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by **Greg Cisk** » Fri, 21 Apr 2000 04:00:00

> >Dave Masten can confirm my high tolerance to low framerates.
> >If I really like the game I deal with it. Over all the start is a small
> >slice of time. For 99% of the race everything is cool.

> Confirmed :-)

> How far back does that go? Strike Commander? Falcon 3? What was that
horrid
> WWII pacific theater Origin flight sim?

Pacific Strike. I really liked that game, even though I gave it a bad review
:-)

need

Thank goodness I am getting13fps then :-) Actually it is still questionable
at 13... But the game is fun so I am happy.

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by **Joe6** » Sat, 22 Apr 2000 04:00:00

>If you felt a compulsion to go 320x200 in N2 & ICR2 for frame rate's
>sake, all I can say is you're way too hung up on the numbers.

It's about smoothness and controllability, not numbers.

Joe McGinn
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by **Dave Henri** » Sat, 22 Apr 2000 04:00:00

F15 III was my first Multiplayer on a PC. Not the new version but the
old old one. We tweeked our dos configs for hours to get the needed
ammount of memory in the first 640k. We'd spend a great deal of time
chatting as the autopilots kept us under the Panamanian radar...then
danced through the triangular mountains til we reached our target.
I got separated from my wingman once, he was jumped my a small mig that
could out turn him. He kept yelling for help so I pulled off my target,
lit the burners and 'raced'(on topic!) to save his butt. I cleared the
last ridge, saw a jet all lined up and ready to shoot the front jet so I
locked and shot without getting an ID. Damn shame, my wingie had just
reversed the Mig and was ready to save himself....tsk tsk..friendly
fire.
dave henrie

> >Dave Masten can confirm my high tolerance to low framerates.
> >If I really like the game I deal with it. Over all the start is a small
> >slice of time. For 99% of the race everything is cool.

> Confirmed :-)

> How far back does that go? Strike Commander? Falcon 3? What was that horrid
> WWII pacific theater Origin flight sim?

> FWIW, I find 10 fps too slow to control a race start in F12K. I probably need
> closer to 20. And I like it over 25 or so. In GPL, I like to keep it above
> 25, but tolerate 20 at the start. But I remember F15-III days when 10 FPS was
> good enough for me to play the game (but I still whined about it!).

by **Chuck Kandle** » Sat, 22 Apr 2000 04:00:00

> >If you felt a compulsion to go 320x200 in N2 & ICR2 for frame rate's
> >sake, all I can say is you're way too hung up on the numbers.

> It's about smoothness and controllability, not numbers.

Well, at first blush I thought this a totally ridiculous comment. My
dog-slow P133 back then never had an inkling of a problem with ICR2.
However, after the post by Mr Henrie, I realize there may have been
issues on other's machines that just weren't showing themselves on
mine. I retract my statement, although still suspect that without a
framerate counter going, many people would otherwise enjoy this title.
Race starts excepted. It just doesn't seem to be as framerate dependent
for car control as GPL is, for example. Under 15 in GPL would be almost
undriveable in any consistent manner.

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