GWX choppiness issues

NipplesTheCat · 03-24-07, 04:29 PM

How fragmented is your hard drive?

Dutch · 03-24-07, 04:39 PM

This is going to sound really really odd, but anyways I'm going to explain it.

Saw a post where you can force render the application via the videa card program. So I went in and added SH3 and forced this setting.

Anisotropic filtering: 16x
Anisotropic optimization: On
Anisotropic sample optimization: On
Antialiasing setting 8x

Then I reentered the game. Turned on FPS (Cntl F8) and I really couldn't tell what it was saying there but they were all triple digits. But when I looked toward the bow area it would lag up again.

Then I just for the heck of it (honestly don't know why) I pressed shift+ page up and bam it worked perfect. I noticed the differance the second I touched it, it smoothed up just like that.

:hmm:

I have never understood what the shift page up thing does, but is there anyway to force that as always on? Seems to me that it fixed whatever the problem was earlier, but I must do it every single time I open the game. Is there anyways at all to have this turned on the moment you open the game. I don't mind if I have to turn it on myself but it would be nice

NipplesTheCat · 03-24-07, 04:42 PM

Pressing shift+PGUP or whatever the hell it is turn on features that turn AA right back off. Unless someone corrects me,...your FPS went back up bc you just turned AA back off.

EDIT: I would guess that with all of those setting cranked up your video card is having a hard time rendering the wake on the bow of your boat. Try turning Anisotropic filtering down and the other setting to off. Back your AA down to 4x AA and take another look. If the problem goes away start turning the setting up one by one to see how far you can push it before it starts to puke.

Dutch · 03-24-07, 04:47 PM

No no no, they got better when I turned it ON........

I did this three or for times just to make sure I wasn't going crazy. I looked at the bow and it was noticably lagging, the very second I turn it on it cleared up, the second I turn it off it lags up again......

Since when does turning on more video options make games run smoother:hmm: Oh well it solved my problem and I'm happy know, though alittle lost ad confused lol.

NipplesTheCat · 03-24-07, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dutch

No no no, they got better when I turned it ON........

When you say that your turned "it" on what did you turn on? If you forced all of those setting before you started the game and it lagged untill you pressed shift+PGUP that is because by pressing shift+PGUp you turned off all of the setting that you forced earlier. It gets blurrier so that it looks kinda like AA buts its not AA. You are running with 0 AA at that point hence the increase in FPS. Unless im misunderstanding you somehow (entirely possible).

Dutch · 03-24-07, 05:16 PM

I tired it again just now but without all the other things I forced and it didn't work. I went back and forced all the setting I mentioned in my previous post and turned "it" on (shift page UP) and again everything smooted out the second I did that (ie my fps increased.......the game ran smoother....)

Don't worry about bieng confused, I am as well. Never in my computer gaming career (lol) have I ever turned on more settings and the game runs smoother at that rather than the lower settings....Maybe my computer is so highspeed that if I run programs at al lower setting it run it slower (worse), but that just doesn't make any sense at all lol, then again my post rarely if ever do.:hmm:

NipplesTheCat · 03-24-07, 05:25 PM

I read a post on the subject a long time ago but unless I am mistaken its an either or situation. What I mean is, if you turn on all of those setting in your video card setting before the game they will only remain on and functioning untill you press shift+PGUP. You are running at Anisotropic filtering: 16x Anisotropic optimization: OnAnisotropic sample optimization: On Antialiasing setting 8x untill you press shift+pgup. As soon as you press that it turns off everything you turned on in your video card before game, and turns on HDR or whatever setting that thing affects. So you have HRD (or whatever that key combo turns on) but you no longer have Anisotropic filtering: 16x
Anisotropic optimization: On Anisotropic sample optimization: On Antialiasing setting 8x. You cant have both at the same time. With all of those setting turned back off and only HRD (or whatever it is) running your FPS may be going up because its not taxing thevideo card as much. Hit shift_PGUP again to turn it back off and you go back to Anisotropic filtering: 16x Anisotropic optimization: On Anisotropic sample optimization: On Antialiasing setting 8x, and that may be more than your card can handle. Someone correct me if I am wrong because I would like to have this clarified as well.

