Explosions slow down
is it a bug?
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Hi,
I'm loving this game and it's been playable from the get-go. However, I seem to be having a problem with ship explosions. They're tiny little things, for instance when my starbase blew up a drengin heavy fighter. That's a pretty small explosion but there's a noticable (and agravating) pause before it takes place. This has been pretty consistant through the games I've played so far. I turned off throttling and it got better for a time, but now it seems to have gotten slower again. Here are the relevent specs--and yes, I updated my video card drivers, a Geoforce fx 5600 just for this game. So, if anyone has any idea why such little explosions should slow things down so much, I'd love to hear it. It's a great game but the slowdown is annoying.
Thanks!
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name JOE-X6VVC3985I8
System Manufacturer MSI
System Model MS-6712
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 10 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~2088 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. Version 07.00T, 4/2/2001
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name JOE-X6VVC3985I8\Joe
Time Zone Alaskan Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 113.67 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.22 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Name NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0312&SUBSYS_91261462&REV_A1\4&1FEB96E4&0&0008
Adapter Type GeForce FX 5600, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
Adapter RAM 256.00 MB (268,435,456 bytes)
Installed Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.8198
INF File oem1.inf (nv4_NV3x section)
Color Planes 1
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1024 x 768 x 70 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xDE000000-0xDEFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xC0000000-0xCFFFFFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 16
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nv4_mini.sys (6.14.10.8198, 3.37 MB (3,536,768 bytes), 10/6/2003 2:16 PM)
I'm loving this game and it's been playable from the get-go. However, I seem to be having a problem with ship explosions. They're tiny little things, for instance when my starbase blew up a drengin heavy fighter. That's a pretty small explosion but there's a noticable (and agravating) pause before it takes place. This has been pretty consistant through the games I've played so far. I turned off throttling and it got better for a time, but now it seems to have gotten slower again. Here are the relevent specs--and yes, I updated my video card drivers, a Geoforce fx 5600 just for this game. So, if anyone has any idea why such little explosions should slow things down so much, I'd love to hear it. It's a great game but the slowdown is annoying.
Thanks!
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name JOE-X6VVC3985I8
System Manufacturer MSI
System Model MS-6712
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 10 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~2088 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. Version 07.00T, 4/2/2001
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name JOE-X6VVC3985I8\Joe
Time Zone Alaskan Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 113.67 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.22 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Name NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0312&SUBSYS_91261462&REV_A1\4&1FEB96E4&0&0008
Adapter Type GeForce FX 5600, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
Adapter RAM 256.00 MB (268,435,456 bytes)
Installed Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.8198
INF File oem1.inf (nv4_NV3x section)
Color Planes 1
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1024 x 768 x 70 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xDE000000-0xDEFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xC0000000-0xCFFFFFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 16
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nv4_mini.sys (6.14.10.8198, 3.37 MB (3,536,768 bytes), 10/6/2003 2:16 PM)
wow! there's a simple explosion option? Man these stardock guys think of everything!