The dirty little secret

[glacey145]

In graphics terms I see no useful improvement with AH2. things look much the same to me. I'd be more than happy to revert to AH1. WB became awful once they fiddled the graphics with WB3...looks like a similar route.

[WilldCrd]

using your Parents old puter to play AH2 cause your took a lightning hit-free
slapping in a nvidia fx5200 to play-$60
Being able to play on a pIII 866mghz with 384mb ram and a fx5200 vid card and getting an average of 40-50fps- priceless


Saving up for that monster system-eternity

[Zippatuh]

Originally posted by Nwbie
Shane,
Could you list out the processes you have left running?
I have it down to 22, I thought that was good, but you just freaked me out. I didn't think I could turn anymore off.

I am assuming you are running WinXP Home

Thanks

NwBie

Newbie,

You can do it yourself, just look for my earlier post and grab the ZIP file with all of the startups, including XP.

Run “msconfig” and hit the startup tab.  Then search through the document for what the processes are and uncheck what you don’t need at runtime.

[TracerX]

Hey everyone, I am not sure if this helps, but I used to have problems with the frame rates freezing, and I noticed it happened every time a new sound was being played, IE: guns firing, landing gear and flaps deployed.  My sound card is built into the Motherboard, and the latest drivers did not help, so I found an old PCI sound card and installed it, and I have had no problems since.

Good Luck

[TweetyBird]

If you have the time Tracer, you should post the before and after results on the system questionare in the AH2 bug report group. With the specific changes you made (drivers, motherboard, etc.), it might help HTC.  There seems to be two sources of the stutters, and one is sound related.

[Fruda]

My older PC is a custom-built from a few years back. It's the SDRAM.

[Shane]

Originally posted by Nwbie
Shane,
Could you list out the processes you have left running?
I have it down to 22, I thought that was good, but you just freaked me out. I didn't think I could turn anymore off.
I am assuming you are running WinXP Home

XP Pro

Startup processes




After killing process I don't neeeeeeeed running for what i'm doing, this is what's left. Don't forget to account for the task manager and mspaint that would normally be closed.

[BUG_EAF322]

get enditall

only a few freeware site left

i get easily to 18 processes
14 when i disable the antivirus scanner

[Kev367th]

After getting loads CTD etc I decided to try something.
Originally I had the AH2.0 exe installed plus the 5 patches.

a) Uninstalled AH2 deleted folders etc that were left behind ( so uninstall is a little fugged ).
b) Downloaded the latest AH2 exe v2.5 (all in one).
c) Installed it.

Played for way over 12hrs now without one CTD or any major probs. Stutters will vanish once I have all skins again.

Next step is to install Mitsu's sounds again . If CTDs start up again, guess we may have found the culprit. If the CTD's don't return, culprit is original AH2.0 exe plus the 5 patches.