Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: AAolds on July 01, 2008, 10:28:00 PM
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My computer can no longer handle this game or the game has some serious issues affecting FR. Regardless, my frame rate is constant crap and I am not having much fun as a result of it, thus I have decided to stop playing until I can afford new computer or whatever issues in the game making FR drop are solved.
To my AA bruthas n sistahs, its been a real blast flying and tanking with you all. I got many of your #s and ill be in touch and Ill still drop by here on a regular basis. I just wont be an active player till issues get fixed.
Have fun everybody.
Im gonna delete the game in the meantime.
I hearby resign my Rank as XOII of the AAs and pass those duties along to AARecon. Give em hell bro.
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:salute :salute :salute :salute :salute :salute
AAolds your always welcomed in Bish-land :)
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:salute TY Bro. I hope to not be gone too long. Take care.
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Always a pleasure flyin and dyin with ya Olds
See ya soon
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:salute
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OLDS!! Dont quit!!! Will steal one of the 2 weeker's computers and get ya up and running!
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I am so sorry to hear this olds. I will miss you so much sir and i bet the AH community will too! <Salute>
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:salute Sorry to hear this AAOlds - get yer bellybutton back as soon as yer can mate - its been a blast flying and dying with and against you
Wurzel
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Sorry to see you drop out always have had fun fighting you. Come back soon.
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I don't remember seeing much in the tech support area of the boards about your problems ( could be old age on my part :D ) post what you have, and what settings your using in the game, and maybe you can get some help. Some people have extra parts laying around and are willing to part with them for the cost of shipping. There are a number of tweaks you can do to get even a weak computer playable. What have you got to loose?
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:salute AAOlds, hope you find a solution soon....
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Come on Olds, let's fix that machine! :D
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Sorry to hear that olds was fun fighting with you and against you. Hope you come back soon.
:salute<S> AAolds!
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Later bro :salute. I'll be returning to AH in August sadly so I still have 2 months till i can reign madness in my 109 again. Anyway you have my mailing address to my academy so don't be a stranger now, I'll see you around sir!
:salute
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Have a good hiatus.
One less person to kick my arse in the meantime. :aok
Seriously, I hope to see ya soon.
:salute
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:salute Olds, fun flying with and against ya.
Course I have plenty of old Pc parts that run AH great (PSU/RAM/GPU possible COPU/Mobo) We can get that Pc up and running in no time.
-Xcelsior
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I played until March on a PIII 600 with 512 Mb RAM and a 64 Mb video card at 15-25 fps. Post your rig specs in tech support or in the Hardware and Software Forum. Almost any computer can run AH.
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Hi Olds,
I was having similar issues as late as June 30... My framerate had slowed to 10-15 FPS and I was CONSTANTLY getting disco'd and having lockups and CTDT problems. I thought it couldn't possibly be my machine or ISP and blamed HTCs equipment.
(As it turns out, I owe HTC a public apology for a scathing forum thread and several sarcastic posts)!
I tried uninstalling the game and reinstalling it, tweaking my system settings, and reinstalling/upgrading my graphic and sound drivers, all without fixing the gameplay issues that were making Aces High unplayable on my machine. I play on a year old high end HP laptop with Windows Vista Home, connecting via DSL.
I was desperate so I backed up my files (including the gunsights and sounds folders from Aces High) and wrote down my AH login and password. I then restored my system to the original factory image. I did have to reinstall AH and re do the settings I use in game once my machine was back "up".
THE RESULT: amazing! No more disco's, no more CTDTs and a 50-60 Frame Rate!! and my computer performs like the day I unpacked it!!
Olds if you use a Vista or XP machine you might want to try system restore and restore your machine to a date prior to having your problems. If that fails you could reinstall windows like I just did. Don't fail to back up your files BEFORE you use system restore or reinstalling windows. Having fought against you and winged with you, giving up easily doesn't seem like "you" my friend. Using the same fix I did will take a few hours, but it was worth it IMHO. System Restore is quicker. Don't resign so quickly... If I was the AAs CO, I would NOT accept your resignation until you have exhausted efforts to resolve your problem. Your problem sounds like a software or system resource issue to me... Don't spend the dough on a new machine (yet) particularly if it is less than 3 years old until you have at least tried to "fix" it. Feel free to PM me if you need (or want) my help.
