Huckeye on 23/3/2006 at 15:09
Have you tried reinstalling? I think another user mentioned a similar scenario and a reinstall helped.
I would look at heat issues next. Do you have NCQ enabled / disabled? Try turning that off maybe. Latest video card drivers?
I also don't think this game is comparable to far cry or other games as this one is just out the door and I think it is performing many more operations on a scene than some of the other games from years and even months.
ignatios on 23/3/2006 at 15:10
I second posting the .ini file, or at least outline the bits you changed and the effects they had. I've been meaning to delve into it, but just haven't had time yet.
Actually, we should start (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104988) an .ini tweaks thread and sticky it.
(edit: added link)
Papy on 23/3/2006 at 15:13
Got it ! Well... Kind of.
Problem is with the "Ext. Shadows". In a particular situation, I went from 11 FPS to 31 FPS just by moving this sliders from the middle to the minimum. I am normally a big fan of shadows, but since the one in Oblivion are as bad as the one in morrowind, I really don't miss them.
Of course, I still think this graphic engine is really bad compared to other games, but at least the game is now playable.
Fingernail on 23/3/2006 at 16:35
Mine shipped early today, should get it tomorrow (the post is good like that around these parts).
dracflamloc on 23/3/2006 at 17:07
I got it. runs pretty darn smooth on my machine. It detected "High settings" but i turned off self shadows, and turned off grass shadows, then set the res to 1280x1024. Runs pretty darn well.
That said... the game seems to be kind of... empty? I go into places but theres maybe 10 people in the entire city =(
Papy on 23/3/2006 at 17:34
Hmmm... I guess it's not a good thread to talk about this, but does anyone know if the file "RendererInfo.txt" is used for something ? Because what's in there is really not for my card ! I certainly don't have a SLI setup and AFAIK an X800 XL does not support 3.0 shaders. A bad detection could certainly explain a lot...
io organic industrialism on 23/3/2006 at 18:21
Quote Posted by Papy
Got it ! Well... Kind of.
Problem is with the "Ext. Shadows". In a particular situation, I went from 11 FPS to 31 FPS just by moving this sliders from the middle to the minimum. I am normally a big fan of shadows, but since the one in Oblivion are as bad as the one in morrowind, I really don't miss them.
Of course, I still think this graphic engine is really bad compared to other games, but at least the game is now playable.
i will try that tonight!
Papy on 23/3/2006 at 20:35
Actually, the real killer for my card is shadow on grass. The place were I was at 11 FPS was outside with the shadow of a horse and a lot of grass. If I turn off exterior shadows completely I am at 31 FPS, if I leave exterior shadows but turn off shadow on grass I am at 26 FPS. That's probably why I was at 3 FPS against the wolf. There was the shadow of the horse and the shadow of the wolf.
Also, one mistake I made (and one of the reasons I thought the game looked so bad) was to put the texture size option to small when I tried to get a better framerate. The perfomance hit with large textures is minimal, but it looks a LOT better.
io organic industrialism on 23/3/2006 at 20:44
Quote Posted by Papy
Also, one mistake I made (and one of the reasons I thought the game looked so bad) was to put the texture size option to small when I tried to get a better framerate. The perfomance hit with large textures is minimal, but it looks a LOT better.
good tip! i tried putting it on medium and didn't notice a difference. i think this has to do more with how much RAM your card has... i.e. a card with 256 meg ram should do fine with large textures, whereas a 64 meg card will probably have some problems
Stitch on 24/3/2006 at 05:48
i saw a girl at the mall i wanted to do but i couldnt get the persuasion screen to come up :confused:
