Great way to get some community feedback
How is Game Engine Update Going? (Poll started: March 12, 2022)
How is Game Engine Update Going? poll details:
The Big Unity Game Engine Update appears to be a big win for most players, but it appears to be giving grief to some. We are working hard to solve these issues, but also hope to understand the current impact to folks. If everyone could answer this poll we will prioritize our efforts where most folks affected.
#1) Update improved performance, All good!:


(46 votes / 20%)
#2) Update working fine, but no noticeable improvements.:


(76 votes / 33%)
#3) Update still has minor glitches, but nothing critical.:


(55 votes / 24%)
#4) I'm having Input problems, even after attempting to reset all bindings.:


(9 votes / 4%)
#5) Game is crashing quite often.:


(14 votes / 6%)
#6) A different serious glitch which i will summarize in comment.:


(13 votes / 6%)
COMMENTS: (names left off to let the ideas speak for themselves) Please only comment if you are adding something (don't just repeat your vote)
some jittery animations and no improvement in fps - if anything its worse. (Mac) (voted:3 pid:151)
needing to double click to open some menus, occasionally having jittery animation especially in clubs, (voted:3 pid:245)
Amazing performance boost. Went from ~50% CPU usage to ~15%. Party Invite text is squished but perfect otherwise! (voted:1 pid:260)
A+ performance improvement, has minor glitches that need ironed, especially text formatting. (Windows user) (voted:3 pid:341)
Improved FPS, haven't noticed any problems as yet. (voted:1 pid:515)
and then there's Warband (voted:0 pid:605)
my game is laggier than it was before - scrolling is painfully slow & typing is laggy. (voted:3 pid:612)
Everything else is better but disconnects frequently (voted:5 pid:747)
still getting booted, off game.. (voted:2 pid:784)
FPS is still awful. I don't notice a difference in performance (voted:2 pid:1452)
Update: Followed fix instructions, uninstall - reinstall reset cruise - works now (voted:4 pid:1463)
The game sometimes kicks me out and refuses to load back in for hours. It just continues to crash. (voted:6 pid:1527)
Try to load but keep getting HI3 quit unexpectedly window from Apple Mac, will only load from patcher (voted:4 pid:1744)
Crashing more and lagging more than before the update. Shame since we put money into this game. (Windows) (voted:5 pid:2025)
Double clicking on everything. Very laggy. (voted:6 pid:2547)
Sometimes I have to double click the keys in the wake up banner, or double click the mouse to hide chat (voted:3 pid:2647)
having major issues with turning, trackpad usage, and messages for some reason in addition to lag (voted:6 pid:2822)
Update: the cruise control seems to be what is causing the hiccup with not being able to move upon login. (voted:2 pid:3015)
There are times i cant move my horse nor change chats, I'm also running a looot slower and can only play on lowest now (voted:0 pid:3715)
It seems to be boosted, but If i get on for even a few minutes I start getting really sick to my stomach. (voted:2 pid:3836)
Have to run patcher before being able to boot up game. (Mac) (voted:0 pid:3845)
Can’t start the game it crash (Mac) (voted:4 pid:4404)
im having issues of the supers closing when i go to other things outside of the game , never did it before tho (voted:2 pid:4660)
No preformance improvement, key bindings messed up, fps same if not lower (Linux) (voted:0 pid:5193)
Cant multi-click + crashing occasionally. (voted:4 pid:5307)
Having a lot more lag in UI than I used to and I've noticed a lot of textboxes are squished (voted:0 pid:5802)
Jerky/bumpy visuals moving curser around in 1st person. Making me nauseous unfortunately. Never happened before. (voted:3 pid:6312)
Frequent crashing when trying to open game on searching for updates screen (never happened before), lag when clicking things (voted:6 pid:6373)
Clicking on anything does not work for over 90% of my attempts. Makes accomplishing anything in game virtually impossible (voted:6 pid:6375)
Working fine but I have more lag now than I did before (voted:2 pid:7099)
