How do we install this? Do we just run the program, or do we need to extract it somewhere in DA's files? (Or even in SDC's files perhaps?)

W00t! DA seems to be running smoothly, atleast through the infamous pop-up tech tree. I'm surprised that the slowdown was killed in one build. Good show!  

I sometimes wonder what this game would be like if you never updated it as frequently as you guys do....or if you never updated it at all!  

The last build has helped, but still not that great. I think it's really my computer mostly. But in the version you just posted, Cari, the two new options come up as "String not found" in the game.

Mo2K, you have the Enhanced Ship Rendering option ON, don't you?  Can you please send in your debug.err to [email protected] and copy the text from your post into the e-mail body?

 

 

Have you mixed memory sticks from different manufacters? If it is the case, you may find the reply #43 in this thread very instructive.

Mo2k, the debug.er is supposed to be in the same directory as your GC2DarkAvatar.exe, unless you were running vista, and then it would be in your Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar folder.  Are you running in a limited user account?

Doh! - sending now.

Maurice

I disabled ship textures my framerate jumped to 15.9 (TnL) then when I hit turn it dropped down to 0.9 (TnL)

Guess its not the ship textures.

Maurice

Maurice,

Hmm...well I didn't really see anything obvious in your debug.err so I forwarded it to our 3D engine guru to see if he can find anything. 

You don't have anything running in the background or systray that could be causing constant refreshing, do you? Or if you have any anti-virus or internet security programs running, try excluding the GalCiv2 folder and binaries.

 

Turned everything off. If it could be terminated it was. SAme.

M

I will try setting proessor affinity. If it makes a difference I will report.

With my NVidia GeForce FX5200 and all video options enabled, I was getting ~8 fps when zoomed in and ~12 fps zoomed out when including HARDWAREVP on DA 1.6 beta 4. With the last beta this dropped down to 1-2 fps when zoomed in! I'm happy to report with the final 1.6 DA, it is using MIXEDVP rather than SOFTWAREVP and I'm seeing ~15 fps when fully zoomed out and ~30 fps when fully zoomed in!

I just tried the 1.6a test build to see if it helped with my slowdown - no dice, I started a new game that was buttery smooth (gigantic map, full opponents and minors, abundant everything, superslow research rate - makes for long long long games as in 2230 we are still fighting with lasers/mass drivers/stingers). Slow down was beginning to show its face and finally got the eyes of the universe and fps dips to 0.1 -0.3 but the new 1.6a build picks it up to 1.6-2.8 now and then. Ship/base selection is still horridly slow and ships move ploddingly along. PLanet selection is still uber fast and ship selection within planets still uber fast. Combat and ship designer still good.

Playing a little longer and this is what I notice with the test build: a ship gets selected during auto pilot movement and it pauses (say a constructor with a movement of 8/8). It's movement pauses at 7/8 for a few seconds then finally it does the remainder of its movements at a faster pace than the 1.6 release and betas. This is where the fps went from 0.3 to 1.6-2.8. But its that inital selection that bothers me the worst. It's almost as if the database is so big it has to search for a while to find the right ship and that pause just kills gameplay as a single turn can take ages with all civ's going to war against someone and me building up the minors into minor empires like in good old gc 1 (makes for fun when a small major takes on a minor and the minor responds with frigates and transports from all directions).

1.6a = good try, solved some memory issues but we still need that slow down that wasn't there in the first release of DA.
Maurice

Just tried follow auto pilot off - 7.3-3.9 fps. Hard to know what is going on aa huge map though - note: I play at the tatical level only since these maps are rather large - i.e. I only see the icon representations only.

When a constructor reaches its starbase designation there is a massive pause before it brings up the starbase upgrade window and the info display shows the stats of the constructor. It that where the problem lies - the stats database recall for objects?

EDIT: That must be it - after the turn is over and I get begin my moves are what not if I selectg a parked constructor and send it on its way there is still a big pause. If I launch a ship from a planet then try to scroll on the big map to find where I want it to go there is a big pause before scrolling is allowed. When an auto pilot ship moves during a turn its still pauses before it moves - not as much as when follow auto pilot ships was on mind you but still there. It deos the usual moe the first step, recall stats (but don't display them now and don't auto focus the big map) then move.

EDit again: interesting thing: if my auto pilot ship is visible in the middle of the main display it rates and fps of 0.3 or so, near the edges of the main display it rates higher likes previously stated. Issues with auto pilot pathing?

EDIT: new 8800gts 640mb vid card makes no difference