Lag problems :S

[hummus_junkie]

Hey guys. I recently brought a new computer, specs are -

Intel Core Duo CPU 8500 @ 3.16
4GB of RAM.
ATI 4700 1gb.

Now, i'm playing the Stainless Steel mod, but i'm getting about 30fps when theres around 4000 men on screen. I thought with my specs it would be able to handle more men.
My game settings are high mostly, with no grass, and low shadows.

So is this right? Kinda confused. :hmmm:

Thanks -

[Gigantus]

The game uses only one processor. Main culprits: grass and special effects.
Loads of arrows flying around (flaming ones really suck the fps) and sticking in the ground, reflections, glints, bloom - all are 'suckers. If you put unit size on huge and everything else on medium you should be running a nice game.

[ElSypatiko]

Welcom to the forums .
I have unit on huge (with units og 250 ) al on high only :!!!!
Set the buildings on medium.
That helped with my game
Try to play a little bit wit your settings .
you should be able to find a setting wich fits your pc best

[Gigantus]

Try this as well:Reduced City Textures

[Swagger]

and lower the unit details and such

[hummus_junkie]

Woah thanks for all the suggestions, i'll experiment with diffrent settings (and that mod) when i get home.

Again..Cheers for all the help.

[verena xeventus]

I also got a new system and suffered something similar. This may seem a little on the strange side, but I put graphics and details etc onto maximum everything, including shadows, AA AS FILTERING, Unit detail, grass... the lot. Also playing with unit size = huge and for some odd reason it seems to run just as good as with half the settings on medium/high.

Try it and see for yourself. Might work, might not, but certainly worth seing just what your computer can handle when pushed.

EDIT: Lowering the unit details is a huge performance boost, but personally I think the graphics truely suck with anything other than "highest" setting for unit details. I've also heard that disabling Vsync helps boost performance.

[Swagger]

EDIT: Lowering the unit details is a huge performance boost, but personally I think the graphics truely suck with anything other than "highest" setting for unit details. I've also heard that disabling Vsync helps boost performance.

i need to put my settings in medium-low in order to play huge sieges

with thousands of units

[D.B. Cooper]

Putting unit detail to medium only reduces the quality when zoomed out. They look exactly the same when you're zoomed in. Not that much of a loss IMO.

[Gigantus]

This helps:

Reduced City Textures

[Swagger]

how does that works gigantus ?


do the building textures look worse (less detail etc)?

[Gigantus]

I didn't notice any difference, just a better computer performance.

[Swagger]

how big was the difference?

[Gigantus]

Much improved frame rate during sieges when set on shader 2

[Swagger]

thanks

[Swagger]

and is there any sub-mod that makes normal battles run with less lag ?

similar to the reducing city textures?


imagine i've set my graphic options to minimum, but i still have problems, is there any mod that reduces the textures ?

[Gigantus]

No mod for that. You will have to experiment with the video settings. Grass, bloom, reflections, shadows are all process hogs.

[Swagger]

if he reduced the .tga size from 2000 by 2000 (aproximatly) to 500-500 ( ~ )

isn't it possible to do the same for all the other textures?

[Gigantus]

It is worth a try (if you got the patience to hunt down all the textures). Not sure if the game will accept the changes.
But think about it: how much can you squeeze out of an old rig?

[Swagger]

you're right..