RC2K choppy graphics has been a problem since the beginning. The solution
that solves it for me is to shut down all unnecessary processes, all system
tray jobs and all.
There's a tool called ENDITALL that helps here, do a search for enditall.exe
or .zip and I'm sure you'll find it.
Frame counters are very useful I use FRAPS, again do a search for FRAPS.EXE
or .ZIP and you'll track it down. (This doesn't appear to work in Le Mans
24Hr but then it's not a big deal here).
Send me an e-mail if you can't get them.
Andi.
"Rob" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I got the same problem on a completely different system: 333MHz P II,
> Voodoo3 3000 AGP, Diamond Monster MX300 sound card. Turning off all 3Dsound
> acceleration (A3D in my case) helped a bit, running 800x600, but gettingthe
be
> > too related to how much scenery is visible, but does seem to be more
> common
> > on stages with weather. I tried dropping my video resolution to cure it
> to
> > no avail. Maybe it's the video replay information? Any way to turnthat
Yep, i thought it was my v3-3000 to blame. Pausing the game and alt-tabbing
out and then going back in the game seems to cure the problem for a little
while longer. Its pretty dam irritating.
> On some stages, in the middle of a stage I will get 1-2 minutes of
> 'chugging'. It seems like the game is dropping 4-5 frames at one second
> intervals as if the CPU is overloaded calculating the background or
> something. It does affect the frame counter a bit. It doesn't seem to be
> too related to how much scenery is visible, but does seem to be more common
> on stages with weather. I tried dropping my video resolution to cure it to
> no avail. Maybe it's the video replay information? Any way to turn that
> off. Anyone know an tweaks to help this? I see ral.cfg heap size vars in
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> the .exe but the defaults are unreadable hex. > Anyone else get this? > My system: Geforce DDR, Celeron 488, 98mb, LXmb, 200 mb swap, nothing > extraneous running. > -- > Peter Ashley > Boston, MA, USAI turned of replay=1 in ral.cfg (already had the fps counter), ran cacheman,
killed everything and haven't had the stutter again. I think it's lack of
memory (98megs here) because the game was using 98 physical + ~135 mb
virtual in that 'clean' configuration. I guess a 256 meg machine is the new
standard.
> On some stages, in the middle of a stage I will get 1-2 minutes of
> 'chugging'. It seems like the game is dropping 4-5 frames at one second
> intervals as if the CPU is overloaded calculating the background or
> something. It does affect the frame counter a bit. It doesn't seem to be
> too related to how much scenery is visible, but does seem to be more common
> on stages with weather. I tried dropping my video resolution to cure it to
> no avail. Maybe it's the video replay information? Any way to turn that
> off. Anyone know an tweaks to help this? I see ral.cfg heap size vars in
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> the .exe but the defaults are unreadable hex. > Anyone else get this? > My system: Geforce DDR, Celeron 488, 98mb, LXmb, 200 mb swap, nothing > extraneous running. > -- > Peter Ashley > Boston, MA, USACould you clarify? How do you turn off replays in ral.cfg? Is it
replay=1
noreplay=1
replay=0
etc...?
I never use replays and if RC is "chugging" because it's swapping them to
disk I really want to turn them off!
Anybody know of a web page that describes all the ral.cfg settings,
especially those that aren't documented in the readme's that came with the
patches?
> I turned of replay=1 in ral.cfg (already had the fps counter), ran cacheman,
> killed everything and haven't had the stutter again. I think it's lack of
> memory (98megs here) because the game was using 98 physical + ~135 mb
> virtual in that 'clean' configuration. I guess a 256 meg machine is the new
be
> > too related to how much scenery is visible, but does seem to be more
> common
> > on stages with weather. I tried dropping my video resolution to cure it
> to
> > no avail. Maybe it's the video replay information? Any way to turn that
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> standard. > > On some stages, in the middle of a stage I will get 1-2 minutes of > > 'chugging'. It seems like the game is dropping 4-5 frames at one second > > intervals as if the CPU is overloaded calculating the background or > > something. It does affect the frame counter a bit. It doesn't seem toQuoted text (12 lines)
> > off. Anyone know an tweaks to help this? I see ral.cfg heap size vars > in > > the .exe but the defaults are unreadable hex. > > Anyone else get this? > > My system: Geforce DDR, Celeron 488, 98mb, LXmb, 200 mb swap, nothing > > extraneous running. > > -- > > Peter Ashley > > Boston, MA, USAI got the same problem on a completely different system: 333MHz P II,
Voodoo3 3000 AGP, Diamond Monster MX300 sound card. Turning off all 3D sound
acceleration (A3D in my case) helped a bit, running 800x600, but getting the
latest Voodoo3 drivers (as of Jan 25) seemed to help the most.
BTW, how do you get a frame counter??? I've been wishing for one from day
one so I don't have to guess whether or not things are improving.
Peter 'kayakr' Ashley <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:7fPj4.13414$[email hidden]...
