you gave a short list of Ace2 addons, if those are not your only addons, i suggest looking for Ace2-based addons which are comparable to whatever other addons your using. i'd bet you have better overall performance and less memory usage than you have now.

While in theory, that might be useful for others, it will not work in my case. I use VERY specific addons for very specific functions. Ace2 addons do not have all of the built in features that some of the addons that I do use, thusly making it so that I would have to use 6-7 addons from Ace2 to equal 1 addon that I use now.

I can not see how, without knowing exactly what addons I run, you can make the assumption about my memory and performance. Without any data posted from you and myself, there can be no reliable comparison.

I am not trying to be a newb asshat here, but there are some issues of logic that do not add up to some of your conclusions.

Again, let me say this. I do greatly appreciate your replies. To me, they lead to just more questions at this point than answers. If you would agree to it, I am more than willing to post my entire addon list if you would do the same. That way, when you explain something to me about this.that, or the other thing, I can visually see what you are talking about and that will increase my ability to soak this all in much faster and enable me to make the fixes that I need to.



Once again,

Thanks in advance!


Edit: One last thing. My original question has still gone unanswered. Is there a mod or are there several mods that function like Catalyst with the sole respective purpose of decreasing zone into instance and straight zone times. Based on what I just said and all of us having the knowledge that Cat has NOT worked since the 1.11 patch, I ask that people refrain from making any comments about that fact as we all know of this fact. My original question deals with a completely different focus, that being: Is there a mod or mods that act like Cat, yet actually work for TBC. I am not interested in starting a debate here about RAM for addons or you run too many, or you need to run these instead of what you do run. We can leave that debate for another day and thread.


Again,

All respects,

Dunedain