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Title: Hatshepsut and Blue Planet 2 Lag
Post by: Marcov on April 05, 2011, 05:02:01 am

The problem is, whenever my ship view the Hattie, the game lags a lot.

Same goes for Blue Planet: War in Heaven. I know I already brought this up, but can anyone give a direct, immediate solution?

Thanks.

Title: Re: Hatshepsut and Blue Planet 2 Lag
Post by: The E on April 05, 2011, 05:04:13 am

Buy a better GPU. Don't use the advanced texture packs.

Hint: Without knowing what your hardware specs are, we can't tell you where your bottlenecks are, or how to fix performance issues.

Title: Re: Hatshepsut and Blue Planet 2 Lag
Post by: Marcov on April 05, 2011, 05:14:35 am

I neither have the money nor a credit card to buy a GPU.

Therefore, there might be some specific way to configure my setting in order to reduce the lag.

Anyway, the Device Adapter: Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family.

Title: Re: Hatshepsut and Blue Planet 2 Lag
Post by: QuantumDelta on April 05, 2011, 05:17:10 am

System specs.

And drop the advanced textures.
He gave you two pieces of advice there, you ignored both, don't expect help if you ignore it when it's offered.

Title: Re: Hatshepsut and Blue Planet 2 Lag
Post by: Marcov on April 05, 2011, 05:22:47 am

I edited my post and placed the Specs.

Also, how do you switch off the advanced textures?

Title: Re: Hatshepsut and Blue Planet 2 Lag
Post by: The E on April 05, 2011, 05:25:28 am

Do not use any vp with "advanced" in the name. And honestly, unless you're using a Laptop, a better GPU can be purchased for what? Less than 50€/USD? They're not that expensive.

Title: Re: Hatshepsut and Blue Planet 2 Lag
Post by: QuantumDelta on April 05, 2011, 05:26:34 am

Which is going to be your only realistic solution with that steaming pile of a GPU ;\

Title: Re: Hatshepsut and Blue Planet 2 Lag
Post by: Marcov on April 05, 2011, 05:30:28 am

Oops...yes, this is on a laptop. :(

Well, I'll try, and hopefully transferring FS into my computer will solve it (looks like my computer has a better graphics drive).

Title: Re: Hatshepsut and Blue Planet 2 Lag
Post by: Buckshee Rounds on April 06, 2011, 04:51:39 am

You can get a 9600GT for around 60-70$ on ebay or a 9800GTX for a wee bit more. They aren't new but they'll run FSO absolutely fine, even with Blue Planet's Karunas.

Title: Re: Hatshepsut and Blue Planet 2 Lag
Post by: The E on April 06, 2011, 04:54:19 am

Not going to help if you're using a Laptop though.

That being said, new Laptops with GPUs that offer sufficient performance for most stuff aren't that expensive either, given the massive strides AMD and Intel have made regarding integrated graphics. (Posting this from a 500€ Asus 17" lappy with a Radeon Mobile 5470)