unresolvable lag issues in play

Wed Nov 19, 2003 7:36 am by peterd

Hi i have freelancer 1.0, running on p4 2.8 gig 800fsb, 1gig 400 DDR (2x512) dual chanlle, 80gig seagate, asus p4p800 deluxe, msi 5600 FX (256meg), XP pro(SP1) soundmax onboard audio .

Yes i have latest drivers for all hardware.

The game starts and runs ok, but there is this irritating "lag" or ****y ness to game play, not consistantly, but everynow an then the game freezes for 1/4 of a sec, then rsumes, otherwise sound is ok, graphics are ok. Its realy annoying, as i think the machine specs shoulad allow for smooth game all the time.

Eg during combat, mouse ****s gameplay if dragged over text, unless i have an enemy selected, then it doesnt ****, but then when enemy blows up, game ****s again.
Also when craft, enemy or friendly arives in my area, game ****s. Sometimes (but rarely) game ****s as the audio window pops on screen and talks to me, its almost like theres a **** every time and event occurs like you go on a mission, then the enemy arrives and starts to talk to you, thats when it jeks every time.

I have never had any sound problems with missing sound, but i applied all the sound fixes listed here in this forum anyways, with no luck, i have tried all sorts of variations of reducing audio and graphics accelerations etc, with no luck.

I never applied the 1.1 patch, as it said this for online gamers fixes only.

Any suggestions, appreciated.

Wed Nov 19, 2003 9:30 pm by Sh|ft

This happens to me too. After playing for a few hours, the game starts to slow down due to client-based lag. A good reboot will fix this easy.

According to the theory of evolution, I should have died a LONG time ago.

Wed Nov 19, 2003 10:29 pm by {AR}X-Treme

hmm have u got the latest DX 9b

You said the latest drivers but you didn't say about this as it is the usual fix for most probs.

Also do u have any other programs running in the background like Anti-Virus software as this can slow it down.

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Thu Nov 20, 2003 2:10 am by bogsnot

look at the second thread stickied to the top of the forum...

Just my $0.02, but it could just be the cardamine talking.
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Thu Nov 20, 2003 2:44 am by peterd

Hi thanks for the replys, but i dont think any of them apply.

1. the intermitant lag occurs straight away and not after a few hours, and im not playing online anyway, so a reboot dosenot fix anything.

2. Ive booted XP in the clean mode, with no background apps, so it cant be that.

3.the 2nd point at the top of the forum, applys to reducing audio acceleration levels, which i have already tried, along with video accleration levels, and it makes no difference

4. i have the latest device drivers fro all my hardware, and am running direct X9b, but it has made no difference

thanks, but i cant find whats wrong with it, and i have no idea if it is faulty hardware or what, all the stress and iagnostic tests i run (eg 3d marks etc) seem to come up fine with no problems

I have no hope left, and am swirling into the eternal abyss of despair

Thu Nov 20, 2003 1:13 pm by [steel]

i had a similar problem on my 2.6 g p4 it was caused by a background prog. writing to hd i know you say there is nothing else running but could be worth double checking
the other thought i have on the problem is do you know anyone woth a sound card you can borrow instead of your onboard sound as that could also be the issue
and is worth trying
a site that may be of use have a look here http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm
for a list of tweaks that could help as well

Edited by - [STEEL on 20-11-2003 13:35:19

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