Speed this mod up?

**robroy** · December 04, 2009, 08:54 PM

Hello all. I'm new posting to this forum, however, I have been reading the posts in this forum for a while. I was wondering if it were possible to speed this mod up. My computer is a little old, but it is more than capable of running MTW2 kingdoms and any mods for it. It seems to take a long time between turns. And when I finish a battle it takes a while to scroll over the map. I know the mod is script heavy, but I just want to know if there was any way to give this mod a boost. It lags something terrible. Even when I shut the game down it takes a long time. I have DLV 6.2 now and I like playing it when it is not slowed down. Any help would be great. Oh, I am not very knowledgable about modifications and their files so if there is any changes to be made I will need instruction. Thanks to all that reply.

**bojan811** · December 05, 2009, 05:23 AM

I think it`s a mater of fps.
I have the same problem some times in battles, because i play on huge number of units in game.
To go faster betwen turn swich off the folow AI movments in options.
What you realy need is more RAM and maby a beather PC.

Take my word for it.

Cheers mate

**Taiji** · December 05, 2009, 06:05 AM

Top tip for avoiding campaign screen lag: Deselect characters or armies before trying to move around the map.

**robroy** · December 05, 2009, 12:40 PM

My battles are okay. And I don't have anything selected when I scroll over the map. And I have the show AI movement off. The turns are just slow and when I finish a battle the map lags when scrolling again. When the script options come up on the first turn I even turn them off and I chose the every faction at total war option so it would go faster through the turns. And when I quit a campaign it takes a while to shut down. I really enjoy this mod when it is my turn after I have rescrolled through the map. Oh well, I guess I will have to alot myself some time to really enjoy this mod. Thanks anyway mates.

**Swagger** · December 05, 2009, 12:47 PM

the major problems are the campaign_script

lines like wait_monitor and others (wich names i can't remember) are the worst

**robroy** · December 05, 2009, 01:20 PM

No way of fixing that I'd spec?

**Swagger** · December 08, 2009, 09:00 AM

no, unless you remove scripts

**Taiji** · December 08, 2009, 11:35 AM

The way to fix that is to play vanilla...

EDIT:

Robroy, have you tried reinstalling DLV? It might help.

The issue you describe of a slowdown after a battle is very very odd. Never heard of that before. It's certainly not 'caused by scripts'. The slower turn times are really not that slow, they used to be much slower, and so was my PC, but it was bearable.

How long does an 'end turn' take?

What processor, graphics card, how much ram and what operating system do you have?

**chikubi** · December 23, 2009, 03:19 AM

I have a similar prob as well, I think the graphics of campaign map is the reason. I have a system: chipset E8400, VGA 9500GT and 2GB ram however it takes a much longer time to load a turn than SS and other mods, maybe DLV is programmed more independently or some how.

**Taiji** · December 23, 2009, 08:00 AM

How long does a turn take (in minutes)?

I wonder because although DLV is the most heavily scripted mod and also has the most factions of any m2tw mod, it does not seem slow to me. I expected SS to run a lot faster but it doesn't. TA:TW on the other hand actually is much faster, but that's a comparatively much smaller mod.