freeze ups

rondell · 01-22-2002, 07:51 PM

I had been playing iwd and everything was going peachy. I installed how and totlm and now when i play (i'm at gloomfrost) I get some seriously slowed play. Any suggestions?

Garnet FalconDance · 01-22-2002, 07:55 PM

quote:
Originally posted by rondell:
I had been playing iwd and everything was going peachy. I installed how and totlm and now when i play (i'm at gloomfrost) I get some seriously slowed play. Any suggestions?

What sort of video card/ram are you running? I know my video card is crap and only have 64 meg ram (hush everybody, I'm upgrading next month by several times over!), so whenever a lot of enemies come up on me and/or there are a lot of graphic effects such as spells, things get really sluggish really fast. I never noticed it so much in IWD, but it became annoying in HoW and TotL.

Micah Foehammer · 01-22-2002, 08:06 PM

clean out your cache, temp, and tempsave folders ... just delete them, they are recreated when you restart the game

also, increase the size of your cache folder ... if your available HD space permits, try using 800 meg

turn off the 3D options if you have them on and run in 2D

try turning off all the ambient sounds (especially on burial isle!)

reduce your pathfinding nodes to something around 20,000 or less

try reducing the number of feedback options you have on

if all else fails, reduce your frame rate

Rolper · 01-23-2002, 10:11 AM

Thanks for the suggestions, Micah!

01-22-2002, 07:55 PM	#2
Garnet FalconDance Mephistopheles Join Date: August 30, 2001 Location: deep within the sylvan splendor.... Age: 60 Posts: 1,443	quote: Originally posted by rondell: I had been playing iwd and everything was going peachy. I installed how and totlm and now when i play (i'm at gloomfrost) I get some seriously slowed play. Any suggestions? What sort of video card/ram are you running? I know my video card is crap and only have 64 meg ram (hush everybody, I'm upgrading next month by several times over!), so whenever a lot of enemies come up on me and/or there are a lot of graphic effects such as spells, things get really sluggish really fast. I never noticed it so much in IWD, but it became annoying in HoW and TotL. __________________ "Nature tells every secret once." Ralph Waldo Emerson

01-22-2002, 08:06 PM	#3
Micah Foehammer Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: November 15, 2001 Location: Asheville, NC Posts: 3,253	clean out your cache, temp, and tempsave folders ... just delete them, they are recreated when you restart the game also, increase the size of your cache folder ... if your available HD space permits, try using 800 meg turn off the 3D options if you have them on and run in 2D try turning off all the ambient sounds (especially on burial isle!) reduce your pathfinding nodes to something around 20,000 or less try reducing the number of feedback options you have on if all else fails, reduce your frame rate __________________ “Every tavern’s an opportunity, I say.”

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01-22-2002, 07:51 PM	#1
rondell Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: January 3, 2002 Location: vermont Posts: 20	I had been playing iwd and everything was going peachy. I installed how and totlm and now when i play (i'm at gloomfrost) I get some seriously slowed play. Any suggestions?

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Rolper Dungeon Master Join Date: January 12, 2002 Location: Lakewood, Ohio Posts: 92	Thanks for the suggestions, Micah!

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