I figured out a way to gain a ton more fps in Aces High when running under win2k. It's very easy:
Open notepad:
type this in EXACTLY
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echo off
Start /abovenormal aceshigh.exe
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(Note: for even more fps you can put "start /high aceshigh.exe" on the second line, but if you alt tab out windows will respond VERY SLOWLY.)
save this file, but there is a trick here. Save the file in your program files/HTC/aceshigh/ directory. Name the file "aceshigh.bat" MAKE SURE you use the quotes. (Either that or pick "all files" before saving, otherwise notepad will add a .txt extension)
All you have to do now is update your shortcut to start AH. Just right click it and pick properties. Pick the shortcut tab. In the target window you should see something like "c:\program files\HTC\Aces High\aceshigh.exe" All you have to do is change the last aceshigh.exe to aceshigh.bat (or whatever you named the file).
I picked up a good 5 fps going to abovenormal priority, and I would get even more going to high, the problem is that then RW doesn't get enough CPU cycles and can cause problems. The only drawback I see is that windows will be kinda slow if you alt tab out, since Aces High is now being given more RAM and CPU time.
(BTW: This trick works in all games or files.)
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bloom25
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[This message has been edited by bloom25 (edited 05-09-2001).]
