araknid70 on 1/3/2004 at 02:26
Im trying to play DX1 on my laptop with WinXP.... but the game experiences an increase in speed of about 3 times. I tried editing gamespeed in the ini file, and the game slowed down properly, but only for some areas. In other areas the game just went back to the super speed. Anybody knows a solution to this? I'm not running the GOTY edition. If the GOTY edition works in WinXP then i suppose i'll go get it, since its so cheap.
nerval on 5/5/2004 at 14:34
It seems I've got the reason why the game speeds up. Every one who has experienced this issue has a AMD cpu or a notebook. Due to the different technology used for notebooks the Mhz information is not correctly understood by the system (for example, i have a 2800+ cpu which is considered by the system as a 800 mhz cpu), which in return speeds up the game to comply with the alleged calculation capabilities. I remember having had this problem with a P3 mobile cpu with Unreal some years ago, and the two games have the game engine. I know no solution, except maybe using a utility to slow down the system.
rachel on 5/5/2004 at 22:17
activate the cheats, type "t", then "set jcdentonmale bcheatsenabled true"
then t again, and "slomo 0.5"
"slomo 1" will be the standard speed, you can adapt between 0 and 1 to find the speed best suited to your need, generally 0.5 (for me, 0.45).
blaydes99 on 6/5/2004 at 15:26
Well, well, well.... all those solution might work but here's something that I've seen also and I know the sure way to fix it every time.
I have a 3.06 Ghz P4 laptop, and my friend has a Centrino laptop, and the same thing happens on both of ours.
What we did to fix the problem is to adjust the Power Schemes properties in WinXP. What I mean is, when your computer is using the battery or plugged in to the wall, you should see a power icon in your system tray. Usually it is set to "Portable/Laptop" but if you set it to the very top option "Home/Office Desk" it does something to your computer to run Deus Ex at the correct speed.
When I had it set to Portable/Laptop, JC ran really fast, the audio logs would cut off in the middle of a conversation, the animations were really fast, etc. After selecting the Home/Office Desk, it ran perfectly.
If you needs some help setting your power schemes, here's how you do it:
Right-click on your desktop, select properties. Click on the Screen Saver tab, then click on the button at the bottom that says Power. Next, in the drop-down menu entitled Power Schemes, select Home/Office Desk. Click OK and apply the changes!
This setting may use your battery up more than the laptop setting, so turn it back when you're done if you feel like it.
nerval on 6/5/2004 at 15:39
Very well done, my friend.
KLeptomaN on 7/5/2004 at 16:59
Very very interesting.
I was under the impression that those presets were nothing more than a collection of "how long to wait before shutting down the screen" type settings.
Yet after making the change Unreal Tournament has been running consistently at a normal speed, and System Information shows the correct CPU speed.
So thanks.
Jenesis on 11/5/2004 at 17:00
That is interesting. It seems that Windows reports a lower speed in the hope that programs such as games will trim themselves down a bit. If DX had some kind of speed-limiting code to ensure that it always ran at the same speed, then the trimmed-down version that it runs (which went at very high speeds on the laptops in question) would use fewer of the available CPU cycles, thus saving power. Nice idea, but foiled by the engine, it would seem.
AxTng1 on 16/8/2004 at 21:14
I just tried this to no avail until I realised that I had stupidly enabled 'Precaching' after reading an OLD tweak guide. Disabling this doped JC to my liking, returning DX to its regular speed.
Look before you tweak
