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Combat stuttering

May 23, 2006 5:56:27 AM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
My combat stutters all the time as if game is playing the combat faster than it takes for it to calculate the results. I can fix it up if I adjust the combat speed so I know its not my computer... any ideas on how to fix so I play at 1x without any issues?
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Reply #1 May 23, 2006 5:57:22 AM
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p.s. I'm using an AMD 2600 with 512MB RAM with a 1GB swapfile. My GPU is an Raedon 9800 Pro
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Reply #2 May 23, 2006 6:00:40 AM
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Simple answer... don't play at 1.0X, upgrade to 1.11. I had this problem when I first got the game, but since 1.11 it's been fine.
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Reply #3 May 23, 2006 6:02:47 AM
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it seems that it's usually due to the computer having done the calculations before combat actually starts... and then rushes through the combat screen to catch up with where it is now..... don't know how to fix it though, I usually don't use tactical combat that often
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Reply #4 May 23, 2006 7:20:01 AM
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unless ur coy of CD is dmged, or ur drive is rubbish
it mut be ur cputer
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Reply #5 May 23, 2006 7:22:41 AM
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He said he is having trouble with playing combat at 1x, not playing GC2 version 1.0x

In answer to the OP, expand your swap file to at least 2GB, 4 if you can afford the space, prefferably on a hard drive that is not attached to the same IDE cable as your main hard drive. I would also recommend that you upgrade your RAM to at least 1GB.

Or do what I did and just turn the "tactical" display off, it's just a playing-out of a precalculated scene anyhow.
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Reply #6 May 23, 2006 7:25:20 AM
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you can also try lowering your resolution, refresh rate, or AA level.

it may be a bandwidth problem?
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Reply #7 May 23, 2006 8:02:04 AM
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I have a new Athlon 64 3200+, 1 GB RAM, 6600GT and 200 GB SATA II HDD (1.6 GB swap file) and the combat stutters for me as well. I am playing 1.1 version. Maybe 1.2 will fix it, but it is really strange.
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Reply #8 May 23, 2006 8:54:28 AM
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It happens on mine, and didn't begin until the new update. Crazy coo coo.
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Reply #9 May 23, 2006 10:09:27 AM
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Oddly mine works fine until I turn on the explosions and then it goes nuts. Whole other problem though.
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Reply #10 May 23, 2006 12:55:14 PM
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Your running the graphics to high. Most of you have only 1/2 to 1 gig of ram... thats not that much. Your running the newest graphics card but your bottle necked at your ram. Yes virtual ram helps but it has to write it to HD then swap it to memory then it can use it, only to be swapped again. Lower your res. if that fixs the problem you know its your computor and by looking at your specs, get more ram its really cheap.
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Reply #11 May 23, 2006 1:21:08 PM
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unless ur coy of CD is dmged, or ur drive is rubbish
it mut be ur cputer


What language do you speak?
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Reply #12 May 23, 2006 3:40:30 PM
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I had this problem till I added RAM (I had 512 MB). It went away once I had more memory.
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Reply #13 May 23, 2006 4:15:33 PM
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Turn off explosions. My game stuttered everytime I fought something, but as soon as I turned explosions off, no more stutter
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Reply #14 May 25, 2006 7:31:41 AM
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Hmm, Despayre may be right. My game usually stops when an explosion is about to be shown. I will try it. But someone should tell Stardock to try to remake the explosions.
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Reply #15 August 20, 2006 8:56:55 AM
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It's weird though, isn't it? I mean, the explosions don't look like anything special do they?
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