Silent Hunter 4 Performance

SilentHunts · 06-29-14, 12:08 PM

Hello there fellow sailors and captains! I have been playing Silent Hunter 4 for quite some time and I had realized that when I played a campaign in the Asiatic campaign I experience no lag at all. When I play a pearl harbour campaign I lag like crazy.

I don't get how I can get so much lag in this game, it was released in 2007 and computers back then can't compare to mine as good.

My pc specs are:
AMD APU-6700 rated at 3.7ghz
AMD Radeon HD 8570 DDR3 with 2gb dedicated VRAM
8gb Ram rated at 1600mhz
OS: Windows 8.1(This might be the problem I don't know)

If you need anything else about my PC then make sure to post it and I will get back to you as fast as I can

fireftr18 · 06-29-14, 01:12 PM

Do you have Large Address Aware installed? The game was written to only recognize I think 2Gb of RAM. With LAA, it will allow the game to recognize your RAM.
You can find it here
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=3634

How big of swap file or virtual memory do you have? The default is "Let Windows decide." Change it to something large. You have Win 8, so I can't help you on how to change it.

TorpX · 06-29-14, 09:34 PM

Do you mean that you get lag when near Pearl Harbor, or that if you start from Pearl, you get lag all the time?

fitzcarraldo · 06-29-14, 10:09 PM

Also you can try with d3d antilag. There is somewhere here at SUBSIM. And of course the 4GB Patch.

Regards.

Fitzcarraldo

SilentHunts · 06-29-14, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TorpX

Do you mean that you get lag when near Pearl Harbor, or that if you start from Pearl, you get lag all the time?

If I do a campaign of pearl harbour I get lag all the time. Yes I am Canadian.

merc4ulfate · 07-01-14, 11:37 AM

Lag or time jumps are normal at times when around large convoys and ports. Outside of that if you have lag issues it is mostly likely caused by mod mis-order or complete incompatibility of them or a slow read/write from your hard drive.

Are you using an IDE or SATA hard drive?
Do you have Silent Hunter installed to your system drive?
Do you have Silent Hunter installed on a usb connected hard drive?

What version are you running?
What mods are you running?

nionios · 07-04-14, 03:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzcarraldo

Also you can try with d3d antilag. There is somewhere here at SUBSIM. And of course the 4GB Patch.

Regards.

Fitzcarraldo

The 4GB patch is for windows XP 32bit?
When i try to install this, it says "unknown version" of sh4.exe.

THEBERBSTER · 07-04-14, 11:37 AM

Link to my SH5 – SH4 posts:

Step By Step Tutorials & How To Do It

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=211804

See my tutorial Post #104 for Antlag.

06-29-14, 01:12 PM	#2
fireftr18 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,528 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	Do you have Large Address Aware installed? The game was written to only recognize I think 2Gb of RAM. With LAA, it will allow the game to recognize your RAM. You can find it here http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=3634 How big of swap file or virtual memory do you have? The default is "Let Windows decide." Change it to something large. You have Win 8, so I can't help you on how to change it. __________________ Of all the forms of Martial Arts, Karaoke causes the most pain!

06-29-14, 10:09 PM	#4
fitzcarraldo Argentinian Skipper Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Somewhere between Buenos Aires and the Bungo Suido Posts: 5,318 Downloads: 3345 Uploads: 0	Also you can try with d3d antilag. There is somewhere here at SUBSIM. And of course the 4GB Patch. Regards. Fitzcarraldo __________________ *My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity - Wilfred Owen.*

07-01-14, 11:37 AM	#6
merc4ulfate DILLIGAF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 2,058 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	Lag or time jumps are normal at times when around large convoys and ports. Outside of that if you have lag issues it is mostly likely caused by mod mis-order or complete incompatibility of them or a slow read/write from your hard drive. Are you using an IDE or SATA hard drive? Do you have Silent Hunter installed to your system drive? Do you have Silent Hunter installed on a usb connected hard drive? What version are you running? What mods are you running? __________________ Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. ~Isaac Asimov~ Mercfulfate 将補日本帝國海軍

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06-29-14, 12:08 PM	#1
SilentHunts Mate Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 60 Downloads: 211 Uploads: 0	Silent Hunter 4 Performance Hello there fellow sailors and captains! I have been playing Silent Hunter 4 for quite some time and I had realized that when I played a campaign in the Asiatic campaign I experience no lag at all. When I play a pearl harbour campaign I lag like crazy. I don't get how I can get so much lag in this game, it was released in 2007 and computers back then can't compare to mine as good. My pc specs are: AMD APU-6700 rated at 3.7ghz AMD Radeon HD 8570 DDR3 with 2gb dedicated VRAM 8gb Ram rated at 1600mhz OS: Windows 8.1(This might be the problem I don't know) If you need anything else about my PC then make sure to post it and I will get back to you as fast as I can

06-29-14, 09:34 PM	#3
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	Do you mean that you get lag when near Pearl Harbor, or that if you start from Pearl, you get lag all the time?