Laptop too slow for SH III?

Submachine · 03-13-07, 07:52 AM

I would love to play SH III, which I just acquired, but after two days of tutorial it seem to be quite painful experience for my laptop. Gameplay is half of time smooth and other half very sticky, mouse moving very slowly, weak response from keyboard. Too long sessions standing at bridge will cause game to slow

Damn waves!
Main is reason is, of course, my laptop HP DV2000z, Turion X64 TL 50, 1 GB memory, and especially Geforce Go 6150.
Is there any work around to make this game little bit smoother in my computer? Any tool for dropping resolution or anything?
Game is now playable, in critical moments slow gameplay will annoy.

Thanks!

Mooncatt · 03-13-07, 07:57 AM

yeah sh3 does require a pretty good setup to run. there is a tool in which you can change the res but i think you can only increase it tbh, i havent used it at all so i cant be sure.
only other thing i could suggest is to close any background tasks while running sh3.
on your gfx card settings turn off all AA and AF and adjust the settings to more performance rather than quality

oh and welcome matey have fun!!! there is also a mod called GWX which is awesome but might not be advisable if your struggling to run stock sh3

ReallyDedPoet · 03-13-07, 07:58 AM

Welcome

irish1958 · 03-13-07, 03:45 PM

SHIII will run on a laptop. You can't use the 16 Km atmospheric sceen.dat file however, and there are probably a few more mods that make it play too slow. GWX actually speeds up the game on my laptop

sunvalleyslim · 03-13-07, 09:56 PM

Welcome aboard submachine,
And like Mooncatt said, if you're running Sh3 with no mods make sure your not running on the ineternet at the same time......Good Hunting............

cobalt · 03-13-07, 10:48 PM

You can donate your laptop tome if you don't like it

or a video card so I can play il2.

Submachine · 03-14-07, 03:46 AM

Thanks to all for advices! I wasn't aware that default setting for GeForce (by HP) was quality not performance. Changing that improved gameplay lot. It is now much better, at least tolerable.
So I don't have to donate or sink my laptop to bottom of Baltic Sea

.
Now the problem is I am not able sink any ships. Must be my lousy crew

. Ok, one success: accidentally sank friendy fishing vessel.....

Mooncatt · 03-14-07, 04:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Submachine

Thanks to all for advices! I wasn't aware that default setting for GeForce (by HP) was quality not performance. Changing that improved gameplay lot. It is now much better, at least tolerable.
So I don't have to donate or sink my laptop to bottom of Baltic Sea

.
Now the problem is I am not able sink any ships. Must be my lousy crew

. Ok, one success: accidentally sank friendy fishing vessel.....

:rotfl: sorry for laughing just the way it was typed. check out the stcky thread titled sh3 newbie guide all the stuff is on there for you. and you will need to learn the lot but its really helpful.

03-13-07, 07:52 AM	#1
Submachine Nub Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Laptop too slow for SH III? I would love to play SH III, which I just acquired, but after two days of tutorial it seem to be quite painful experience for my laptop. Gameplay is half of time smooth and other half very sticky, mouse moving very slowly, weak response from keyboard. Too long sessions standing at bridge will cause game to slow Damn waves! Main is reason is, of course, my laptop HP DV2000z, Turion X64 TL 50, 1 GB memory, and especially Geforce Go 6150. Is there any work around to make this game little bit smoother in my computer? Any tool for dropping resolution or anything? Game is now playable, in critical moments slow gameplay will annoy. Thanks!

03-13-07, 07:57 AM	#2
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	yeah sh3 does require a pretty good setup to run. there is a tool in which you can change the res but i think you can only increase it tbh, i havent used it at all so i cant be sure. only other thing i could suggest is to close any background tasks while running sh3. on your gfx card settings turn off all AA and AF and adjust the settings to more performance rather than quality oh and welcome matey have fun!!! there is also a mod called GWX which is awesome but might not be advisable if your struggling to run stock sh3 __________________ Last edited by Mooncatt; 03-13-07 at 08:15 AM.

03-13-07, 07:58 AM	#3
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,886 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Welcome __________________ Back in the Day

03-13-07, 03:45 PM	#4
irish1958 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 3,250 Downloads: 320 Uploads: 11	SHIII will run on a laptop. You can't use the 16 Km atmospheric sceen.dat file however, and there are probably a few more mods that make it play too slow. GWX actually speeds up the game on my laptop __________________ Irish1958

03-13-07, 09:56 PM	#5
sunvalleyslim Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, Ca Posts: 1,142 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard submachine, And like Mooncatt said, if you're running Sh3 with no mods make sure your not running on the ineternet at the same time......Good Hunting............ __________________ Crew member/ decommission member TM2(SS)(SD) 3/68-7/70 DIESEL BOATS FOREVER USS SEGUNDO (SS398)

03-13-07, 10:48 PM	#6
cobalt Commander Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 440 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	You can donate your laptop tome if you don't like it or a video card so I can play il2. __________________ download my playable viic/41 submarine http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=107315 http://files.filefront.com/CobaltsVI.../fileinfo.html

03-14-07, 03:46 AM	#7
Submachine Nub Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks to all for advices! I wasn't aware that default setting for GeForce (by HP) was quality not performance. Changing that improved gameplay lot. It is now much better, at least tolerable. So I don't have to donate or sink my laptop to bottom of Baltic Sea . Now the problem is I am not able sink any ships. Must be my lousy crew . Ok, one success: accidentally sank friendy fishing vessel.....