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Title: n00b willing to play FS2 - but performance issues on a new Computer!
Post by: luehmann on June 21, 2012, 05:47:19 am: Hi,

I'm willing to play this older game, because I need a bit more action as in X3...
After quite some trouble finding Freespace downloads, I think I've got what I need:

- GOG download version of Freespace 2
- OpenAL
- 3.6.12 SSE2
- Launcher

Working links were the Mirror links in http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=70692.0

On my Lenovo W500 notebook, it runs smoothly at 1920x1200 at max settings.
Problems on my Computer. It's a Core i7 2600k with NVidia GTX-570 video card. Well, whatever settings I choose, the game stutters. I found out it happens every time the ingame voices appear... Hmm I don't want to turn those off... I have no idea what to do. Can't be a loading problem because stuff is on an SSD. Anyway, every hard disk is faster than the one in my notebook... Both, Notebook and PC are running Win7pro x64.

Do you have an idea?
Title: Re: n00b willing to play FS2 - but performance issues on a new Computer!
Post by: MatthTheGeek on June 21, 2012, 05:52:18 am: All I can say is that it's a known issue. No idea if it's been mantised yet and/or if someone is looking into it.
Title: Re: n00b willing to play FS2 - but performance issues on a new Computer!
Post by: The_Force on June 21, 2012, 05:54:08 am: Try disabling Vsync in the launcher
Title: Re: n00b willing to play FS2 - but performance issues on a new Computer!
Post by: luehmann on June 21, 2012, 07:09:49 am: Quote from: The_Force on June 21, 2012, 05:54:08 am
Try disabling Vsync in the launcher
Doesn't change the stuttering when voice announcements come...
Hmmm, seems like I have to play it on my notebook then.
Title: Re: n00b willing to play FS2 - but performance issues on a new Computer!
Post by: Rodo on June 21, 2012, 07:14:28 am: It's a problem with the head anis, being worked on.

To reduce the intensity of the stuttering you can either : disable vsync or enable fsp indicator (under testing/debug tab IIRC).

EDIT: note that it will not remove the stuttering completely, just reduce it.
Title: Re: n00b willing to play FS2 - but performance issues on a new Computer!
Post by: luehmann on June 21, 2012, 07:20:17 am: Yeah, I noticed this thread: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=72924.0 where it's mentioned that FSO may stutter while doing head anim. Oh bad... It's pretty severe also without vsync, and non existent on my poorer specs notebook... Well it's ATI in that notebook but in my PC its nvidia.
Title: Re: n00b willing to play FS2 - but performance issues on a new Computer!
Post by: luehmann on June 21, 2012, 07:25:16 am: OK I can also turn the anim off. Because some threads indicate, its all pretty vague and hard to solve problem.
A loss of playing fun, but now it runs smoothly...
Title: Re: n00b willing to play FS2 - but performance issues on a new Computer!
Post by: peterc10 on June 21, 2012, 07:36:33 am: Disabling the head anis worked for me too, as said above it has been noted before.
Title: Re: n00b willing to play FS2 - but performance issues on a new Computer!
Post by: MatthTheGeek on June 21, 2012, 07:45:28 am: Just so you know, I confirm the issue has already been mantised (http://scp.indiegames.us/mantis/view.php?id=2417). So yes, the SCP know about it and it's on their list.