So I'm at least one USW FF wheel user with no slow-mo's at all in 1.1
Seeyas on the track.
--John (Joao) Silva
Kevin Caldwell
> So I'm at least one USW FF wheel user with no slow-mo's at all in 1.1
> Seeyas on the track.
> --John (Joao) Silva
> >Can it be that since the 1.1 patch we have FF implemented? I don't know
> >whether there's been a survey (sorry: again a survey, but I think this
time
> >one which could give the PAPY guys a clue on what's wrong with their 1.1
> >patch) on what configurations experience the slo-mo effect. Maybe it
would
> >indeed become clear it has something to do with USB (remember that f.e.
the
> >LWFF uses USB!) and/or assigned IRQ's which could cause conflicts.
As an addendum to my earlier posts about this problem, I just experienced
the frame stutter problem for the first time!!
I have been having a major problem with my nightly backup since installing
the Thriller3D card. I have been using the task scheduler to run an
automated backup for years and the process locks-up sometimes--freezing my
computer. It only happens with the Thriller3D, and now I have discovered a
new clue. It seems to only have a problem if I have run GPL (1.1) (the only
program I use that uses the Rendition acceleration of the Thriller)
beforehand (in the current boot).
A friend suggested that I try running a small app., like the clock or
something, a minute or two ahead of the scheduled backup to see if that
might wake up the computer or the Thriller a little more thoroughly. When I
tried to add a new item to the scheduler (the clock), the computer prompted
me for my Office2000 CD!?!?!?! I wondered what was happening until I
realised that O2000 was updating the task scheduler itself. I had done a
custom install of O2000 and I guess I did not select whatever updates the
scheduler. Then, I thought, great! Maybe my lock-ups won't occur anymore
as the scheduler itself has been updated. (We'll find out tonight.)
After a reboot, I started GPL and the frame stuttering problem was
immediately apparent. Very problematic and ruined the game. There was also
a definite appearance of some of the slo mo effect I get consistently with
the Voodoo2 card. I switched back to 3dfx, and the slo mo seemed to be even
worse than before. Switched back to Rendition, and back to stuttering. I
exited GPL and turned off (paused) the task scheduler--stuttering gone.
Exit again and switch the scheduler on--back to stuttering in GPL.
After a few more reboots and playing around with the scheduler, I have
managed to get back to where I was--no stuttering in either version and slo
mo in 3dfx only. Hopefully, my automatic backup lock-up will be helped by
the new scheduler files, but it sure taught me that the scheduler can have a
major effect on the smoothness and operation of GPL.
Therefore I have some other problems:
Logi looses calibration in accelerator - seems to be the poti
only one USB-port is working
Jens
>So I'm at least one USW FF wheel user with no slow-mo's at all in 1.1
