Performance with huge unit settings

[GenWolfe]

Hello first off I love this mod. This mod made me go back to RTW after playing ETW and NTW for months.

My question is how can I make this game run better. I can run NTW on full settings no problem with mods that increase unit sizes. When I play this mod with huge unit settings I seem to get a lot of slow down during battles of around 5000 men or so. Is the actual game engine the issue or is there some sort of setting I can change to get better performance.

Right now I have every RTW setting set to high with the max resolution.

My rig is a AMD quad core (forget the exact ghz)
8 gigs of ram
Windows 7 64 bit

Any help or advice would be appreciated.

[Tesla]

maybe it's a problem with your processor since the RTW engine only utilizes 1 core, so if your ghz is low that could be your problem

[GenWolfe]

maybe it's a problem with your processor since the RTW engine only utilizes 1 core, so if your ghz is low that could be your problem

Thanks for the reply and I was thinking it may have something to do with that. I wish there was a way to make application based on the single core architecture able to utilize your multi core.

[Tesla]

Also what kind of videocard do you have ?

[GenWolfe]

Also what kind of videocard do you have ?

1 gig ATI 4870

[pacco]

Tesla has a right... but not sure why do you have a problem with 5000 men on battle map...
8Gb of RAM and videocard is ok... hmhm

[Tesla]

Yeah I was wondering about that too... even if he has let's say 2.0 ~ 2.2 Ghz the Ram and videocard should be able to make up for that (at least 5000 men shouldn't have to be a problem)

[Siegfriedfr]

As others said, with the rig you have its strange that you have any lag at all, as i run RS1 on max setting with 2008' parts worse than you.

Things to consider:
1) disable as many background programs as possible
2) update your video card drivers
3) set the afinity of your RTW.exe to one core, and of other major programs (explorer, svchost) to other cores
4) check that windows does recognize ALL of your RAM

If none of the above worked then you have any of the following problems:
1) a virus eating at your computer ressources > reinstall windows, its faster than using antiviruses
2) a damaged ram on your video card
3) computer wizardry against you

[GenWolfe]

Yeah I was wondering about that too... even if he has let's say 2.0 ~ 2.2 Ghz the Ram and videocard should be able to make up for that (at least 5000 men shouldn't have to be a problem)

and my processors are definitely over 2 Ghz

[GenWolfe]

Thanks for the help everyone. I probably did have other applications running in the background that might also be eating up system resources but I thought my 8 gigs would be able to handle it. I will try tonight making sure nothing else is runing in the background.

[Siegfriedfr]

Thanks for the help everyone. I probably did have other applications running in the background that might also be eating up system resources but I thought my 8 gigs would be able to handle it. I will try tonight making sure nothing else is runing in the background.

Gaming wise, having ram is limited by the optimal amount your OS will use + maximum amount the game will use. Having more than this does nothing to your performance.
There is no limit to the usefulness of Ghz, both on the processor and graphic card however ^^

[Wolfshead]

Try setting unit detail to medium. The quality of the units is hardly any different, and the game uses sprites from afar. It massively increases performance with huge battles.

[apple]

Don't use the highest settings for units. Use High as RTW renders all soldiers on Very High even if they are miles away from your camera position.
Also don't use the ingame AA (Anti-Aliasing) use ATI Catalyst or Nvidias thing (don't know the name) for that as they uses far less resources.

O and I hope you got a 64 bit OS, otherwise windows can only use 3 gig's of ram.

[GenWolfe]

Don't use the highest settings for units. Use High as RTW renders all soldiers on Very High even if they are miles away from your camera position.
Also don't use the ingame AA (Anti-Aliasing) use ATI Catalyst or Nvidias thing (don't know the name) for that as they uses far less resources.

O and I hope you got a 64 bit OS, otherwise windows can only use 3 gig's of ram.

Thanks for the tips. And I have Windows 7 64 bit.

[Donkeycow]

hey, i was having the exact same issue as you, but when i put unit detail from highest to high it all worked out. i dont even notice a difference in quality between highest and high.

[GenWolfe]

hey, i was having the exact same issue as you, but when i put unit detail from highest to high it all worked out. i dont even notice a difference in quality between highest and high.

Awesome! I will try that out first thing when I get home from work.

[Tesla]

let us know if it worked

[GenWolfe]

Hey everyone thanks a lot for the help! Changing the unit details to high from highest fixed my issue and now it runs perfectly. I look forward to playing this mod without any lag

[Donkeycow]

Hey everyone thanks a lot for the help! Changing the unit details to high from highest fixed my issue and now it runs perfectly. I look forward to playing this mod without any lag

glad i could help :p

[GenWolfe]

glad i could help :p

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