bug with teleport not showing incomming ports

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Not sure if this is lag based. but I've had many times lately where an incomming teleport doesnt give any inidcation (the little white swirls) even in at an intermediate skill level its kind of game destroying. it  can be hard to recover from the 1 or 2 deaths a game it can cause. It doesnt happen all that often. which makes me wonder if its something some people know how to do (like a system of canceling and immediately restarting the port) or if its lag based or what. anyway this is just an FYI hoping you can do something

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

i know sometimes i dont see them but most of the time if im not zoomed out too far it will show.

Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top
I know it only shows up as a vaguely blue spot on low graphics settings, instead of the really obvious lightning swirls. Also, like Dark River said, if you're zoomed out enough it doesn't show. I've never seen a time when someone is teleporting and there is no indication when zoomed in properly, though.
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Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

It's hard to see in low fidelty. If you're playing on 3v3 or 2v2 on Cataract, and not doing crazy battles with a lot of players and giants and stuff like that, they if you increase Level of Detail to 'Medium' and leave the rest on 'Low' you should be able to see it a lot better (Fidelity on 'Medium' may also be necassary, though I know that Texture Detail can remain 'Low' because that's how I have it set. I sometimes drop to 2 sim speed on 4+ matches, but only at the very end and 2 simspeed doesn't cause lag (though 0 does, and so it's pretty close)).

Reply #4 from Demigod Forums Top

i have all settings maxed out and rarly i share the observation that there is absolutly nothing to see that indicates a teleport-in. i'm not sure if this is related to a bigger zoom-out level but this happens from time to time.

Reply #5 from Demigod Forums Top

Being zoomed out too far makes lots of stuff disappear...

 

I like pysching people out with 'porting' in swirls that I later cancel after they start running letting my compatriot get the upper hand..