03-24-07, 04:29 PM	#1
NipplesTheCat 中国水兵 Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 281 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	How fragmented is your hard drive? __________________ Your sister swims towards troop ships.

03-24-07, 04:39 PM	#2
Dutch Sonar Guy Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: United States Posts: 376 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	This is going to sound really really odd, but anyways I'm going to explain it. Saw a post where you can force render the application via the videa card program. So I went in and added SH3 and forced this setting. Anisotropic filtering: 16x Anisotropic optimization: On Anisotropic sample optimization: On Antialiasing setting 8x Then I reentered the game. Turned on FPS (Cntl F8) and I really couldn't tell what it was saying there but they were all triple digits. But when I looked toward the bow area it would lag up again. Then I just for the heck of it (honestly don't know why) I pressed shift+ page up and bam it worked perfect. I noticed the differance the second I touched it, it smoothed up just like that. :hmm: I have never understood what the shift page up thing does, but is there anyway to force that as always on? Seems to me that it fixed whatever the problem was earlier, but I must do it every single time I open the game. Is there anyways at all to have this turned on the moment you open the game. I don't mind if I have to turn it on myself but it would be nice __________________ \"Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You, Ask What You Can Do For Your Country.\" President John F. Kennedy

03-24-07, 04:42 PM	#3
NipplesTheCat 中国水兵 Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 281 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Pressing shift+PGUP or whatever the hell it is turn on features that turn AA right back off. Unless someone corrects me,...your FPS went back up bc you just turned AA back off. EDIT: I would guess that with all of those setting cranked up your video card is having a hard time rendering the wake on the bow of your boat. Try turning Anisotropic filtering down and the other setting to off. Back your AA down to 4x AA and take another look. If the problem goes away start turning the setting up one by one to see how far you can push it before it starts to puke. __________________ Your sister swims towards troop ships.

03-24-07, 04:47 PM	#4
Dutch Sonar Guy Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: United States Posts: 376 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	No no no, they got better when I turned it ON........ I did this three or for times just to make sure I wasn't going crazy. I looked at the bow and it was noticably lagging, the very second I turn it on it cleared up, the second I turn it off it lags up again...... Since when does turning on more video options make games run smoother:hmm: Oh well it solved my problem and I'm happy know, though alittle lost ad confused lol. __________________ \"Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You, Ask What You Can Do For Your Country.\" President John F. Kennedy

03-24-07, 05:16 PM	#6
Dutch Sonar Guy Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: United States Posts: 376 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I tired it again just now but without all the other things I forced and it didn't work. I went back and forced all the setting I mentioned in my previous post and turned "it" on (shift page UP) and again everything smooted out the second I did that (ie my fps increased.......the game ran smoother....) Don't worry about bieng confused, I am as well. Never in my computer gaming career (lol) have I ever turned on more settings and the game runs smoother at that rather than the lower settings....Maybe my computer is so highspeed that if I run programs at al lower setting it run it slower (worse), but that just doesn't make any sense at all lol, then again my post rarely if ever do.:hmm: __________________ \"Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You, Ask What You Can Do For Your Country.\" President John F. Kennedy

03-24-07, 05:25 PM	#7
NipplesTheCat 中国水兵 Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 281 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	I read a post on the subject a long time ago but unless I am mistaken its an either or situation. What I mean is, if you turn on all of those setting in your video card setting before the game they will only remain on and functioning untill you press shift+PGUP. You are running at Anisotropic filtering: 16x Anisotropic optimization: OnAnisotropic sample optimization: On Antialiasing setting 8x untill you press shift+pgup. As soon as you press that it turns off everything you turned on in your video card before game, and turns on HDR or whatever setting that thing affects. So you have HRD (or whatever that key combo turns on) but you no longer have Anisotropic filtering: 16x Anisotropic optimization: On Anisotropic sample optimization: On Antialiasing setting 8x. You cant have both at the same time. With all of those setting turned back off and only HRD (or whatever it is) running your FPS may be going up because its not taxing thevideo card as much. Hit shift_PGUP again to turn it back off and you go back to Anisotropic filtering: 16x Anisotropic optimization: On Anisotropic sample optimization: On Antialiasing setting 8x, and that may be more than your card can handle. Someone correct me if I am wrong because I would like to have this clarified as well. __________________ Your sister swims towards troop ships.