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LAG problems, Sound Glitches

April 22, 2009 6:53:03 PM from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

hi, ummm...it seems that when i bought this game (i was so excited) i thought it was gonna run smoothly, even if i had to put it on Low graphics and everything. The Specs even say that i could play it.

I dnt kno if its my computer, but the game lags sooo badly, its going about 3-5 FPS.

My CPU is a AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+, 2.01 GHz

I also have bout 1.75 RAM

And my Video Card is a NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

And if that wasnt enough.....sometimes the games sound itself would kinda lag to. I mean....u can hear it....but it kinda glitches over and over.

Please help, and THNX!!

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Reply #1 April 22, 2009 7:16:20 PM
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I have the exact same problem.... 3 frames a second would be great... im getting like 0.5.

Choppy, crappy sound

CPU AMD 64 X2 4200+

2 Gb ram

NVIDIA 260 gtx  896 MB.

THIS SHOULD BE ABLE TO RUN THIS GAME!  

Can anyone help?

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Reply #2 April 23, 2009 3:40:22 AM
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To both of you...

You might want to try running the game with the /nosound option. How to do that is described here: http://forums.demigodthegame.com/348389

If this helps, could you please report it in this thread: http://forums.demigodthegame.com/348232 That way we can keep the same issue in one thread and maybe get the dev's attention a bit better.

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Reply #3 April 23, 2009 7:58:25 AM
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Quoting ,
quoting post

hi, ummm...it seems that when i bought this game (i was so excited) i thought it was gonna run smoothly, even if i had to put it on Low graphics and everything. The Specs even say that i could play it.

I dnt kno if its my computer, but the game lags sooo badly, its going about 3-5 FPS.

My CPU is a AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+, 2.01 GHz

I also have bout 1.75 RAM

And my Video Card is a NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

And if that wasnt enough.....sometimes the games sound itself would kinda lag to. I mean....u can hear it....but it kinda glitches over and over.

Please help, and THNX!!

your computer is really slow; the biggest clinch-pins are you single-core CPU, and entry-level GPU. i suggest you start saving up your pennies for a new computer; shop around and building it yourself and you'll get a killer setup for under $700.

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Reply #4 April 23, 2009 8:29:39 AM
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thnx for the suggestion, but wat do u mean by "entry-level GPU"

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Reply #5 April 23, 2009 8:47:09 AM
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Quoting Chronos-X,
reply 4
thnx for the suggestion, but wat do u mean by "entry-level GPU"

the cheap stuff that's not really expected to play games on.

it was an okay card when it came out, however that was a few years ago (and Demigod is brand-spanking-new).

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Reply #6 April 23, 2009 8:50:10 AM
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The game should be fine on that GPU - won't be great but I don't think should cause the lag you are experiencing

I suspect like a lot of us the issue is a problem with the sound side of things which is causing the game to lag.

I have an AMD 3200+, 8800GT, 2GB ram. Running with the /nosound switch I get +40fps, without it I am lucky if I squeeze 20fps.

Try it and if it works then post to  http://forums.demigodthegame.com/348232

Tals

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Reply #7 April 23, 2009 4:51:04 PM
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thanks alote bullet and talsworthy. Since i dnt have the BUCKS ($$$) to actually buy a computer right NOW....i'll go wit talsworthy idea.

But in bout 6 months, i should be able to either upgrade my pc, or buy a totally new one. Dnt kno which exactly, but when that time comes, i'll choose.

If any suggestions, i'm happy to hear them

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Reply #8 July 5, 2009 6:10:29 AM
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I have experienced the full aspects of the Nosound Performance Issue, with framerates being slow and sound being choppy whereas I had a whole new generation Geforce Card (GTX 260), no problem with any other game on Full Details, and 4GB RAM.

I have found a solution to this issue that I haven't seen reported in the Technical Support forum. This solution has been found by some users and reported in a "Supreme Commander" forum section. The user reported a bad link though, whereas I will supply here the right link. 

This is a problem linked to corrupted DirectX library.

A file (

d3dx9_36.dll

) 
may be downloaded here :

It needs to be installed in windows/system32.

This file has same size and about same date that the original file I had there, except that the date I had was 4:04 PM and this one is 3:04 PM.

After copying & pasting this file there, I experience absolutely no issue.
Sound is smooth, game becomes smooth like hell.
Please try this if you are experiencing problems.
And report here if this works

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