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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk
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Originally Posted by Uber Gruber
@AVGWarhammer
I've noticed a couple of times that you're quite happy with SHIV bar tha radar issues. This is great news if you've managed to make it stable, any chance you could list the mods you're using and any "tweaks" required so that all the rest of us might also be able to play the game ?
Thanks in advance mate,
Hans.
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Sure can! My system:
AMD 64 3200+
1 gig RAM
Visiontek Radeon XGE X1300 512mb video card
Onboard sound.
Yep, not a super machine. I have all sliders to the right. Options unchecked: EE(fog is a killer for FPS), water glare, 3D water, sunlight rays(also a FPS killer). I get 15 fps as the average low and 60 fps is average high.
Mods installed:
USS Drum texture (hi res)
Green button mod
Reduced radio traffic mod(clipboard issue)
interface texture mod
Remove grainy look mod when using PPF. (great little mod here)
I have had exactly 3 CTD:
'A' key
Heavy weather and convoy(twice for this) I found my two girls had downloaded Sponge Bob games all day. Clean it up and defrag, none since. I guess I have about 100 hours of play time in.
Tweeks:
X2 on the AA (traded off PPF for the lower AA) X6 and PPF my FPS was crappy. I'm happy with the rendering.
That is it. Not a super computer by any means. Not to much tweeking. The game is very stable. As a side note, I installed vanilla, 1.1 then 1.2 right over it all. I do not know if this helps but it worked for me.
As for the radar....I just do a Crazy Ivan every now and then! |
AVGWarhawk, like you I've had 3 (count 'em THREE!!!) CTD's. None from pressing "A". Just 3 random CTD's for no apparent reason. Not bad considering I've been playing since release day and have 100-150 hrs play time so far.
As far as radar, I put on Ducimus' FTT 2.4 and my radar works no matter where I'm headed
That really makes a difference!!!
Uber Gruber, I don't know what the secret is to getting SH4 "stable" - I can only guess it's a certain combo of hardware, software, drivers, etc. that makes it either stable or unstable. Plain-vanilla 1.1 was totally stable for me, and 1.1 with mods added was also stable. Those 3 CTD's I got came after putting on 1.2 but they are so rare they're not worth my attention. Guess I got lucky somehow
At any rate, I'm hell-bent to enjoy this game. And with a little effort I can. I hope there will be a 1.3 and maybe even 1.4 but if there's not I doubt I'll commit seppuku. OTOH, if there's
not a 1.3 I'll give many months of thought and observation before buying another UBI product, instead of jumping in headfirst like I did with SH4.
DH