BoA...aagh, slow!
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Infiltrator
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written Thursday, June 10 2004 03:53
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I've an 800Mhz system on which BoA plays fine. I've a 900Mhz system on which BoA is just generally slow - pretty much everywhere, from normal movement, to hitting, to sounds, to death. Both have identical preferences. [ Thursday, June 10, 2004 03:53: Message edited by: Grey-Eyed Stranger ] -------------------- Apparently still annoying. Posts: 612 | Registered: Saturday, October 13 2001 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Thursday, June 10 2004 05:09
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Check and make sure that nothing is running in the backround because that can take away excess memory. Other than that, the 900mhz might just be more degraded than the other one thus making it run a bit slower too. (Although the degrading factor shouldn't affect gameplay that much...) -------------------- Austrian Alex Posts: 1307 | Registered: Tuesday, May 7 2002 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Thursday, June 10 2004 06:30
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There's about a half-second pause between each move outdoors on the 900Mhz. It still happens after terminating background processes. -------------------- Apparently still annoying. Posts: 612 | Registered: Saturday, October 13 2001 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Thursday, June 10 2004 06:34
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Have you tried opening the preferences and setting it on the fast speed setting? -------------------- -Zephyr Tempest, your personal entertainer Posts: 1779 | Registered: Monday, December 9 2002 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Thursday, June 10 2004 07:20
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It already is. [ Thursday, June 10, 2004 07:21: Message edited by: Grey-Eyed Stranger ] -------------------- Apparently still annoying. Posts: 612 | Registered: Saturday, October 13 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, June 10 2004 07:43
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What about sounds? Could the sound for the steps just take half a second to load and play each time...? -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Thursday, June 10 2004 07:44
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I just discovered Windows's Display Hardware Accelleration wasn't at it's top notch. I'll see how BoA performs now. Edit: Not sure how much of a difference it made. Seems a bit better now. [ Thursday, June 10, 2004 07:48: Message edited by: Grey-Eyed Stranger ] -------------------- Apparently still annoying. Posts: 612 | Registered: Saturday, October 13 2001 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Monday, June 14 2004 06:03
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Are you spywared or something? -------------------- There are two kinds of game players...those who are newbies, and those who were. Posts: 322 | Registered: Monday, April 12 2004 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Monday, June 14 2004 13:43
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BoA is slow because it's badly programmed Posts: 7 | Registered: Thursday, May 6 2004 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, June 15 2004 15:25
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Not because it's badly programmed (or at least not completely that) but because it has to turn textual commands (avernumscript) into computer commands. And he's asking for help because it's slower on a faster (presumably, anyway, with a higher clock speed) system. [ Tuesday, June 15, 2004 15:29: Message edited by: Stupid NEwbie Man ] -------------------- There are two kinds of game players...those who are newbies, and those who were. Posts: 322 | Registered: Monday, April 12 2004 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Wednesday, June 16 2004 01:47
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If it is slow because of scripting processing, then it *is* badly programmed. (Programming includes not only coding but also design ... bad design makes for more problems than bad coding) I rather doubt that. There are examples of bad design (if I put arbitrary limits like 'max 30 scenarios, if you want more just shuffle them manually' in any of my programs at uni, I would not pass that course until I removed them), but if it works on one computer and slows down on another similar computer ... -------------------- AKA xKiv : I/O,I/O, it's off to disk I go ... Posts: 42 | Registered: Thursday, March 18 2004 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Wednesday, June 16 2004 07:52
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Well, it's not that slow anyways. I've got a Mac 9600 (which is from '96) with a G3/400 upgrade card stuck in it and it runs fine for me. And I don't have a clue what "you rather doubt." -------------------- There are two kinds of game players...those who are newbies, and those who were. Posts: 322 | Registered: Monday, April 12 2004 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Thursday, June 17 2004 03:33
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I rather doubt that, quote: "it is slow because of scripting processing" HTH, HAND -------------------- AKA xKiv : I/O,I/O, it's off to disk I go ... Posts: 42 | Registered: Thursday, March 18 2004 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Thursday, June 17 2004 07:08
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quote:Huh? Could you give that to us in longhand? And the scripting processing is probably the slowest part of the operation because it involves a fair bit of data manipulation that is performed by the engine finding critical strings and numbers in ASCII text, which takes a while. -------------------- There are two kinds of game players...those who are newbies, and those who were. Posts: 322 | Registered: Monday, April 12 2004 07:00 |