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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: NHawk on March 03, 2004, 08:45:26 AM
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While the automatic download if skins is nice, it does seem to affect frame rates.
How about making skin download an option from the hangar and/or tower? List available skins and let the user select the ones he wants. If he doesn't have a skin, the default is used on his machine.
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I doubt it effects frame rates. Why do you think it does?
HiTech
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HT I think that he could referring to this anomoly that is being discussed in another thread ... any ideas what is causing this ?
Originally posted by Waffle BAS
When I get to under d1000, about d600 of an enemy on initial merge...there's a game freeze/ stutter for a split second.
After the freeze all is fine.
I believe it has to do with skins being recognized or placed on my FE, or however they show-up to me on enemy planes...
It only happens when a new "skin" is introduced in combat and im d600 from it do I get the freeze.
After that plane "skin" shows up some time later, there is no freeze....
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Originally posted by hitech
I doubt it effects frame rates. Why do you think it does?
HiTech
I didn't think it would either, but when I went online while flying around with nobody else around frame rates were in the 20 to 25ish range until the downloads stopped. They then returned to 30-40ish range depending on what I was doing.
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winmodem?
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Originally posted by Furious
winmodem?
:rofl
Not hardly. 1Mb Up/Down DSL connection.
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Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 1 (2600.xpsp2.030422-1633)
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.53GHz
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 154MB used, 2306MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0b (4.09.0000.0902)
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (100Hz)
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.5303 (English)
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Originally posted by NHawk
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 1 (2600.xpsp2.030422-1633)
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.53GHz
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 154MB used, 2306MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0b (4.09.0000.0902)
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (100Hz)
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.5303 (English)
your getting that low frame rates with that setup?
first off get rid of those 53.03 drivers for that Ti 4600, those are for the newer nvidia cards and will actually take away from G4's performance.
45.23's are the highest you need for a Ti 4600 try that and I bet your frames will go up to the 60+ range
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Originally posted by JustJim
your getting that low frame rates with that setup?
What DXDIAG neglets to reflect is that I'm running in 1280 x 1024 mode in the game and that I have all of the sliders maxed out. :)
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Originally posted by NHawk
What DXDIAG neglets to reflect is that I'm running in 1280 x 1024 mode in the game and that I have all of the sliders maxed out. :)
Yeah so i run at 1600x1200 on a Geforce 4 Ti4400 w/sliders 80 to 90% and i get better frames than that.
BTW did you see what I mentioned about the drivers?
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I tried your theory and see no improvement in frame rate. The only thing I can figure is that you're running a patched version of the NV drivers and you have Vsync turned off for the artificial feeling of higher frame rates.
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nhawk..
chk this out:
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System Information
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Time of this report: 2/11/2004, 19:48:43
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Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.
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VDD:
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Registry: OK
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ok my FR's are only around 45-60 ... but still way higher than what you are describing.
my guess would be something else running in the background....
IF you stil get bad FR's going to the 41.09 drivers then something else is wrong.
the drivers higher than that are designed for the FX series cards... odd things happening with the Ti cards so Skuzzy says.
btw i keep my top slider in AHII (forgot which is which) at about 70% and the bottom one about 60%
great looking game for me, and i have to upgrade DirectX yet.
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Originally posted by NHawk
I tried your theory and see no improvement in frame rate. The only thing I can figure is that you're running a patched version of the NV drivers and you have Vsync turned off for the artificial feeling of higher frame rates.
From what I and many have seen Resolution doesnt seem to effect frame rates very much.
Well don't know what to tell you but here it goes.
(http://home.comcast.net/~jim_ferreira/wsb/media/141146/site1067.jpg)
and cool just noticed new p51 file sweet
(http://home.comcast.net/~jim_ferreira/wsb/media/141146/site1068.jpg)
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And Also.
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System Information
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Time of this report: 3/5/2004, 04:35:29
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
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Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.
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Interesting, at those exact same settings I get a triangle count that's over 10,000 :X
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its GOTTA be the moniter holding me back grrr..
i got an equivelent system of jim.. but i dont come close to touching those FR's
if i put the sliders and chk boses that high i'd be in the low 20's
yeah i know windoze XP sucks.
maybe i shoud upgrade directX?
scared to... sound card gave me windoze install problems (because it has a gameport i suspect). all the problems i had were the day after all the "updates" like directX and such.
only problem is if i upgrade i cant go back. that SUUCKS!!!