Came back to SH4, picked this up, now I have some problems...

TriskettheKid · 03-21-08, 09:56 PM

To start, I was able to run SHIV pretty well on my laptop.

It's specs are:
2.2 gHz Core 2 (T7250? I think?)
4 gb DDR2 ram
256mb 8600m GT
Vista Ultimate

Now, to start, when I tested SHIV stock, it ran pretty much smooth, at about 30fps with pretty much everything turned on.

I just downloaded the U-boat addon, and went to test it out, and now I'm getting massive FPS problems. I can start inside the sub fine, but nowhere near stable (according the counter, it hovers between 20-60fps). Once I go outside, though, BAM. It goes from 2-120 FPS. And it stutters.

So I tweaked the settings, turned some stuff off, turned some settings down. Was able to hit a more stable 12-15 FPS outside (though still far too low, and half of what I was able to get with better settings in stock SHIV), but once I submerged, the problems started up again. FPS started becoming random, between 2-120 FPS. And it started stuttering again.

Any ideas? This is puzzling me quite a bit.

03-21-08, 09:56 PM	#1
TriskettheKid Planesman Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 186 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Came back to SH4, picked this up, now I have some problems... To start, I was able to run SHIV pretty well on my laptop. It's specs are: 2.2 gHz Core 2 (T7250? I think?) 4 gb DDR2 ram 256mb 8600m GT Vista Ultimate Now, to start, when I tested SHIV stock, it ran pretty much smooth, at about 30fps with pretty much everything turned on. I just downloaded the U-boat addon, and went to test it out, and now I'm getting massive FPS problems. I can start inside the sub fine, but nowhere near stable (according the counter, it hovers between 20-60fps). Once I go outside, though, BAM. It goes from 2-120 FPS. And it stutters. So I tweaked the settings, turned some stuff off, turned some settings down. Was able to hit a more stable 12-15 FPS outside (though still far too low, and half of what I was able to get with better settings in stock SHIV), but once I submerged, the problems started up again. FPS started becoming random, between 2-120 FPS. And it started stuttering again. Any ideas? This is puzzling me quite a bit.