Insane lag, clicks aren't registering, trackpad is messed up and makes it difficult to navigate. Gliding is impossible now. (voted:6 pid:7660)
every time I click esc it adds a space/invisible character in chat (voted:6 pid:12050)
FPS keeps fluxuating even when im standing completely still and not around anyone/anything else. (voted:2 pid:12146)
Game disconnecting from my keyboard and mouse and making my horse run in circles or be unable to slow down. (voted:0 pid:12407)
Worse than before- Slow loading and worse lag (voted:0 pid:14202)
Zooming out into 3rd person tends to be jerky. Glider control with mouse is stiff so more difficult. (voted:2 pid:17385)
I have lag now, never had it before. So hard to do comps when it gets jumpy and kinda glitchy. (voted:6 pid:23728)
issues with text & pages (%fixpages not resolving), plus glitchy art kit (voted:6 pid:25426)
lots of crashing, warning or not, especially during comps (voted:5 pid:27282)
My game has worse lagg than before the update. (voted:0 pid:28774)
In 1st POV the screen gets very jerky/bumpy when I move, also sometimes continue/start to move on it’s own + slow scrolling (voted:6 pid:29041)
sometimes I only click once but it acts like I double-clicked (only since the update) (voted:3 pid:32877)
FPS has actully dropped in heavy populated areas and clubs (voted:3 pid:34255)
Chats/game buttons laggy with 2-3min server response time & DCing then getting stuck in 'loading yourself' screen upon relog (voted:0 pid:35844)
I have noticed the past few days I crash during the night time, even more so during the mane event. Otherwise its been fine. (voted:5 pid:36314)
Hello! i would like for you to add improved realistic animations and stuff and maybe a riding arena :) (voted:0 pid:37973)
Game stopped running completely(Mac), still showing "HI3 quit unexpectedly". (voted:6 pid:39567)
random space in the text bar that doesn't go away and makes recanting difficult <3 (voted:3 pid:41593)
frequent crashes when attempting to view profiles of other users horses (voted:5 pid:43166)
#2 (voted:0 pid:43643)
can't download (voted:0 pid:44681)
I can't log on because the game file doesn't run. (voted:0 pid:44746)
I am having serious glitches, but maybe it is just my old laptop... (voted:0 pid:53808)
Can not use my glider all I do is crash (voted:0 pid:59540)
The Big Unity Game Engine Update appears to be a big win for most players, but it appears to be giving grief to some. We are working hard to solve these issues, but also hope to understand the current impact to folks. If everyone could answer this poll we will prioritize our efforts where most folks affected.
#1) Update improved performance, All good!:
#2) Update working fine, but no noticeable improvements.:
#3) Update still has minor glitches, but nothing critical.:
#4) I'm having Input problems, even after attempting to reset all bindings.:
#5) Game is crashing quite often.:
#6) A different serious glitch which i will summarize in comment.:
COMMENTS: (names left off to let the ideas speak for themselves) Please only comment if you are adding something (don't just repeat your vote)
(Votes are tied to your player account, voting again will change your vote, not add another)
Previous Poll Results:
March 12, 2022: How is Game Engine Update Going?
January 27, 2022: Club Record Playing?
January 28, 2021: Gypsy Vanner Possible Renaming
July 14, 2020: Horse Barbers
May 13, 2020: Recent Horse Terrain Fix
March 12, 2020: Our Next Big Picture Devel Focus
February 29, 2020: Our Next Devel Focus
December 22, 2019: Max Horse System
December 12, 2019: Player Stat Balance
December 11, 2019: Changing Club Village Names?
December 1, 2019: Holiday Trees?
November 19, 2019: Our Next Devel Focus
November 3, 2019: Referral Program?
October 21, 2019: Our Next Devel Focus
October 1, 2019: Start of October's Devel Focus
September 11, 2019: Next Devel Focus
August 26, 2019: Next Devel Focus?
August 15, 2019: Live Soon?
August 1, 2019: Breeding Changes Compromise
August 1, 2019: HI3 Breeding Re-Poll
July 31, 2019: Breeding LifeCycle
July 24, 2019: HI3 3rd Person Camera
July 17, 2019: Mending Fences
June 7, 2019: Horse Model/Genetics Feedback
June 1, 2019: HI3 World Final Review
May 23, 2019: New Poll System