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As Maj said try fixing that PC of yours! If you have a system the can use PCI-E x16 or if you want more ram (PC-3200) or if you have a Socket 939 Board and a CPU older than AMD Athlon 3500+, i got some spare parts, and i can pay for shipping. You can't just give up, be less fun without ya :cry.
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"bruthas n sistas"
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:rolleyes:
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You'll be missed Olds. My advice is to break out a credit card and run out and buy that gameing smoker youv had your eyes on.
Life is short. After a week gone due to wife ack I told my wife "good luck finding another employed man" and signed back up, after having lost thousands of perks.
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The computer I play on is my Step-Dads and it is provided thru his work, so I can't just go and make adjustments to his machine---as much as I'd like too. Ive suggested wiping the machine of old data and letting it get a fresh start. The machine is always on high idle and we cant for the life of us figure out why. My plan is to get my own computer and end this matter once and for all----once I can squirrel away that kind of $$$.
My personal life is a total mess in financial terms at present, I have an 84 Camaro and a PoS, rifles and pistols, bills (lots of them) and other things demanding my time and money right now. In short, I got a lot of crap I must solve first before I can buy myself of new computer.
How do I do a diagnostic test of the computer to determine how it is running and what parts may be bad?
Thank you all for you time and insights. I hope to not be gone too long as this is my favorite game to play. Its has the best players!
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No need to pay for parts Olds, I'm sure we could round up all the parts you'd need :D. Course the personal stuff needs more attention, Good luck :aok.
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If I find out that it is parts on the computer causing the trouble, I shall certainly post them up here.
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You're one of the good ones sir!!!
We'll fight again soon!
:salute
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Sorry to see you leaving. Hope to see you again soon!
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:salute one of r squadies also was outdate with the last patch. he had a old system he's still currently looking to replace as soon a he can afford it it looks like 350 -400 $ will do os save up and we'll c yo later <S>
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Olds, try the easiest stuff first.
If not already installed, go to downloads.com and D/L and install an anti-virus program (like AVG Free edition) and a spyware scanner/remover (there are several free ones).
Do a spyware/adware/virus scan.
Next, run Scandisc (in programs/accessories/system tools) then run disc clean-up in the same location.
Go to My Computer/C Drive/Windows/Temp. Delete anything remaining in the Temp folder.
Open Internet explorer and click Tools/Internet Options then delete cookies, delete files and clear history.
Go back to programs/accessories/system tools and run disc defragmenter on all hard drives.
Click Start/Run. Type in msconfig. Click the start menu tab and close anything that's not needed (you might have to do some web-searches to know what's safe to turn off).
Open any anti-virus, anti-spyware programs and shut them off.
Go try the game. At least now the system is clean and if you still have problems it's likely in the hardware or it's a specific software conflict.
Good luck.
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See ya when you get back, Olds.
<S>!
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Virus and spyware checks are complete and solved. Using McAfee and Search&Destroy.
I've done all the mundane things I can do to make the computer happy such as the options available thru Windows System Tools for XP. I also cleared out the web browser of all cookies and related items.
What failing hardware component would make a computer idle on high all the time?
Overall, I just want to get a new computer rather than deal with this PoS.
One of my squaddies plays on laptop and im wondering if I can make a dedicated laptop to play the game and what such would cost, then I could play on the move or would a PC be a better choice?
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Try this its free gives a decent report of your computer and you dont have to create an account.
http://www.pcpitstop.com/betapit/default.asp
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Ill hit that link, thanks!
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A laptop built for gaming is going to run you more than 50% more than what you pay for a desktop. If portability is that important to you, go for it, but if it ain't that big a deal stick to the desk top.
when you say "computer idle on high" what do you mean? Is the hard drive always spooled up? You might have a memory issue where the computer is hitting a "virtual memory" on the hard drive. Run the dxdiag and post the first third here (cut and paste the text file), also post what setting you use in the game, texture size and such.