What gives with the time compression stutter? (And a couple other things)

AVGWarhawk · 02-18-09, 02:32 PM

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2) On the video card issue, I have been told my 8600GT is on the low end now. I am thinking about bumping up to the 9800 series...just have to update my power supply too (running at 350W right now). That may help, but then I am thinking it is a game related issue. Don't want to drop $279 when it won't help right now.

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You can get this card for about $100.00. Yes, get a power supply. A good one to run this card should run you about $60-70. Tell the wife it is therapy. That is what I tell mine. Anyway, the 9600 gt card will work also and few dollars less than the 9800gt. It really is not a game related issue, I can assure you that.

You TC when you go out on errands?

vtccgolf · 02-18-09, 02:48 PM

I don't TC too much when I run out, but I might as well if this is going to keep up. One time I was cruising through the Central Pacific on 512X I believe, ran over to a neighbors to return something (yeah, that whole multi-tasking thing). When I got back into my study, I found the USS Gar was getting owned by a small gun boat on the surface. I only stepped out for five minutes too! You can guess what I set my default settings to on contact after that...give 'um the deck gun!

On a separate occasion, I was cruising around the Luzon Strait on about 32X, stepped out for a cup of coffee, and came back to one interesting sight: The Flying Dutchman! Yeah, I was wondering what it was at first (some Easter Egg of course). I guess the Flying Dutchman is copyrighted too since they didn't call it that by name in the game. I'm sorry, that medal copyright excuse just kills me. I need to find a good mod for v1.4. I saw a couple for v1.5. Any suggestions?

SteamWake · 02-18-09, 02:53 PM

You can have the biggest baddest rig in town and your still going to get stutters at high rates of TC. Espically around busy ports/shipping lanes.

It is what it is. There is a point of diminishing returns using TC depending on your big bad rig. For me its around 1024. Any faster than that and the 'stutters' get so bad it actually takes longer to get where your going.

AVGWarhawk · 02-18-09, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by vtccgolf

I don't TC too much when I run out, but I might as well if this is going to keep up. One time I was cruising through the Central Pacific on 512X I believe, ran over to a neighbors to return something (yeah, that whole multi-tasking thing). When I got back into my study, I found the USS Gar was getting owned by a small gun boat on the surface. I only stepped out for five minutes too! You can guess what I set my default settings to on contact after that...give 'um the deck gun!

On a separate occasion, I was cruising around the Luzon Strait on about 32X, stepped out for a cup of coffee, and came back to one interesting sight: The Flying Dutchman! Yeah, I was wondering what it was at first (some Easter Egg of course). I guess the Flying Dutchman is copyrighted too since they didn't call it that by name in the game. I'm sorry, that medal copyright excuse just kills me. I need to find a good mod for v1.4. I saw a couple for v1.5. Any suggestions?

I multitask also but this is something like switching a load of laundry from the washer to the dryer for my wife. I leave the game at X1. Go to the neighbors for a beer and at X512? Never, I hit pause! I find this truly amazing you would do this.

vtccgolf · 02-18-09, 07:31 PM

AVGWarhawk...my wife would tell you that there is plenty of things that I do that would truly "amaze" anyone (all married men reading this will know that this is code for all the stupid things we do). I quote: "Oh honey...THAT's just so amazing!

How long do you plan on doing THAT?"

My main TC usage while multi-tasking involves that long truck back to Pearl or Fremantle...especially since I am limited to 512X. Usually, these routes are clear of the enemy. I am still wondering what a small gun boat was doing in the middle of the Pacific. I am going to check the defrag and cut back on the background programs. Since I run Vista, I have to be careful what I install so the gods of Microsoft don't rain down thunder on my desktop. I am going to bump up that video card before StarCraft 2 hits the shelves.

Peabody...just a couple things you mentioned that I didn't mention. My rig has a FSB of 1066Mhz and the RAM is a PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM.

