Actually, sardines placed on top of a bed of rice covered with vindaloo source is very nice.

It sounds yummy,,, while I'm getting hungry :03:

Hmm... started up my stock game and then tabbed out to check, apparently I am missing something with regard to AMD Fusion because doing so didn't trigger it to activate the gaming profile. So I'm confused at what the point is of having "Smart Profiles" enabled with certain triggers set, if you have to open AMD Fusion anyway to make the trigger work you might as well just activate the profile manually. :hmmm:

Have you tried to start the game, :hmm2:

It should work right off the trigger as long as you have 'Smart Profiles' enabled and have SH3.exe added to the trigger list.

If you want to make sure, you can always start it manually through The GUI by selecting the 'Gaming' profile (under the general tab) and then clicking the 'activate' button.

I should also mention a few general items that may be of use. Firstly, AMD Fusion runs as a service so you can always check on its status by clicking on: Start -> Run -> services.msc and then scroll down to the 'AMD FusionUtility Service' entry.

Once you find it, you can right click on the item and select properties to manage its startup status. Options should be automatic (delayed), automatic, manual and disabled. If you select automatic it will start with each boot whereas disable will obviously shut it down.

An easier way to do this is to open notepad and write a small .bat file with the following text:

@echo off

echo Starting AMDFusion Service

pause

net start "AMD FusionUtility Service"

pause

*******

Just be sure to save it with a .bat extension rather than the usual .txt, that way you can run it off your desktop (or wherever) to initialize the service at any time.

Also, if you want to shut it down, create the following .bat file:

@echo off

echo Stopping AMDFusion Service

pause

net stop "AMD FusionUtility Service"

pause

*******

Hopefully that'll give you the tools you need to make sure everything is doing what it's supposed to do. :DL

See, that's what's weird. I thought that was how it was supposed to work - otherwise there's no point to having the trigger. I have Smart Profiles enabled and SH3.exe in the trigger list, but I started the game and then tabbed out and opened Fusion and the Gaming profile wasn't activated.

Cool, I didn't even know about that little trick. I just checked and it's on Automatic so the trigger should've worked.

I wonder if it's case-sensitive and I didn't type it in the way it appears in the actual filename. :hmmm:

I'm actually relieved to think that it wasn't the Gaming profile when I had the freeze-up last night, makes me think there's still hope for screenshots to work properly without CTDs.

And that gives you a Lifetime of upgrades.
Just downloaded the 3.4.2 myself.
And yes I'm a registered Member at Fraps!
:O:

When I first installed, I cruised through the AMD forums and made a few mental notes. IIRC it doesn't require a full path name but merely the name of the .exe.

Also, if case sensitive doesn't work maybe try all lowercase as I seem to recall seeing it presented that way as an example in forum answers.

Just checked, I have it all lower case which is how the file is named in the game folder... but I do have several game installations, so several instances of that same file name. Maybe it does need the full path? :hmmm:

I honestly don't know if it works with the full path or not, certainly worth a try...

Just thinking out loud, if the service is set to 'automatic' it should initialize once the trigger condition is met. AFAIK multiple instances shouldn't cause a problem even if the .exe's have different checksum values.

Then again, I didn't program it so I can't say for sure whether AMD did something really funky in this regard. It just seems unlikely and I can't recall other utilities having similar issues with multiple instances.

I suppose if worst comes to worst you could always fire it up with a .bat file just prior to launching the game. While not as convenient, it would at least give you the assurance that it is working as you'd actually see Aero shutdown.

I'll give it some more thought, although right now I'm not sure what else to suggest. Sorry for the hassle, it certainly wasn't intended. :oops:

Sure, it was your intuition, you do like girls, so this is definitely in line with this thread :O:

Oh, it's no hassle, it's a great little app and obviously shuts down Aero plus a lot of other unnecessary stuff.

But the trigger is definitely not working, I tried the full path and even went into the game folder and clicked right on the .exe file itself to launch the game.

If I open Fusion and hit Activate it's obvious that it works, Aero stops and I can open Task Manager and watch processes/services shut down. But launching the game? No effect whatsoever.

It's not like it's a big deal to do it manually, but now I'm wondering why the trigger isn't working and I probably won't be happy until I figure it out. :O:


Well, duh, it looks like you have to have Smart Profiles enabled in the profile you are already using before it will switch to another one via the selected trigger. I didn't have it enabled anywhere except the gaming profile. Let's give this a try...

I must say I admire your tenacity... :salute:

Great attribute that and one that serves extremely well.


Hope it works, please post results... :sunny:

Yep, launching the game now activates the Gaming profile automatically... altho I also discovered that you have to add the sh3.exe to the exception list for the profile, otherwise launching it activates the profile which then proceeds to shut down everything not on the exception list, including the game... :doh:

The only thing I don't like is that exiting the game doesn't cause Fusion to revert you back to the profile you were running before you launched it, which apparently has to be done manually... and if you don't go into that profile and tell it what stopped services to restart, activating it has little effect. I've done that though so I at least I can get back to my normal non-gaming system status without activating the default profile AND restarting my computer. :yeah:

Glad to hear it's working! :woot:

This is where a little more documentation would really come in handy. I do think it's a really good utility, but it certainly could be more user friendly.

Right, I encountered this as well which kind of led me into the whole manual bypass thing. Too busy to sort I guess, (so at the time) it seemed easier to just do a quick work around.

Congrats on sorting it out, :up: when I get some free time I'll take a look at mine again and give it a tweak.