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Thread: Got a problem flying in space wondering if u guys could help?
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mastaRebel21
Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:17 pm
#1
Hi, I have this problem with space thatcauses me not to have any fun in space or to be able to do anything.
My problem is when i begin to move in space, everything begins to warp around including myself. ex. I tried a space mission today where the NPCs would warp 500m-2000m from where they were and i could warp approx 300m from where i was.
I have 512 RAM Radeon 9200 SE vid card and a cable connection im out of ideas on what the problem is. Btw i have also lowered almost all of my settings and i have gotten no improvement.
Any suggestions or solutions would be greatly appreciated. thanks
JeebusCrisp
Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:23 pm
#2
More RAM would of course help quite a bit, try for at least 1GB if you can.
Another thing, I'm not sure of the details, but I've read about the 'bumblebee' effect concerning certain joysticks and their drivers. I suggest you do a search for that term, it might help you out some.
Might try defragging your HD too, with that low amount of RAM you're paging pretty hard and if it's highly fragmented you'll encounter a LOT of 'hitch'.
Another thing, I'm not sure of the details, but I've read about the 'bumblebee' effect concerning certain joysticks and their drivers. I suggest you do a search for that term, it might help you out some.
Might try defragging your HD too, with that low amount of RAM you're paging pretty hard and if it's highly fragmented you'll encounter a LOT of 'hitch'.
mastaRebel21
Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:25 pm
#3
thnx bro, i was gonna get a GB of RAM after my trip to europe at end of augest and ill do a defrag tonight see if it helps
HewerofWood
Tue Aug 02, 2005 9:52 am
#4
I run with that RAM on a laptop, no less, and I am not experiencing that kind of lag. In fact, one of the few places I rarely lag is in space, though, I do get the bumblebee effect from time to time, sometimes much worse than others, but, never enough to be more than a nuissance. My settings are also on most minimums.
CuchulainnDarklight
Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:57 am
#5
mastaRebel21 wrote:
Hi, I have this problem with space thatcauses me not to have any fun in space or to be able to do anything.
My problem is when i begin to move in space, everything begins to warp around including myself. ex. I tried a space mission today where the NPCs would warp 500m-2000m from where they were and i could warp approx 300m from where i was.
I have 512 RAM Radeon 9200 SE vid card and a cable connection im out of ideas on what the problem is. Btw i have also lowered almost all of my settings and i have gotten no improvement.
Any suggestions or solutions would be greatly appreciated. thanks
I have the same card (9200) in a set up with an athlon 64 3200+, 512 adsl, and 1024 RAM. The game runs fine for me, though it is choppy if I dont ctrl+alt+del and get rid of all the extra processes I have running. Then I can run it with everything at full (except nebula density) and everything is fine!
Sylow
Thu Aug 04, 2005 8:36 am
#6
There's a long thread on the issue.
I personally found that the very first posting (despite being a bit cryptic) was very helpful with my computer: go to the bios and disable fsb spread spectrum and agp spread spectrum.
Other people reported that this didn't help, but there are numerous more fixes in the thread for other problems encountered, most likely you can find something helpful there.
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