One last question for everyone. I love to hit the harbors since that's where the large tankers like to hang out. And Kobe...holy cow! Both Yamatos and several carriers! Anyway, is there a MOD out there that would cause these ships to get underway under fire? It's easy tonnage with them sitting there, but that gets old quick.

Thanks guys! Love the warm welcome!

ReallyDedPoet · 02-18-09, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by vtccgolf

Thanks guys! Love the warm welcome!

Here is another than

, welcome to SUBSIM

Enjoy your stay.

les green01 · 02-18-09, 08:04 PM

welcome aboard when i got to do something else even for a few mins i kick the tc down as it only takes a a few seconds to get in trouble also kick off all the back ground programs you can,end it all works good for that

peabody · 02-18-09, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by vtccgolf

AVGWarhawk...my wife would tell you that there is plenty of things that I do that would truly "amaze" anyone (all married men reading this will know that this is code for all the stupid things we do). I quote: "Oh honey...THAT's just so amazing!

How long do you plan on doing THAT?"

My main TC usage while multi-tasking involves that long truck back to Pearl or Fremantle...especially since I am limited to 512X. Usually, these routes are clear of the enemy. I am still wondering what a small gun boat was doing in the middle of the Pacific. I am going to check the defrag and cut back on the background programs. Since I run Vista, I have to be careful what I install so the gods of Microsoft don't rain down thunder on my desktop. I am going to bump up that video card before StarCraft 2 hits the shelves.

Peabody...just a couple things you mentioned that I didn't mention. My rig has a FSB of 1066Mhz and the RAM is a PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM.

One last question for everyone. I love to hit the harbors since that's where the large tankers like to hang out. And Kobe...holy cow! Both Yamatos and several carriers! Anyway, is there a MOD out there that would cause these ships to get underway under fire? It's easy tonnage with them sitting there, but that gets old quick.

Thanks guys! Love the warm welcome!

Ship that are placed at a dock will get under way when shot at if they are not checked as "docked" in the files. If they are put in, as some are, with 0 for speed but not "docked" they will move.

If you have those specs on your computer and you get a max of 512X then it is the multitasking or Vista using up your resources, not the ships you sank.

And I also forgot to say welcome!

Peabody

vtccgolf · 02-18-09, 10:39 PM

Yeah, I am looking into the multi tasking stuff running in the background. I don't have much because I just had to do a factory reset of this desktop. Just one day this thing slowed to a snails pace, and I wonder if it had something to do with an HP update. I have barely anything running on this aside from TrendMicro, IE 7, and Silent Hunter 4. Went into the registry and shut all the crap down that I didn't need. Good thing I didn't sell my old desktop with XP on it...plus the wife likes having her own computer for working on art and craft stuff. More time for me to patrol!

Defragging right now. Going to update the drivers for the vid card too.

Wow, I should have joined up with this forum a long time ago. I came here off and on to see what was going on with games...but there is so much good stuff. I just looked at the general topics forum. I could easily spend more time here than on Facebook (just found the SUBSIM.COM group...feel free to look up Wayne "Rudy" Nimmo).

BTW...anyone know how to change the avatar photo and title? Didn't know if that is an option I could change, or if that was up to the moderators. I didn't see an option for it, but my wife also calls me blind quite a bit. I better work on that before being on a bridge again.

Torplexed · 02-18-09, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by vtccgolf

BTW...anyone know how to change the avatar photo and title? Didn't know if that is an option I could change, or if that was up to the moderators. I didn't see an option for it, but my wife also calls my blind quite a bit. I better work on that before being on a bridge again.

It'll change with every few posts. Keep posting and you won't be a bilge rat long. Welcome aboard.

