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Grue

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OMG SLOW
« on: August 26, 2006, 04:53:00 am »
DF was running quite nicely for me under Win98, but I did a fresh XP install and things changed a lot. The intro lags with a speed of 1 frame per second and the main menu lags too. I wasn't brave enough to start a game, cause that'll probably take forever. I don't have such performance hits with any other applications: I can run GTA:SA fine, for example. Anyone has any ideas what's happening?

Additional notes:

These things don't matter (it's still slow as hell):

*fullscreen/windowed
*different fonts
*KEY_HOLD_MS
*presense/absense of sound files
*old DF install/clean DF install

I've yet to find any other app that lags as hard on my computer (tried other supposedly OpenGL games - they run perfectly).

[ August 26, 2006: Message edited by: Grue ]

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Silleh Boy

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Re: OMG SLOW
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2006, 09:34:00 am »
It runs like that for me when i attempt to start it up when another program's running, that's hogging a great deal of the available memory.


Edit: Never try to make sense not long after waking up.

[ August 26, 2006: Message edited by: Silleh Boy ]

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Grue

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Re: OMG SLOW
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2006, 10:33:00 am »
It appears that default XP drivers for some videocards don't support OpenGL very well. I downloaded drivers from Nvidia and the speed increased.

There is another strange thing I noticed - When I choose Quit from the main menu, process dwarfort.exe doesn't actually finish, and it also prevents another instances of DF appearing. It also blocks some other games. This reminds me again that I hate XP.

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Re: OMG SLOW
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2006, 07:57:00 pm »
The real problem is obviously that Dwarf Fortress refuses to work on any computer where any Grand Theft Auto game is installed.  Dwarf Fortress is very particular about the company it keeps.

(Just joking, dude.)

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dav

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Re: OMG SLOW
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2006, 10:52:00 pm »
The drivers make a huge difference.  The newest 2 from Nvidia work for me, although obviously only if you have an Nvidia card.
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« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2006, 03:28:00 am »
Would be nice if whatever was changed could be reverted back to it's previous settings cause right now the game is unplayable for me.
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Draxxalon

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« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2006, 11:24:00 am »
quote:
Originally posted by Skyrage:
<STRONG>Would be nice if whatever was changed could be reverted back to it's previous settings cause right now the game is unplayable for me.</STRONG>

What video card are you using?   And what are your drivers?

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