[DeepSpace9er]

I just got around to reinstalling the latest SCP and the SCP Upgrades to freespace since getting a new computer. Im extremely impressed with everything. All except the older models, it looks like a brand new game. But for some odd reason, which i havent been able to figure out yet, its running like crap on my computer. My computer is no pushover either: 2.4 C2D, 2GB RAM, 8800GTX, Windows Vista (which might be the problem but unlikely)

It runs with a skipping frame-rate, like it runs real smooth than it hoses down when i turn the ship. It makes it virtually unplayable. Maybe im posting this in the wrong forum but has anyone else had this particular problem?

(Also the only options for weapons are tempests, HL-7 and Prometheus-R but i think thats because i need to make a new profile or restart the campaign that i was in the middle of before copying the files.)

[takashi]

i doubt im right...but:

vista has no good openGL drivers. uninstall the mediaVp's and run in D3D mode. hope you enjoy your copy of retail fs2!

or do what everyone else says and run under XP.

[Herra Tohtori]

I doubt that the MediaVP's would have any difference in how the game runs in D3D mode, other than using the retail graphichs in FS2_Open engine...

Have you disabled Aero, if it is available on your Vista version?

You have Core 2 Duo... I have a memory of people having problems with dual-core processors, but I don't remember how it was solved. Perhaps something related to setting processor affinity or stuff like that.


You could also configure a dual-boot system of Vista and a Linux distribution of your choice, and run FS2_Open on Linux... But I think that would be like killing flies with artillery.

[DeepSpace9er]

Aero disables itself when it runs into programs incompatible with it. Yes i did run in D3D. At first the launcher wouldnt run because of some .dll file  that was screwed up, but after i fixed that problem it launched. The problem seems to fix itself after a few minutes and finally starts running smooth with no frame drop. Hmm..

[WMCoolmon]

I read somewhere on the forums that Aero doesn't disable itself when you enter into OpenGL mode (So it's still running concurrently).

So I echo Herra when he asks whether you've disabled Aero?

EDIT: The other thread

[achtung]

Vista Drivers suck.

[Huggybaby]

I'm not sure about Vista, but I have a dual-core affinity and priority fix that works like magic in some cases. There's a readme included.

Hmm, I just found two GUI versions too (linked from this page). They don't appear to change priority though.
http://www.geocities.com/edgemeal_software/SetAffinity/index.htm or
http://www.geocities.com/edgemeal_software/LnS/Index.htm

[Dazza8082]

i have the same card and am using 101.42 beta drivers, works "ok" for me, i dont expereince the slow down that you are but OpenGL drivers do have a lot more improvments to be made!

Main difference is that i have only a 3.4GHz single core CPU, an possibly a slightly newer driver, one word of warning for the betas, it actually has quite a lot of bugs just now, Doom3 wont work for me at all with them!

[DeepSpace9er]

I wont install beta drivers after i had to reformat my computer after trying to go from the pre-release beta to release drivers before the 100 version drivers were officially released. But i wasnt running in OpenGL mode.

[Huggybaby]

Did you try the affinity fix yet?

[jr2]

I wont install beta drivers after i had to reformat my computer after trying to go from the pre-release beta to release drivers before the 100 version drivers were officially released. But i wasnt running in OpenGL mode.

If those were nVidia drivers, did you uninstall the old ones first?  I'm pretty sure almost all graphics drivers ask you to uninstall the old ones first.  Drives me insane, because then winDOwS wants to stuff its own drivers down your throat when it restarts.

[DeepSpace9er]

going to try to affinity fix today and see how it goes.