> On some stages, in the middle of a stage I will get 1-2 minutes of
> 'chugging'. It seems like the game is dropping 4-5 frames at one second
> intervals as if the CPU is overloaded calculating the background or
> something. It does affect the frame counter a bit. It doesn't seem to be
> too related to how much scenery is visible, but does seem to be morecommon
> on stages with weather. I tried dropping my video resolution to cure itto
> no avail. Maybe it's the video replay information? Any way to turn that
> off. Anyone know an tweaks to help this? I see ral.cfg heap size varsin
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> the .exe but the defaults are unreadable hex. > > Anyone else get this? > > My system: Geforce DDR, Celeron 488, 98mb, LXmb, 200 mb swap, nothing > extraneous running. > -- > > Peter Ashley > Boston, MA, USA > [email hidden] > >You can get the fps by changing the ral.cfg file using the latest patch.
I'll send you the file through e-mail.
David G Fisher
"Rob" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...
> I got the same problem on a completely different system: 333MHz P II,
> Voodoo3 3000 AGP, Diamond Monster MX300 sound card. Turning off all 3Dsound
> acceleration (A3D in my case) helped a bit, running 800x600, but gettingthe
be
> > too related to how much scenery is visible, but does seem to be more
> common
> > on stages with weather. I tried dropping my video resolution to cure it
> to
> > no avail. Maybe it's the video replay information? Any way to turnthat
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> latest Voodoo3 drivers (as of Jan 25) seemed to help the most. > > BTW, how do you get a frame counter??? I've been wishing for one from day > one so I don't have to guess whether or not things are improving. > > Peter 'kayakr' Ashley <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:7fPj4.13414$[email hidden]... > > On some stages, in the middle of a stage I will get 1-2 minutes of > > 'chugging'. It seems like the game is dropping 4-5 frames at one second > > intervals as if the CPU is overloaded calculating the background or > > something. It does affect the frame counter a bit. It doesn't seem toQuoted text (17 lines)
> > off. Anyone know an tweaks to help this? I see ral.cfg heap size vars > in > > the .exe but the defaults are unreadable hex. > > > > Anyone else get this? > > > > My system: Geforce DDR, Celeron 488, 98mb, LXmb, 200 mb swap, nothing > > extraneous running. > > -- > > > > Peter Ashley > > Boston, MA, USA > > [email hidden] > > > > > >That's the way to do it if your system is having some trouble.
I'll send you the same file that I'm sending Rob which enables the fps
counter. You must be using the latest patch for it to work.
David G Fisher
"Andi Cole" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:86q9a7$e4i$[email hidden]...
> RC2K choppy graphics has been a problem since the beginning. The solution
> that solves it for me is to shut down all unnecessary processes, allsystem
> tray jobs and all.
>
> There's a tool called ENDITALL that helps here, do a search forenditall.exe
> or .zip and I'm sure you'll find it.
>
> Frame counters are very useful I use FRAPS, again do a search forFRAPS.EXE
day
> > one so I don't have to guess whether or not things are improving.
> >
> > Peter 'kayakr' Ashley <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> > news:7fPj4.13414$[email hidden]...
> > > On some stages, in the middle of a stage I will get 1-2 minutes of
> > > 'chugging'. It seems like the game is dropping 4-5 frames at onesecond
> > > intervals as if the CPU is overloaded calculating the background or
> > > something. It does affect the frame counter a bit. It doesn't seemto
> be
> > > too related to how much scenery is visible, but does seem to be more
> > common
> > > on stages with weather. I tried dropping my video resolution to cureit
> > to
> > > no avail. Maybe it's the video replay information? Any way to turn
> that
> > > off. Anyone know an tweaks to help this? I see ral.cfg heap sizevars
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> or .ZIP and you'll track it down. (This doesn't appear to work in Le Mans > 24Hr but then it's not a big deal here). > > Send me an e-mail if you can't get them. > > Andi. > > > > "Rob" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I got the same problem on a completely different system: 333MHz P II, > > Voodoo3 3000 AGP, Diamond Monster MX300 sound card. Turning off all 3D > sound > > acceleration (A3D in my case) helped a bit, running 800x600, but getting > the > > latest Voodoo3 drivers (as of Jan 25) seemed to help the most. > > > > BTW, how do you get a frame counter??? I've been wishing for one fromQuoted text (18 lines)
> > in > > > the .exe but the defaults are unreadable hex. > > > > > > Anyone else get this? > > > > > > My system: Geforce DDR, Celeron 488, 98mb, LXmb, 200 mb swap, nothing > > > extraneous running. > > > -- > > > > > > Peter Ashley > > > Boston, MA, USA > > > [email hidden] > > > > > > > > > > > >I turned of replay=1 in ral.cfg (already had the fps counter), ran cacheman,
killed everything and haven't had the stutter again. I think it's lack of
memory (98megs here) because the game was using 98 physical + ~135 mb
virtual in that 'clean' configuration. I guess a 256 meg machine is the new
standard.
Peter 'kayakr' Ashley <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:7fPj4.13414$[email hidden]...
> On some stages, in the middle of a stage I will get 1-2 minutes of
> 'chugging'. It seems like the game is dropping 4-5 frames at one second
> intervals as if the CPU is overloaded calculating the background or
> something. It does affect the frame counter a bit. It doesn't seem to be
> too related to how much scenery is visible, but does seem to be morecommon
> on stages with weather. I tried dropping my video resolution to cure itto
> no avail. Maybe it's the video replay information? Any way to turn that
> off. Anyone know an tweaks to help this? I see ral.cfg heap size varsin
