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Thread: How to run 2 clients on 1 PC effective ?
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WimoArtah
Sun Feb 08, 2004 9:19 pm
#1
i run the game 2 times with different accounts on 1 system, on the same instalation. its horrible slow... it isnt playable when 1 of the 2 players is in a city or traveling fast.
i have a quite high end system, P4 with HT 3.06, 1 GB RAM, Ti4200 - 128, fast HDD's ect... is there a problem with the grafic card or is it running with 1 fps because to much traffic ? is there a chance to install it 2 times perhaps and then it runs faster ? the game uses about roughly 30% of the cpu on each virtual cpu.
someone a idea ?
Wimo
Hunt_Master
Sun Feb 08, 2004 9:26 pm
#2
Turn down the graphics abit? I run 2 clients at once at times on a lesser system, and I only experience some longer loading times..
WimoArtah
Sun Feb 08, 2004 9:33 pm
#3
well, the problem is that i have a 16/10 aspect monitor and run 1600x1200 lol, perhaps that is really the problem... but there is no other resolution i know from that can cover 16/10 or soemthing near and let me start the programm. i tested that with a lower one :-(
Wimo
WimoArtah
Sun Feb 08, 2004 9:51 pm
#5
create a file called user.cfg
[SwgClient]
allowMultipleInstances=TRUE
then you can start the game again and the game runs with the same resources, with one installation.
Icarus55
Sun Feb 08, 2004 10:02 pm
#6
Try running both clients in windowed mode at 1024x768 and have the desktop at 1600x1200. Make sure you disable sound in at least 1 of the clients, and restore the terrain graphics settings to their defaults.
My machine can handle both clients running pretty good like this, but the game is such a memory hog. Anything not built by NASA is going to struggle somewhat. 
ecp
Mon Feb 09, 2004 2:59 am
#7
i run 2 sometimes on a p3 800. 640ram 9000 128pro nec 19" at 1024x768 at 120hz. Its like a turtle.
Melly
Mon Feb 09, 2004 3:31 am
#8
I always notice big problems when getting near cities.
In a house there's next to no video lag but approaching a city I get things like 0 FPS very often.
Aries1
Mon Feb 09, 2004 6:36 am
#9
I've run two instance on the same system.
It will run better if you up your memory to at least 1.5gb. Would be better if you up it to 2gb. SWG uses(or needs) 750meg of virtual memory. If it can't get it then it uses disk.
This is what is causing your slow down, Two instances using the disk for memory.
Also note that after awhile one or the other instance of the game(the one your not playing) will crash. Haven't figured away to avoid that on windows.
hope this helps, take care.
It will run better if you up your memory to at least 1.5gb. Would be better if you up it to 2gb. SWG uses(or needs) 750meg of virtual memory. If it can't get it then it uses disk.
This is what is causing your slow down, Two instances using the disk for memory.
Also note that after awhile one or the other instance of the game(the one your not playing) will crash. Haven't figured away to avoid that on windows.
hope this helps, take care.
Latent
Mon Feb 09, 2004 6:55 am
#10
Wimo,
Does this allow you to have 2 instances running on the same winxp desktop sesssion? It doesn't seem to want to work for me. (I can run 2 clients, logged in as 2 sep users though).
Does that file (user.cfg) go in the program files, StarWarsGalaxies folder or one of the sub folders?
Aries1
Mon Feb 09, 2004 8:40 am
#11
As far as I know you need to have two different user accounts set up on the pc.
Never tried it with out doing it that way.
Never tried it with out doing it that way.
WimoArtah
Mon Feb 09, 2004 9:34 am
#12
yes, i have the game installed 1x but own 2 copies of the game, so even 2 accounts. i run both accounts on one instalation.
yes it looks like the ram is one of the main problems. the hdd runns and runns... need to look if i can get a bigger one...
Wimo
Andymantium
Mon Feb 09, 2004 10:09 am
#13
I tried this setup last night and it seemed to work fine. Mind you, I was in our player city and there wasn't too much traffic around. I'll need to head to Naboo or Corellia to test performance.
-1.55 Ghz AMD Athlon XP 1600+
-768 Mb PC2700 DDR RAM
-128 Mb ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
-80Gb Maxtor HDD 7200 rpm
-DSL connection
-1 installation, 2 accounts
Ran my two accounts together and I was getting 25-27 fps on both. Wasn't sluggish at all, but like I said, I'll have to test in a populated area.
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