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Offline nucas

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intermittent fs2 combat stuttering
i see no better a place to ask, so it may as well be here, i am supposing.

i installed a new motherboard, cpu and a couple of hard drives recently, the old one hatefully discarded and cast out into the world through the veils of pain and fire.

ive just been getting back on my feet data wise and felt it was time for some fs2. it runs as well as it ever has at 1024x768x32, but simply, just.. stutters, and skips occasionally in combat. not constantly, but enough to really disrupt play and infuriate me to such a degree that i travelled to cairo and there beheaded one thousand men.

i am not sure what course to persue. it is not a framerate issue, i believe, and i'm not sure which aspect of combat instigates this skipping, but thusfar i believe it's just random. there neednt be anything on the screen at all, just that people be attempting to murder one another in my vicinity.

so, i guess this should culminate in a point or some such..
yes, well. is this heard of? has this ever been encountered before? what can be done, drivers, perhaps? the only hardware of mine i could think to lay this at the feet of is the asus a7n8x-d motherboard i had installed a few weeks ago. i once heard a rumor of intermittent game stuttering laid at this ones feet. once. from one guy. so i'm probably wasting my time considering it.

in closing, i have nothing further to add.
« Last Edit: January 02, 2004, 03:39:06 am by 1383 »

 

Offline karajorma

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intermittent fs2 combat stuttering
Is this with FS2 retail or FS2_open. First thing I'd suggest is trying the other one and seeing if you get the same bug there.
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Offline Skaarj

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i had this problem as well, it was with the retail version, the problem started when i got a new machine, 2.8 athlon and the ATI 9700 radeon,(i don't FS2 can handle the newer systems and graphic cards coming out, cos i can't play some of my fav old games cos the machine too powerful)  but if you download the latest FS2_open and run it with the line -htl its solves the prob, well it worked for me.
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I got a AMD Athlon 2700+ and a Radeon 9700 Pro and the retail FS2 still works normally for me.
Smooth as silk.

I run WinXP Pro.
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Offline nucas

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i appreciate your responses.
i have since attempted installation and use of fs2_open. it has, of course, implemented it's own host of highly irritating errors and i will now transplant my whining to the appropriate forum.

 
intermittent fs2 combat stuttering
try compatibility mode (YES! that's how you spell compatibility everyone!)

 

Offline Solatar

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intermittent fs2 combat stuttering
Very good, did you get an A+ on your spelling test or something?:rolleyes:

 
intermittent fs2 combat stuttering
actually now you mention it i can't remember getting more than a couple of words wrong in spelling tests

i was just getting annoyed with people spelling it compatAbility :p

 
intermittent fs2 combat stuttering
Erm... I had a 'stuttering' problem a little while back.  Two days later my OS died.

Scary huh?
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Originally posted by DSA-Gabriel
I got a AMD Athlon 2700+ and a Radeon 9700 Pro and the retail FS2 still works normally for me.
Smooth as silk.

I run WinXP Pro.

Thats my system too! Built it myself! :)
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intermittent fs2 combat stuttering
Me too IceFire, I always build my own systems.

It's been a while since I played FS2 though but luckely I have not lost my skills. :D

The Inferno Campaign is truly great.

I started the Regular campaign first to get the feeling back and only one time I had a weird issue.

The AWACS test with the 2 cargo ships that you need to escort to the jump node in the Nebula was not working correctly.
Only the 2 cargo ships moved towards the node and the AWACS stayed behind thus preventing the mission to advance.

The fix was easy, I just set my FS2 Desktop icon in Windown 98/ME mode and voila, all three ships moved towards the node. :)

This will keep me busy until the IL2 Forgotten Battles CD Add-on will be available so I can finally fly the Spitfires. ;)
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Offline DeepSpace9er

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intermittent fs2 combat stuttering
I got a similar problem yet i have a 2.8ghz p4 and FX 5200 with my res at 800x600x32 (doesnt matter which one actually for this problem) and running the latest Open Source and my framerate is pisspoor in the first mission even.