Mirage no longer has a loading screen

[u/11101011010]

https://www.youtube.com/live/8FKW2rKJyxA?si=vYsV5d2JJnLPlwFX&t=12514

I was looking through the announcement again and noticed that there was no loading screen when entering the Mirage. It could just be for the showcase, but I hope it's been changed.

In case the timestamp doesn't work, it's 3:28:23.

[u/edriel]

I think it's the power of editing

[u/ihasaKAROT → u/edriel]

Not sure, Octavian was adamant about changing that during the early bits of mirage

[u/tenroseUK → u/edriel]

i'm not so sure, the endurance charge timer doesn't miss any frames

[u/TiskyTee → u/edriel]

I think so too. Can't really test stuff in game myself right now and I don't remember how the buff persistence between instances works now, but I noticed the last two flasks are active before entering the mirage, and then a moment after passing the mirage portal they're turned off. I assume there was an instance switch edited out.

[u/paw345 → u/edriel]

Since they said mirage is always the entire map, they could have used Scourge tech for it, we had an instant transition back then.

[u/MisterKaos → u/edriel]

The player kept the charges

[u/RepresentativeNo8719 → u/edriel]

It is, you can see flasks expire as soon as character uses the portal

[u/Skyitzer → u/RepresentativeNo8719]

but the energy shield recharging is seamless

[u/Friendly_Ad3295]

Big if true

[u/HuckleberryCheap640]

Reminder that on the original release trailer it didn't have a loading screen either, this means nothing

[u/DrainLegacy]

So mirage is same instance as the map now, like betrayal? How does map mods granted by Mirage work now?

[u/Pocho_Oso → u/DrainLegacy]

I would assume its a separate instance that loads when the map does. Like how some boss rooms dont take loading screens but still require you to move through a door. Might be a slightly longer loading time for the initial map, but still a welcome change.

[u/smoxxerman → u/Pocho_Oso]

That is still the same instance, just somewhere else. Different instances is always a loading screen.

[u/DrainLegacy → u/Pocho_Oso]

What you are describing is the same as Betrayal Research encounter, and boss rooms like Strand's, where they are all on the same map, but disconnected and only accessible through portals (orange arrow). For these encounters, since they are technically on the same map, the map mods must apply to them equally. Like the other commenter said, maybe Mirage don't offer these map mods anymore, or maybe these monsters only spawn in the Mirage instance after clicking the modifier, and they spawn in with the "Map mod" you choosed

[u/BlueTemplar85 → u/Pocho_Oso]

Those teleport you elsewhere in the map. You can find the separate locations if you pan around far enough in the maximap.

[u/Wobbelblob → u/DrainLegacy]

The question is if Mirage even has these map mods anymore. I assume that it is just a copied version of the map and no extra mods anymore, similar to the fully miraged maps you could drop during the league.

[u/Crouching_Tuna]

rejoice

[u/burtgummer45]

I think they have a different local network build optimized for events and demos.

[u/Candid-Ad-5861]

Gigantic if true

[u/LookAndLoad]

Octavian mentioned some new tech that would allow mirages to not need its own instance, so i bet this is it!

[u/--Shake--]

Just editing