Problem with GWX - 16km Atmosphere on my Notebook

[Mueller72]

I installed SH3 + GWX 1.03 + SH3 Commander on my new Notebook (Toshiba Satego X200). The GFX Card is a NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT.

If i activate the 16km Atmosphere Mod i have some "ghost images" flickering on the horizont. I don't know how to name it else and its too seldom for screenshot. Perhaps ill try to make a video. It seems to be restricted to good weather conditions though.

Has anyone the same problem or have an idea what could help?

Best Regards,
Mueller72

[JU_88]

Not alot you can do by the sound of it.
Sounds like a vid card / driver issue, you can experiment with different driver versions, go to www.nvidia.com (http://www.nvidia.com)

Sounds like you got a good graphics chip I dont doubt its capable of running SH3 with 16km, only trouble with laptops that I can think of - is that they no longer have dedicated graphics memory, instead they used Turbo Cache where it uses the main memory - not sure if it has something to do with that. How much RAM you got in total? if you got 2GB then I really dont think its a hardware problem. at the end of the SH3 is 2 year old game, are you running Vista or XP Btw.

if worse comes to worst -stick to 8Km.

[melnibonian]

Did you rollback SH3Cmdr before enabling the mod? If no have a look at this thread http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=121090

[Mueller72]

I have 2GB and run it on Vista and i have rolled back in SH3Cmdr. I guess Laptop is really kind of special. Thanx for you answerns.

Time to get used to 8km.----

[onelifecrisis]

I installed SH3 + GWX 1.03 + SH3 Commander on my new Notebook (Toshiba Satego X200). The GFX Card is a NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT.

If i activate the 16km Atmosphere Mod i have some "ghost images" flickering on the horizont. I don't know how to name it else and its too seldom for screenshot. Perhaps ill try to make a video. It seems to be restricted to good weather conditions though.

Has anyone the same problem or have an idea what could help?

Best Regards,
Mueller72

I reckon your notebook graphics card is overheating a little. If you have a notebook stand for your notebook then put it on that, and even try blowing a desk fan on it while you play. Hope this helps.

[madmike81]

I play on a laptop to. i actually set up the back of it on hockey pucks and have a small fan blowing underneath it all the time.

does wonders for cooling issues.

[irish1958]

On a notebook (which I have) it's best to run the 8Km. I can do 16Km on my desktop without any problems tho.