Movie & Speech Funky

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The movie on the game are VERY choppy for me, and when trying to listen to the tutorials the speech kept pausing every second or so.

My video drivers are updated, and the videos play fine when not in-game. Any ideas?


Debug Message: Version v1.3 beta 2a last updated on: Tue Aug 8 16:18:51 2006
Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 9/3/2006, 17:19:24
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Machine Name: STEVESPC
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Languages: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP Pavilion 061
System Model: DN012A-ABA a347x
BIOS: Version 3.24
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz
Physical Memory: 1526MB RAM
Page File: 224MB used, 2296MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS


Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip Type: GeForce FX 5200
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0322&SUBSYS_194D270F&REV_A1
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.9131
Driver Date: 6/1/2006 17:22:00
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes



Sound info
Sound device 1:
Description: Realtek AC97 Audio
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_24C5&SUBSYS_3189109F&REV_02
Manufacturer ID: 65535
Product ID: 65535
Driver Name: ALCXWDM.SYS
Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Driver Version: 5.10.0000.5730
Driver Date: 10/1/2004 10:24:00
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 3
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Alrighty, now it wont run at all. I changed my monitor to see if that would help any, and now i start it up and get a black screen, and need to alt-f4 out.

Debug Message: Version v1.3 beta 3X last updated on: Wed Aug 30 19:23:43 2006
Debug Message: GalCiv2 is activated.
Debug Message: Checking DX Version.
Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 9/3/2006, 19:53:14
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Machine Name: STEVESPC
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Languages: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP Pavilion 061
System Model: DN012A-ABA a347x
BIOS: Version 3.24
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz
Physical Memory: 1526MB RAM
Page File: 259MB used, 2260MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS


Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip Type: GeForce FX 5200
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0322&SUBSYS_194D270F&REV_A1
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.9131
Driver Date: 6/1/2006 17:22:00
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes



Sound info
Sound device 1:
Description: Realtek AC97 Audio
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_24C5&SUBSYS_3189109F&REV_02
Manufacturer ID: 65535
Product ID: 65535
Driver Name: ALCXWDM.SYS
Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Driver Version: 5.10.0000.5730
Driver Date: 10/1/2004 10:24:00
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 3
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0



Debug Message: *********END dxdiag info.*********
Debug Message: Entering WinMain
Debug Message: ******* Starting Game Shell *******
Debug Message: Going Fullscreen
Debug Message: Preparing to change display settings.
Debug Message: Using multilsample setting: D3DMULTISAMPLE_4_SAMPLES
Debug Message: Could not create the render device using default format. Switching to 16bit
Debug Message: Using multilsample setting: D3DMULTISAMPLE_NONE
Debug Message: Could not create the render device.
Debug Message: InitializeDirect3D Failed.
Debug Message: Now Fullscreen
Debug Message: Shell initialization complete
Debug Message: WM_CLOSE message received.
Debug Message: GameUninitialize start



I've tried uninstall/reinstall but it still doesn't go past a black screen.

It was working ok, other then the first problems I stated, for 2 or 3 days now.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Go to My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2 and delete the file prefs.ini to reset to defaults.

Once you get back in the game, turn anti-aliasing down/off. That's most likely the cause of the stuttering (FX5000 series doesn't handle FSAA very well...).
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Awesome! I remember reading about that file somewhere, but I couldn't remember what the location was.

The movies are still uber choppy though
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Did you turn off antialiasing?
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yup, the movies are still choppy though.
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yeah same with me but not all the movies it randomly picks and choose which ones to ruin its quite annoying.
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
FSAA is usually the culprit, so if it's off I'm not sure what could be causing the problem. If you've got any unneccessary background programs running, try closing them. Otherwise all I can really tell you is try updating your video and sound drivers (though they should be new enough already to work fine), and turning down settings until you find one that works.

I used to have a machine myself that would stutter in bink videos no matter what the settings in any game, even after reformatting. Very frustratng.   
Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I think that may be the case for me as well, I've played a couple games with Bink and no matter what I do they always want to stutter in game for some reason.