PlaneShift
Fan Area => The Hydlaa Plaza => Topic started by: Shaman on November 02, 2008, 01:07:50 am
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Is anyone else disappointed with this game-destroying lagmonster? I've had nothing but bad luck with it since I got it. At first I thought it was a dream come true, now I actually start playing a variety of games and each one lags so badly I just have to quit before I rip my hair out.
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I'm forced to use Vista at the moment (used to use GNU/Linux ... don't ask) and I'm very disappointed too.
Performance is scary, all the "do you really want to..." dialogs kill me and development is a pain.
Most of that problems can most probably be solved by checking/unchecking some options here and there though ...
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I've tried a lot of "miracle cures" for Vista's gaming performance, but none work. Those include unchecking programs that open at startup, reverting to Windows Classic Mode, disk cleanup + defrag, etc.
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Go back to XP! Or even better, get a mac! If you really get goin, go penguin.
Of course game wise Mac and linux have a tiny library, so XP is your best bet really
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Windows 7.
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here i shall post the much desired solution for windows vista, and all microsoft products in general. prepare to be amazed.
http://www.ted-kyte.com/3D/Pictures/Sledge%20Hammer.jpg
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Heh, even though Windows lags, I'd prefer having laggy games than not being able to play games at all, Macs. :P
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Windows XP is much better for gaming, and that's why when I bought a new computer I didn't get the Vista.
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You can go through task manager and end some unnecessary processes. In task manager you can also set the priority of the ps client to high. it helps a little. Vista is a memory hog if you have any IM software running it will lag any game you are playing, be sure all IM software is not running.
In general Vista is a horrible product that should have never been released in its current state. If I could find the drivers I would go back to XP.
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here i shall post the much desired solution for windows vista, and all microsoft products in general. prepare to be amazed.
http://www.ted-kyte.com/3D/Pictures/Sledge%20Hammer.jpg
I'm amazed!
My aunt has Vista, and since I'm basically the computer know-it-all (even though I don't know it all) of the house, I know just how annoying it is. >___<;;
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I'm basically the computer know-it-all (even though I don't know it all)
:offtopic:, I know, but ...You're not the only one in that situation ><;
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i use Xubunu (xfce branch of Ubuntu, much faster) for planeshift. I have a Windows partition mostly for Civilization IV & Warcraft III.
On linux if i have a terminal open i start PS with $ planeshift , you have no idea how many times I have typed $ planeshit :)
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i actually love vista. it works to ways.
great for noobs to computers
great for veterans for computers.
i remember when xp came out oh everyone wanted to go back to 98 for so long.
vista is a great os imo. when i first got it was like F*ck vista and reverted back to XP. but soon learned all legit drivers are made for vista and not xp. xp ones are made by programmers that do work, but i found several problems with them. so i went back and actually played with vista.
first you gotta disable all eye candy, all unneccesary programs at startup AND U MUST have a minimum of 2gb of ram, anything less is stupid. oh and disable the firewall and other protection. they eat up ram.. all vista is, is a ram hog, figure out how to outsmart it and your in the clear like me.
besides the only ones that get virus' now adays are people who download porn and dont know how to pirate =)
anyways off to play left 4 dead!
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you have no idea how many times I have typed $ planesh*t :)
You know, bash has this tab complete feature...
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I'm actually quite satisfied with my Vista rig. But I've tweaked it and gotten rid of most the fluff for performance and stability increases.
I think I still like XP better, but had to get something that would support all the new hardware.
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DX 10 ftw!
if you cant figure out vista than you've sunk to when your mom says "son come figure out i cant check my email"
dont bash it learn it. the same way u learned xp
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Vista works like a dream for the computers I've got it on. I don't think I could go back to XP if I tried at this point.
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Even XP can be annoying if you have too much running in the background.
For real-time applications I used to set up a dual-boot for XP, a "normal" and a striped-down version without anti-virus, servers, even network. Then I was sure nothing would steal CPU cycles or freeze the application regularly for a few ms.
It wasn't for games but the same technique could be used in your case with Vista if you don't want to disable a whole set of features permanently just because you play now and then.
Don't blindly disable the protections as removing the firewall while you are connected to the network, it's suicidal (unless you are behind a router, and even so...). There are other attacks than running virus-infected files you have downloaded ;)
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<3 XP
I am a linux user, but still i go back to XP every once in a while. With the recent updates, i must say its just about as stable as linux (minus the fact that you need security software ;) ).
Its a shame they won't release DX10 for XP :( i would bet my best pair of socks that it would handle it just fine.
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After years using a Mac, I may be changing back to a PC at home soon (luckily I still have a Mac at work). I feel dirty but I need a different OS to run some stuff. I'll certainly avoid vista if I can. I expect disappointment but I don't want to be that disappointed...
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Not my favourite OS, but Vista runs fine for me. Make sure you have the HW for it though, on older PC's it will be laggy or worse.
On a lighter note, Vista is the best TES Oblivion platform evarrrr!
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/me offers Dajoji an openSuse dvd
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Hehe, Mord. I happen to need windows for this particular project though.