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PostPosted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:42 am    Post subject: How can you lower FPS lag? Reply to topic Reply with quote

I was wondering how could I lower my FPS lag? Is thei r anything in settings that can help?
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:49 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Try lowering your resolution, try playing in windowed mode if you are playing fullscreen (or fullscreen if you are playing windowed).

Click View/Options/ tab 'Graphics' / try lowering your Color Depth. (And you can try unchecking different items at the same page)
On the 'Other' tab you can try unchecking 'Use Optional Level Graphics and Sound'.
On the 'Display' tab you can try setting different parts to 'Text'.

Let me know if it works.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:03 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

someone post the thing that shanky put up for low FPS, im too lazy to look
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 6:22 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Summit I wrote for Halo:

About FPS lag, and how to cure.

FPS stands for FRAME PER SECOND.

You’re screen is probably moving very slowly and sluggish, and you are not lagging.
Main reason? Your graphic card sucks.

How to fix?
icon_arrow.gif Cure 1: Usually if you change your resolution, it really helps. For standard try 800x600.
icon_arrow.gif Cure 2: Try going lower than 800x600; 512x384 is guaranteed to work you will just need to get rid of the chat (?lines=0) and F1 (hit f1 multiple times)
icon_arrow.gif Cure 3: If you don’t want to go lower than 800x600 go to windows mode, that always helps.
icon_arrow.gif Cure 4: Replace your graphic card; it really does suck.
icon_arrow.gif Cure 5: Place your CPU carefully over an edge of 32 story building, carefully take a metal bat, and blissfully swing as hard as you can causing a strong enough reaction for the CPU to fly off the edge. Check back down on your CPU and be happy, and ask your parents for a new one.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:37 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

That is basically what MMav said...

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 12:15 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

how can u check ure fps?
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 12:48 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Press esc and then "f" when in-game. It will show in red numbers near the top center.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 9:00 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Does windowed mode really improve over fullscreen? I'd think it would just have to work harder, actually.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 10:56 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Windows lowers FPS for me, so whenever i need to play good i have to go fullscreen
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 2:26 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

As said, you can use lower resolution (since when is this an acceptable solution).
There are a lot of graphical options you can turn off.
There are also a lot of advanced settings where you can choose if to force certain graphical elements into the GFX card buffer.

Eitherway, at the end, getting a better 3D card will be the only long(er)-term remedy.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:51 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

what is average fps?
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:22 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

It's different for every person.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:35 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

my old friend in SS (Apocalypse 2000) used to have an ave FPS of 500+, he spent like 5 grand on his computer last time i talked to him
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:05 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

I have 200 FPS under a 16-bit color depth. sa_tongue.gif
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:51 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Hmm. The normal 60 is enough for me. I guess I'm only human after all...
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:37 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Anything beyond your refresh rate is a waste. So in general, 60+ is about as good of a target as you'll need.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 2:21 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Indeed.

In addition, below 30 fps your gaming experience will begin to suffer whilst reaching 11fps, as a pit-bottom dead-mark, your game will act-up half frozen.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 2:44 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

~235 on 32bit 1280x1024 and 1 other ship on screen.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:22 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

I can 500 fps on low settings and the screen completely covered in tiles, otherwise 1000-1500 flying around.

Enough of this digression:
http://www.subspacedownloads.com/index.php?act=help&c=tweak_ss
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:33 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Advanced Options window
Check Avoid page flipping
Check No frame rate limit
Uncheck Software emulation

Doing this made my avg FPS from 60-100 to 300-500.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:39 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Anything > 100 FPS is a waste of CPU. Continuum updates its physics 100 times/sec. So, for example, if you are getting 200 FPS, it's just drawing the exact same screen twice each time.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:34 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

But it just makes you feel good inside icon_smile.gif
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

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