02-18-09, 02:48 PM	#2
vtccgolf Watch Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA Posts: 15 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	I don't TC too much when I run out, but I might as well if this is going to keep up. One time I was cruising through the Central Pacific on 512X I believe, ran over to a neighbors to return something (yeah, that whole multi-tasking thing). When I got back into my study, I found the USS Gar was getting owned by a small gun boat on the surface. I only stepped out for five minutes too! You can guess what I set my default settings to on contact after that...give 'um the deck gun! On a separate occasion, I was cruising around the Luzon Strait on about 32X, stepped out for a cup of coffee, and came back to one interesting sight: The Flying Dutchman! Yeah, I was wondering what it was at first (some Easter Egg of course). I guess the Flying Dutchman is copyrighted too since they didn't call it that by name in the game. I'm sorry, that medal copyright excuse just kills me. I need to find a good mod for v1.4. I saw a couple for v1.5. Any suggestions? __________________ "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in America any more." "Pay no attention to that Congress behind the curtain."

02-18-09, 07:31 PM	#5
vtccgolf Watch Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA Posts: 15 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	AVGWarhawk...my wife would tell you that there is plenty of things that I do that would truly "amaze" anyone (all married men reading this will know that this is code for all the stupid things we do). I quote: "Oh honey...THAT's just so amazing! How long do you plan on doing THAT?" My main TC usage while multi-tasking involves that long truck back to Pearl or Fremantle...especially since I am limited to 512X. Usually, these routes are clear of the enemy. I am still wondering what a small gun boat was doing in the middle of the Pacific. I am going to check the defrag and cut back on the background programs. Since I run Vista, I have to be careful what I install so the gods of Microsoft don't rain down thunder on my desktop. I am going to bump up that video card before StarCraft 2 hits the shelves. Peabody...just a couple things you mentioned that I didn't mention. My rig has a FSB of 1066Mhz and the RAM is a PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM. One last question for everyone. I love to hit the harbors since that's where the large tankers like to hang out. And Kobe...holy cow! Both Yamatos and several carriers! Anyway, is there a MOD out there that would cause these ships to get underway under fire? It's easy tonnage with them sitting there, but that gets old quick. Thanks guys! Love the warm welcome! __________________ "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in America any more." "Pay no attention to that Congress behind the curtain."

02-18-09, 08:04 PM	#7
les green01 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Freeman Missouri Posts: 1,784 Downloads: 1405 Uploads: 0	welcome aboard when i got to do something else even for a few mins i kick the tc down as it only takes a a few seconds to get in trouble also kick off all the back ground programs you can,end it all works good for that __________________ I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done. Audie Murphy

02-18-09, 10:39 PM	#9
vtccgolf Watch Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA Posts: 15 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Yeah, I am looking into the multi tasking stuff running in the background. I don't have much because I just had to do a factory reset of this desktop. Just one day this thing slowed to a snails pace, and I wonder if it had something to do with an HP update. I have barely anything running on this aside from TrendMicro, IE 7, and Silent Hunter 4. Went into the registry and shut all the crap down that I didn't need. Good thing I didn't sell my old desktop with XP on it...plus the wife likes having her own computer for working on art and craft stuff. More time for me to patrol! Defragging right now. Going to update the drivers for the vid card too. Wow, I should have joined up with this forum a long time ago. I came here off and on to see what was going on with games...but there is so much good stuff. I just looked at the general topics forum. I could easily spend more time here than on Facebook (just found the SUBSIM.COM group...feel free to look up Wayne "Rudy" Nimmo). BTW...anyone know how to change the avatar photo and title? Didn't know if that is an option I could change, or if that was up to the moderators. I didn't see an option for it, but my wife also calls me blind quite a bit. I better work on that before being on a bridge again. __________________ "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in America any more." "Pay no attention to that Congress behind the curtain." Last edited by vtccgolf; 02-19-09 at 12:27 AM.

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02-18-09, 02:53 PM	#3
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	You can have the biggest baddest rig in town and your still going to get stutters at high rates of TC. Espically around busy ports/shipping lanes. It is what it is. There is a point of diminishing returns using TC depending on your big bad rig. For me its around 1024. Any faster than that and the 'stutters' get so bad it actually takes longer to get where your going.