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FJR9
10-05-10, 06:27 AM
I really liked Silent Hunter III and some of the mods were awesome!
So I was really looking forward to Silent Hunter 5....Only I've been bitterely dissapointed on how the game runs on my system...

It seems very laggy, takes forever it seems to click on anything, or move my mouse around. I'm not very computer hardware saavy, so I was hoping maybe some of you all could give me a few pointers...

I've read through many posts going back to the game's initial release, and found some stuff that may be helpful...
I tried the antilag download...hasn't helped...I set all in game graphics settings to lowest possible...tried adjusting to a different resolution...no help there....opened up the computer case, and use an external fan to help cool my graphics card...no help there....so I'm kinda frustrated.

the hardware detector tool of SH5 says I meet all requirements....but perhaps not well enough?
my graphics card is an nVidea Geforce G100 with 512mb of ram
my CPU is Intel core duo something or other....
any thoughts on tweaks, or mods etc?
I appreciate the help!
robbo180265
10-05-10, 06:58 AM
I really liked Silent Hunter III and some of the mods were awesome!
So I was really looking forward to Silent Hunter 5....Only I've been bitterely dissapointed on how the game runs on my system...

It seems very laggy, takes forever it seems to click on anything, or move my mouse around. I'm not very computer hardware saavy, so I was hoping maybe some of you all could give me a few pointers...

I've read through many posts going back to the game's initial release, and found some stuff that may be helpful...
I tried the antilag download...hasn't helped...I set all in game graphics settings to lowest possible...tried adjusting to a different resolution...no help there....opened up the computer case, and use an external fan to help cool my graphics card...no help there....so I'm kinda frustrated.

the hardware detector tool of SH5 says I meet all requirements....but perhaps not well enough?
my graphics card is an nVidea Geforce G100 with 512mb of ram
my CPU is Intel core duo something or other....
any thoughts on tweaks, or mods etc?
I appreciate the help!

I don't think your graphics card will cope to be honest, the cpu sounds like it might, but it would be useful to know exactly which thingy it is.

How much ram, which operating system?
FJR9
10-05-10, 09:46 AM
Sorry bout that...I was at work when I wrote the initial post...
so here are some specs: Intel Pentium dual core 2.40 ghz each
4 gb ram, and 6 gb "virtual Ram"
Windows Vista 64 bit
Nvidia GeForce G100
Drivers are up to date.
Takeda Shingen
10-05-10, 10:13 AM
I would have to agree with Robbo about your card. You could get yourself a GT200 series for pretty cheap and be fine to play. SH5 is very smooth on my GT240.
FJR9
10-06-10, 02:40 AM
cool, thanks for the replys!
Venatore
10-06-10, 02:54 AM
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FJR9
10-06-10, 02:56 AM
Do you run the 512mb gt240 or the 1gig one?
FJR9
10-06-10, 02:58 AM
I will give the game booster a try!

Thank you!
robbo180265
10-06-10, 08:03 AM
Do you run the 512mb gt240 or the 1gig one?

If you can afford it, go for the 1g - and don't forget to make sure that your psu is up to the job too (so many forget that)

I really don't think that 512mb is enough for SH5, or for that matter many of the games now.
Takeda Shingen
10-06-10, 09:12 AM
I use the 1GB model.
McBeck
10-07-10, 04:37 AM
1Gb ATI 5770 here - runs smooth with all maxed
raymond6751
10-07-10, 05:24 AM
I will give the game booster a try!

Thank you!

If you use gamebuster be SURE to reset things to normal mode before you shut down the computer. If you don't, you may have trouble starting again.

It happened to me, so the warning.
DavyJonesFootlocker
10-07-10, 05:45 AM
You sure game booster is safe to use?
robbo180265
10-07-10, 07:07 AM
You sure game booster is safe to use?

I've used it quite a bit and never run into problems yet although as the previous poster said, I always reset it afterwards.
FJR9
10-07-10, 08:08 AM
Between Gamebooster, antilag, and a few other mods, I can at least play the game now.
In port and in the Sub I get really low frame rates, but otherwise seems ok. Now it's time to save up some coin for a GPU upgrade.

Thank you for the suggestions!
FJR9
10-07-10, 03:22 PM
ok, now off to another tack...
I downloaded a few mods...and am trying to use DarkWraith's Multi UI TDO mod...
I watched the installation video...found where to adjust settings...and installed as intructed...but I'm not seeing any change to my stock SH5 in game setup...
not sure what I'm missing...
loaded the mod via generic mod enabler...running version 1.2 of the game
any ideas to look at?