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Slow Game Performance
Shadowgate:
I've done some searches and tried a few different things to fix this issue but nothing seems to help.
On multiplayer games where several buildings have been built, my game slows almost to a halt. I seem to be the only person on the server having an issue as well.
My system is pretty high-end as well so it should be able to handle Blockland without any slowdowns.
I have an AMD dual core 5000, and a Geforce 8800 GTS on Windows Vista w/2gb ram.
I've tried reducing all the quality settings to the minimums and turning off as many features as possible but it makes little to no difference.
I've also installed the AMD dual core fix with no luck.
Any help would be appreciated as it's almost impossible to play on many of the multiplayer servers.
Thanks in advance!
-=>RR<=-MasterCE:
Sometimes people just lag. Sometimes I'd be lagging and no one else would be, then It'd stop and someone else would be. Does it happen ALL the time for you?
TheCannon187:
Vista has built in support for dual core processors, installing the AMD fix that is meant to be used on older systems on Vista is asking for crashes.
Here are some suggestions:
- Download and install the manufacturer's drivers for your video, audio, and network hardware, and make sure they are fully up to date and remove any drivers that you are going to replace first to ensure the registry is clean.
- Set all of the video, audio, and network options to default.
- Make sure to turn off any applications that eat away at your RAM, such as BitComet, Firefox, or Windows Defender (which fully scans your computer for viruses on startup, by default, Ctrl+Alt+Del, then click Task Manager, and go to the Processes tab, and close MSASCUI.exe if it is using over 20000k of memory, this program and others like it are HDD access intensive).
- Make sure you aren't using all of your bandwidth on other programs
- Make sure you have high-speed internet, though it is optional, dial up and Blockland aren't the best of friends.
More complicated and expensive fixes might be:
- Make sure that your RAM and Motherboard run at the same bus speeds, using a slow motherboard with fast memory will reduce your performance, I bought my computer for $1500 (CDN) with 667MHZ DDR2 RAM and when I loaded Bf2, it lagged with similar results, make sure that all of your hardware is compatible with your motherboard. It sounds like you recently bought your computer, so if you are able you should take it to a shop and make sure that the parts will work well with your motherboard. This kind of mixup can happen if you order the parts without carefully going over the specs and building the computer yourself, like I did.
Space Guy:
Doesn't the AMD 'fix' just slow the game down by half as it used to run too fast? Installing it to fix a slow game will just break it even more!
Shadowgate:
--- Quote from: -=>RR<=-MasterCE on May 26, 2007, 09:09:41 PM ---Sometimes people just lag. Sometimes I'd be lagging and no one else would be, then It'd stop and someone else would be. Does it happen ALL the time for you?
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Its not lag its defintely a FPS issue that only happens when I look at big buildings that have a lot going on in them.