SH4 on WinXP plus SP3

GeoffBelding · 09-26-08, 06:06 AM

Hi - before SP3, my SH4 was fairly slow to load, and the introduction movie always broke up when playing, so I have never watched it to its completion.

AFTER SP3, SH4 loads much faster, and I have watched the intro movie for the first time, without any picture break-up. The game also seems faster, but I haven't measured it.

In control panel - system - advanced - performance + settings, I always had the button 'Adjust for best performance' set and it now seems that Windows acts upon this setting for the first time.

Do you have any similar benefits in SH4 from SP3?

Cheers

Geoff

tonschk · 09-26-08, 07:58 AM

I never got problem with intro movie ( I always cancel the movie ) even when was trying to play this SH4 game with a older pentium D plus a geForce 7300LE ( the framerate was between 4 and 15fps ), at the biginning of this year changed the computer with a 8800GT and got 60fps , the change from SP2 to SP3 for me was not really noticeable

There is a button to press to check your framerate , I think is control +F8 , or alt+F8 dont remember properly

SteamWake · 09-26-08, 08:10 AM

Personally I noticed no difference.

Perhaps some configuration of your operating system got 'straightend out'.

09-26-08, 10:10 AM

a simple solution to speed things up is delete the intro movies, open data/ movies/ intro and delete the two files inside it but not the yellow intro folder itself.

now when you start the game it goes straight to the start screen.

SteamWake · 09-26-08, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WEBSTER

a simple solution to speed things up is delete the intro movies, open data/ movies/ intro and delete the two files inside it but not the yellow intro folder itself.

now when you start the game it goes straight to the start screen.

I just punch the escape key... call me lazy :rotfl:

~Fly endle.....~ Loading...

Flick · 09-26-08, 11:43 AM

No difference at all.

Arclight · 09-27-08, 07:02 AM

Always ran fine, still does. Maybe some DirectX component got updated, or some driver that was out-dated?

peabody · 09-27-08, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Quote:

Originally Posted by WEBSTER

a simple solution to speed things up is delete the intro movies, open data/ movies/ intro and delete the two files inside it but not the yellow intro folder itself.

now when you start the game it goes straight to the start screen.

I just punch the escape key... call me lazy :rotfl:

~Fly endle.....~ Loading...

Wow, you watch it all the way to Fly endle..... I don't even watch that much.:rotfl:. Although I did watch it once to see what it was.

Peabody

SteamWake · 09-27-08, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peabody

Wow, you watch it all the way to Fly endle..... I don't even watch that much.:rotfl:. Although I did watch it once to see what it was.

Peabody

Well I was watchin TV at the time

09-26-08, 06:06 AM	#1
GeoffBelding Seaman Join Date: May 2007 Location: Hampshire, England Posts: 41 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	SH4 on WinXP plus SP3 Hi - before SP3, my SH4 was fairly slow to load, and the introduction movie always broke up when playing, so I have never watched it to its completion. AFTER SP3, SH4 loads much faster, and I have watched the intro movie for the first time, without any picture break-up. The game also seems faster, but I haven't measured it. In control panel - system - advanced - performance + settings, I always had the button 'Adjust for best performance' set and it now seems that Windows acts upon this setting for the first time. Do you have any similar benefits in SH4 from SP3? Cheers Geoff

09-26-08, 07:58 AM	#2
tonschk Admiral Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,200 Downloads: 172 Uploads: 0	I never got problem with intro movie ( I always cancel the movie ) even when was trying to play this SH4 game with a older pentium D plus a geForce 7300LE ( the framerate was between 4 and 15fps ), at the biginning of this year changed the computer with a 8800GT and got 60fps , the change from SP2 to SP3 for me was not really noticeable There is a button to press to check your framerate , I think is control +F8 , or alt+F8 dont remember properly __________________ What we do in life echoes in Eternity

09-27-08, 07:02 AM	#7
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Always ran fine, still does. Maybe some DirectX component got updated, or some driver that was out-dated? __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

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09-26-08, 08:10 AM	#3
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Personally I noticed no difference. Perhaps some configuration of your operating system got 'straightend out'.

09-26-08, 10:10 AM	#4
Webster Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	a simple solution to speed things up is delete the intro movies, open data/ movies/ intro and delete the two files inside it but not the yellow intro folder itself. now when you start the game it goes straight to the start screen.

09-26-08, 11:43 AM	#6
Flick Sparky Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ottawa Canada Posts: 157 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	No difference at all.