Question for modders... simpler water?

[melendir]

Hello

This is question for modders... so I post it here...

I have a SH3 + GWX2 installation on my desktop with 16km athmosphere... no problems with that

But... I bought a new laptop... and would of course like to play my favourite game with that too
My laptop is Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pa2510... with Vista Home Premium...
(1.8 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 Processor, ATI Radeon Xpress 1200, 2GB RAM)
I Followed the installation guide for vista and game starts ok....

The problem is that when at surface looking from conning tower or periscope (lower zoom) I get about 10 fps when there's much "surface water" = waves at sight
I get 30 fps in Control Room, 170 fps at Map, 30-40 fps through periscope under water (deep enough, so surface can't be seen)... in UZO I get 30-40 fps... (big zoom --> less water area or something)....

So my first question is that do you people think that my problem is too little "power" in graphics adapter or in processor?
My second question is that, is it possible to simplify water (less physics, if processor problem) or is it possible to lower the view distance...to 6km or even 4km?

help please