Shells of Fury. Why is it such a HOG !?!

Blacklight · 10-10-2009, 06:30 PM

Okay. My computer runs Silent Hunter III, which is a FAR more graphicly complex game, with no problem, but when I run Shells of Fury which my computer more than meets the specs it says it requires on the box, it bogs down horribly and even at the lowest graphics settings, I get about one frame every 3 secconds (but the mouse moves fine without any choppiness.) Is there anything I can do to improve things or is the game just that much of a hog ?

Shearwater · 10-11-2009, 04:21 PM

What are your system specs?
Compared to the visual quality, SoF really has insane hardware requirements.
My box says the optimal system is Athlon XP 2600+ / P 4 2,4 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 256 MB graphics card. I have a notebook with an AMD X2 QL-62 Dual Core with 2,0 GHz, 4 GB of ram and a 256 MB graphics card and Vista, and the game runs decently (I guess at around 30 fps) if I set all the settings to minimum. Needless to say that it looks much worse than SH3, which runs like a charm. I guess that it's just a case of bad programming in the case of SoF.

FIREWALL · 10-11-2009, 04:29 PM

To put a technical spin on SoF. It's a PoS game.

Shearwater · 10-11-2009, 04:34 PM

I got it for 0,01€ from Amazon (new and sealed) + 3€ for shipping. One of the cheaper PoS games actually

FIREWALL · 10-11-2009, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shearwater

I got it for 0,01€ from Amazon (new and sealed) + 3€ for shipping. One of the cheaper PoS games actually

That's the only way to shop.

Blacklight · 10-11-2009, 05:56 PM

My specs are P 4, 2.4 ghz, 2 gigs of ram with a 512 meg NVIDIA card.

Even when I tone all the settings down to bare minimum, that game creeps on me.
A game that has so little in it (no global, go anywhere campaign), nowhere near the grapics SHIII has, you would assume that it wouldn't need the resources ! What is it doing with all of it !?!

I mean, even with GWX, with ALL options cranked to the max in SHIII in crowded ports, I hardly get a single frame skip and SHIII is keeping track of LOTS more than SOF is.

It's almost like loading an Atari 2600 game into a modern computer and watching the thing drain everything the computer can throw at it !

10-10-2009, 06:30 PM	#1
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,511 Downloads: 83 Uploads: 0	Shells of Fury. Why is it such a HOG !?! Okay. My computer runs Silent Hunter III, which is a FAR more graphicly complex game, with no problem, but when I run Shells of Fury which my computer more than meets the specs it says it requires on the box, it bogs down horribly and even at the lowest graphics settings, I get about one frame every 3 secconds (but the mouse moves fine without any choppiness.) Is there anything I can do to improve things or is the game just that much of a hog ? __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

10-11-2009, 04:29 PM	#3
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol SUBSIM Welcome Committee Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,160 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	To put a technical spin on SoF. It's a PoS game. __________________ I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

10-11-2009, 05:56 PM	#6
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,511 Downloads: 83 Uploads: 0	My specs are P 4, 2.4 ghz, 2 gigs of ram with a 512 meg NVIDIA card. Even when I tone all the settings down to bare minimum, that game creeps on me. A game that has so little in it (no global, go anywhere campaign), nowhere near the grapics SHIII has, you would assume that it wouldn't need the resources ! What is it doing with all of it !?! I mean, even with GWX, with ALL options cranked to the max in SHIII in crowded ports, I hardly get a single frame skip and SHIII is keeping track of LOTS more than SOF is. It's almost like loading an Atari 2600 game into a modern computer and watching the thing drain everything the computer can throw at it ! __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

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10-11-2009, 04:21 PM	#2
Shearwater Captain Join Date: May 2009 Location: SUBSIM Radio Room (kinda obvious, isn't it) Posts: 529 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	What are your system specs? Compared to the visual quality, SoF really has insane hardware requirements. My box says the optimal system is Athlon XP 2600+ / P 4 2,4 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 256 MB graphics card. I have a notebook with an AMD X2 QL-62 Dual Core with 2,0 GHz, 4 GB of ram and a 256 MB graphics card and Vista, and the game runs decently (I guess at around 30 fps) if I set all the settings to minimum. Needless to say that it looks much worse than SH3, which runs like a charm. I guess that it's just a case of bad programming in the case of SoF.

10-11-2009, 04:34 PM	#4
Shearwater Captain Join Date: May 2009 Location: SUBSIM Radio Room (kinda obvious, isn't it) Posts: 529 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I got it for 0,01€ from Amazon (new and sealed) + 3€ for shipping. One of the cheaper PoS games actually