Everyone Needs To See This: How To Drastially Improve Frame Rates

Vesayen · June 16, 2003, 21:56

I got this from a BHG dev on rise of nation heaven.

The first time you start up RoN after a reboot/turn your comp on, close it.

Then start up RoN again and play like normal....... your FPS will be MUCH better for as long as you play-I went from 2-3 two minute plus lockups(fps of 0 or 1) per 10 minutes, to 1 "lockup" per hour(which lasted 1-3 seconds).

Apparently the first time you launch RoN per reboot it judges your system specs..... or something-I dont know, I just know it works, and works so well I was able to put my settings from low to high, without any FPS degredation!

Sava · June 16, 2003, 23:06

sounds strange... I wonder if people familiar with windows know anything about this... I'm skepticle.

PTM · June 17, 2003, 00:07

I have noticed similar things with my system. It gives me a small FPS boost.

- PTM

Vesayen · June 17, 2003, 09:05

Quote:

Originally posted by Sava
sounds strange... I wonder if people familiar with windows know anything about this... I'm skepticle.

Is that sarcasm about something I dont know about windows? All I know is that it was unplayable on the lowest settings,, now im getting 40-50 FPS constantly with the highest settings!

Skanky Burns · June 17, 2003, 21:42

I think Sava just wants more details, like an explanation of why it works.

SkalTur · June 17, 2003, 22:37

Quote:

Originally posted by Vesayen
I got this from a BHG dev on rise of nation heaven.

The first time you start up RoN after a reboot/turn your comp on, close it.

Then start up RoN again and play like normal ... without any FPS degredation!

Hya.

Yes! I was doing this at home and it always worked, but I thought it was only on my computer (because, you know, it's alive and it hates me!!!).

When I saw this thread I really really laughed! Now I know that my computer isn't the only living (or unliving) one!

See ya.

niDe · June 18, 2003, 01:37

seems to improve my game speed as well, thanks for the tip

FrustratedPoet · June 18, 2003, 06:40

Weird .... but at least something works to improve people's framerates.

Skanky Burns · June 18, 2003, 08:55

/me imagines the next RoN patch is a batch file

Code:

Open(RoN)
Close(RoN)
Open(RoN)

Nacht · June 18, 2003, 09:44

That means just opening it without starting a game

just the main menu?

Sava · June 18, 2003, 13:49

Quote:

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
I think Sava just wants more details, like an explanation of why it works.

Exactly... no offense intended Vesayen, but I'm terribly cynical and skepticle about things I hear on an online gaming site.

MosesPresley · June 19, 2003, 15:25

I think there is something about this in the bug report threads.

HalfLotus · June 19, 2003, 16:23

It's in the readme file as well.

Sava · June 19, 2003, 20:04

Anyone care to post it? I'm too lazy.

Skanky Burns · June 19, 2003, 20:09

Quote:

Originally posted by HalfLotus
It's in the readme file as well.

Please quote the section you are talking about. Mine says nothing about closing the game and then reopening it.

HalfLotus · June 19, 2003, 20:25

NVIDIA GeForce: When using some GeForce drivers, you may experience significantly decreased game performance the first time the game is started after the computer has been restarted. If this occurs, exit the game by pressing ALT+F4, and then restart the game. After restarting once, the game should perform as usual until the next time the computer is restarted.

Sava · June 19, 2003, 21:27

Does it matter if you exit using ALT-F4, or can you exit via the menu.

Also, do I have to start an actual battle first, or does that not matter?

.::Frenchman::. · June 20, 2003, 02:02

but i thought you that
/BTW trust it's always a good thing
to look information about "known video problems"
in game developers site i found it at microsoft's but i guess it's on BHG site aswell.