Urgent Planeshift

[Cabooseblue331]

Im having troubles running Planeshift, before i get to the problem itself, heres my Comp. Specs....
           WinXP Service Pack1
           AMD Athlon 908 Mhz Processor
          128 mb Ram <          Display Driver: NVIDIA TNT Model 64..Bus AGP 4x..MEM: 32mb
          CABLE modem...Running the Built in INTERNET FIREWALL..THrough tools, internet options, that one.....
               
           If my comp isnt able to even run the game, go ahead and post a message, and dont read the rest, if its able to run it, even in safe mode, continue reading......
                 I am able to build, and upload a character, the problem begins with Logging in.....it gives me the screen....you know the drill..initializing this and that....blah blah....When it get to initializing world...it starts doin it, but the sound begins to lag a bit...telling me it is loading, but having troubles...After, oh id say 15 min, It just drops out...no warning message, no Not Responding Message, nothing, just drops out....And im running the game in Safe mode, at 640x480....which is windowed, and 16bit color, although my comp can handle 32bit...and ive tried the changing properties thing, running it in all the options available, nothing works....so if anyone can help...please do..THANKS

[dfryer]

You definitely need more RAM.  Consider getting another 512MB, that will be plenty.  When you load the game for the first time, it can take anywhere from between a few minutes on a really fast machine up to a couple hours to initialize the maps on your computer (I think it has something to do with lighting?)

In your case though, once you had it loaded it would barely run at all because of the limited RAM.

[Cabooseblue331]

So the answer to my problem is MORE ram...thats about 50 bucks down the drain...ahh well....this game is awesome, and i need the ram anyway...THanks

[Kuiper7986]

It probably has nothing to do with the Graphics Card but the 32MB Nvidia Riva TNT2 Model 64 is really old.

[Seytra]

Yes, RAM is _definitively_ the problem here as even 256 MB _barely_ suffice (constant swapping and reloading). Also you need at least 400 MB swapspace.
The graphics card will seriously add to lag, don\'t even bother to try something more than absolute minimum settings (640x480, 8 bit color, windowed mode, etc.). Also, these reduce RAM usage, but as I said even the minimum settings will barely run at 256 MB RAM and eventually crash.

But I fail to see the urgency in this problem... is there a deadline you need to make or something?!? Or do you refer to the urgency of us wanting CB to be released?

[zabeal]

Originally posted by Seytra
Yes, RAM is _definitively_ the problem here as even 256 MB _barely_ suffice (constant swapping and reloading). Also you need at least 400 MB swapspace.
The graphics card will seriously add to lag, don\'t even bother to try something more than absolute minimum settings (640x480, 8 bit color, windowed mode, etc.). Also, these reduce RAM usage, but as I said even the minimum settings will barely run at 256 MB RAM and eventually crash.

I disagree. I don\'t have the exact specifications, but the computer I was using before had about the same processor and video card, and I know it had 256 ram, and I was able to use 1024x768 in windowed mode. Sure, the frame rat wasn\'t always perfect, but you don\'t really need that with MB. Oh, and I would crash occasionally, but only when other people were being thrown offline as well.
edit: oh, and I was noticing people say that XP slows it down as well- I was in XP

[Zorium]

:rolleyes: You don\'t NEED more than 128mb of ram (it\'s not preferable though).  I am able to play (used to at least lag seems to have increased quite a bit recently) MB on this system:

Pentium 3 800mhz
128mb sdram (I presume it\'s not ddr considering the computers age)
ATI RAGE mobility 16 mb
Mandrake Linux 10 (actually this may be the cause of the lag, since I was running 9 before.  Oh and I reformatted as well )

This system runs MB pretty well (apart from lagging excessively recently; only around the plaza though).  So why does one need excessive amounts of ram again?

-Zorium

[Moogie]

There is a direct correlation in most cases between the amount of RAM on a system and the amount of lag suffered in PS, that\'s why.

[Seytra]

The reason why some ppl. may be able to get good performance with only < 256 MB RAM IMO is that they have

- a great deal of swapspace AND

- very high throughput on the harddisk, maybe if they have the swapspace on one disk and the game itself on another disk, especially if these disks are connected to different controllers.

IOW, good disk hardware and setup can make up for lack of RAM (in that you\'ll not notice the continous swapping and reloading).

Also, the OS _will_ have an effect (in linux the kernel will be most important IMO), as will the processor brand (yes, AMD vs. Intel still makes a big difference, as does exact _type_ (PII, PIII, K6-II, K7, whatever)).

Also, of course, mainboard type, internal busclock and all these techy details greatly affect the performance, as does RAM type and actual RAM usage (other stuff running).