Shells of Fury. Why is it such a HOG !?!

Blacklight · 10-11-09, 05:56 PM

My specs are P 4, 2.4 ghz, 2 gigs of ram with a 512 meg NVIDIA card.

Even when I tone all the settings down to bare minimum, that game creeps on me.
A game that has so little in it (no global, go anywhere campaign), nowhere near the grapics SHIII has, you would assume that it wouldn't need the resources ! What is it doing with all of it !?!

I mean, even with GWX, with ALL options cranked to the max in SHIII in crowded ports, I hardly get a single frame skip and SHIII is keeping track of LOTS more than SOF is.

It's almost like loading an Atari 2600 game into a modern computer and watching the thing drain everything the computer can throw at it !

Shearwater · 10-11-09, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Blacklight

My specs are P 4, 2.4 ghz, 2 gigs of ram with a 512 meg NVIDIA card.

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Really strange ...
I have the game installed on both a Nvidia/Pentium and an ATI/AMD rig, and don't have problems like yours on either system.
I have stopped it playing a while ago. The missing savegame function (are they serious?!) and sluggish camera controls simply annoyed me too much although I really wanted to like this game. I'd say just give the game the boot, it's not worth it.

FIREWALL · 10-11-09, 06:51 PM

@ Blacklight. Is that an AGP card ?

Blacklight · 10-11-09, 09:31 PM

Yes. It's an AGP card. All drivers are fully updated. Direct X is the latest version. This game is the only game I have that seems to suck resources like it does. I have lots of far more graphicly intense games and none of them bog down like SOF does. My laptop which has the same specs also won't run it without bogging down.

Hitman · 10-13-09, 01:47 PM

SOF has an own forum here, I'm moving the thread there but will leave a redirect

10-11-09, 05:56 PM	#1
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	My specs are P 4, 2.4 ghz, 2 gigs of ram with a 512 meg NVIDIA card. Even when I tone all the settings down to bare minimum, that game creeps on me. A game that has so little in it (no global, go anywhere campaign), nowhere near the grapics SHIII has, you would assume that it wouldn't need the resources ! What is it doing with all of it !?! I mean, even with GWX, with ALL options cranked to the max in SHIII in crowded ports, I hardly get a single frame skip and SHIII is keeping track of LOTS more than SOF is. It's almost like loading an Atari 2600 game into a modern computer and watching the thing drain everything the computer can throw at it ! __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

10-11-09, 06:51 PM	#3
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	@ Blacklight. Is that an AGP card ? __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

10-11-09, 09:31 PM	#4
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	Yes. It's an AGP card. All drivers are fully updated. Direct X is the latest version. This game is the only game I have that seems to suck resources like it does. I have lots of far more graphicly intense games and none of them bog down like SOF does. My laptop which has the same specs also won't run it without bogging down. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

10-13-09, 01:47 PM	#5
Hitman Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 6,109 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 2	SOF has an own forum here, I'm moving the thread there but will leave a redirect __________________ One day I will return to sea ...