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Offline caldera

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1 second screen freezes
« on: August 20, 2025, 05:08:56 AM »
Been getting these almost every sortie since coming back to the game in May.  Using the same computer from six years ago, but with a smaller, less demanding monitor.  Just cleaned the dust out of the case, to no effect.

Frame rate is 59.  Most graphics settings are off or at minimum.  Turning it all off made no difference.  in 2019, most settings were maxed.

Other skins and download of skins is off.

Seems to be more frequent over water.  Happens most often right at the point I have a shot on somebody.
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Re: 1 second screen freezes
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2025, 06:52:22 AM »
If you’re not using VR Try using the DX9 version exe.
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Re: 1 second screen freezes
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2025, 07:54:07 AM »
Yes try the DX9 version of the game, there are 2 ways to do it.

  • Navigate to "C:\Hitech Creations\Aces High III" if the game is in the default folder. Scroll down to "aceshigh9.exe", right click and select "create a desktop icon" and drop it on your desktop. Use that icon to start the game.
  • Right click the desktop icon and click on "properties". In the "target" box highlight the "11" and change it to "9" and hit "apply" button in the lower left of that window. When you use the desktop icon now it will open the DX9 version of the game.

There is a conflict with the game and DX11 for some people, and always has been. By using the DX9 version of the game its a work around that just forces the game to use the DX9 in windows. Graphic wise you dont lose anything.

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Re: 1 second screen freezes
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2025, 02:57:47 PM »
I've been having the same issue for probably close to a year now.

I have been using the DX9 version for several years, ever since the original micro stutter issue. Which the DX9 version did resolve for me. This screen freeze is something different.

My current system is all AMD, but I was having the issue with my previous system that was an Intel cpu, AMD gpu. I don't believe that the problem is associated with brand of cpu/gpu as one of my squadies has the same issue and I believe he is running an Intel/Nvidia combination.

My frame rates are steady, my connection is solid. This happens in both win10, and 11. Personally I think it has something to do with one of the windows updates that occurred around the time that these freezes started, but I have no proof that is the case. Just a hunch, or habit of blaming windows for unexplained issues.

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Re: 1 second screen freezes
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2025, 07:50:56 PM »
Yes try the DX9 version of the game, there are 2 ways to do it.

  • Navigate to "C:\Hitech Creations\Aces High III" if the game is in the default folder. Scroll down to "aceshigh9.exe", right click and select "create a desktop icon" and drop it on your desktop. Use that icon to start the game.
  • Right click the desktop icon and click on "properties". In the "target" box highlight the "11" and change it to "9" and hit "apply" button in the lower left of that window. When you use the desktop icon now it will open the DX9 version of the game.

There is a conflict with the game and DX11 for some people, and always has been. By using the DX9 version of the game its a work around that just forces the game to use the DX9 in windows. Graphic wise you dont lose anything.

I tried method #2 and it seems to have worked.  Thanks!   :cheers:

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A new issue now occurs, in which the screen freezes permanently when trying to exit the arena.  Have to alt f4 or ctrl/alt/del to get out. 
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Re: 1 second screen freezes
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2025, 10:28:16 PM »
I tried method #2 and it seems to have worked.  Thanks!   :cheers:

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A new issue now occurs, in which the screen freezes permanently when trying to exit the arena.  Have to alt f4 or ctrl/alt/del to get out.

I get that on some of the maps even with DX11

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Re: 1 second screen freezes
« Reply #6 on: Yesterday at 11:27:05 AM »
A new issue now occurs, in which the screen freezes permanently when trying to exit the arena.  Have to alt f4 or ctrl/alt/del to get out.

I've had that issue for a very long time, never found a fix, but my work-a-round for it is just to hit the windows button on the keyboard, hold the mouse over AH on the task bar and right click for the drop down menu then click on the "close window" option. That's not ideal, but the quickest way out that I've found.

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Re: 1 second screen freezes
« Reply #7 on: Yesterday at 02:23:05 PM »
A lot this may be associated with the tree program.  Trees can add a lot of load. 

Going back about a year in gpu drivers might help on nividia
Another new but common among players is GVs slowing down for no apparent reason.

Iracing put a lot of effort into solving this problem for most players..

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Re: 1 second screen freezes
« Reply #8 on: Today at 06:17:40 AM »
DX9 solved that problem for sure.  Did not have one screen freeze in hours of flying last night.   :aok
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Re: 1 second screen freezes
« Reply #9 on: Today at 06:19:49 AM »
A lot this may be associated with the tree program.  Trees can add a lot of load. 

Going back about a year in gpu drivers might help on nividia
Another new but common among players is GVs slowing down for no apparent reason.

Iracing put a lot of effort into solving this problem for most players..

Maybe this could be tested with a treeless map..

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Re: 1 second screen freezes
« Reply #10 on: Today at 09:12:04 AM »
A lot this may be associated with the tree program.  Trees can add a lot of load. 

Going back about a year in gpu drivers might help on nividia
Another new but common among players is GVs slowing down for no apparent reason.

Iracing put a lot of effort into solving this problem for most players..

I know nothing of how this game is set up but the mention of 'Trees can add a lot of load' by Randy1 sparked a memory for me. A program I used to manage for terrain avoidance got a infusion of data from the STS program and it tanked performance until I did a big time reindexing of the database. Any chance something like a reindex of the data might help with the freezes, providing trees ans such are held in somekind of database table.
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