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Originally Posted by swdw
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Originally Posted by DrBeast
The result so far is a bit disheartening: though the game runs MUCH better in general, I experience a very weird slowdown whenever I hit a ship and I zoom my camera close to it. It's a massive slowdown that persists well until the ship is sunk. And it also seems the old hard drive hates the DVD-ROM's guts; whenever they're both connected (both PATA devices so they share the same cable), I experience random resets.
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First issue sounds like a sound related one. Between the exploding, screaming, sinking, and underwater explosions there's a continuous string of sounds being played.Try turning down the number of 3D sound channels. Also try turning off the sound delay. Last, see if there's an update for your sound card driver.
Next one on the compatibility. Check the jumper positions. If you're using cable select, go to the master/slave positions- typically HD as master and DVD as slave. Otherwise grab a seperate cable and put the DVD drive on it. You can also try going into the BIOS and manually defining the types to see if it stops the issue.
Had a friends computer where I got rid of his problems by making the DVD the master and the HD the slave as nothing else worked- go figure. |
Hm, turning down 3D sound channels is next on my to-do list. Soundchip drivers are already up to date. I'm also going to try out ATi's newest set of Catalyst drivers, though I have a feeling I'll return to my good old Omega display drivers.
Regarding the resets: I've checked the jumpers, HDD is set as master, DVD as slave. Issue continues. Also tried cable-select, with the same drive configuration and the jumpers set appropriately, no dice. New motherboard only has one E-IDE port, so separate cables is out of the question. But...I asked around yesterday, and a guy told me to use the DVD as master and HDD as slave, as well. It has to do with some motherboards not supporting UDMA 133 but only up to 100, so you essentially "force" the HDD to work on 100, and that solves the problems. My motherboard's manual claims it supports 133, but who knows. It's worth a try!
Cheers for the advice!
