Pvt Ryan Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 Load times for this game is HORRIBLE. I would say almost 5mins per round before it even starts... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 Using what sort of computer, what size battle, both in points and map size and what sort of terrain was it on? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 Sounds like someone is long overdue for an upgrade. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaBellum Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 Don't play "To the Volga". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 What do you mean with 'load times', anyways? The time it takes before CMAK main screen comes to view, the time it takes for a scenario to load or the time it takes for a turn to be calculated? We're not clairvoyants, you know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt Ryan Posted May 17, 2004 Author Share Posted May 17, 2004 I am playing the campaigns, and its a huge map yes, but there was huge ass maps in CMBO and it didnt take 6 years for the computer to think and for it to finaly load... Yes I do need an upgrade: 1200 AMD Duron ATI 9000 384mb SD-RAM Cable 52x CD-ROM 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDork Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 Well that isn't a terrible computer. I was playing BB on something similar not before I upgraded. What do you have running in the background? If you are doing some serious multitasking that uses a lot of processor power it might effect things. I really am not sure if it does help but you could try doing stuff like turning off the trees, 2 man squads, getting low-res mods, decreasing the horizon. Worth a try anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jim Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 What resolution are you running the game in? A 'normal' resolution in other games sometimes causes your computer to think very hard about turns. When I first bought CMBO, my computer would crash after a few turns because it got too hot- now I've got a new fan and set the resolution a bit more sensibly (can't remember what to, though). To change resolution, I think you delete the config file in CMAK directory- but someone please confirm this before anyone does it. I don't want to be the thread whipping boy. Again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Carr Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 On a similar note, I recently upgraded my motherboard. I had an ASUS A7V8X with the KT400 chipset and went to a Chaintech Apogee 7NJL1 with an Nvidia NForce2 chipset. My machine's specs are quite good. Won't get into the component details but very powerful. I noticed since I upgraded the motherbiard that when I start up CMAK and CMBB it takes longer for the main screen to display and the music to start. The screen goes black and there is a "pregnant pause" if you will. Anyone have any input on this one? Figured it was just the way the new motherboard handled it. With the older ASUS board the screen and sound fired up immediately. I'm not unhappy with the upgrade and once the game is up it actually runs a bit better but what's with the delay? Probably should be on the tech forum. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt Ryan Posted May 18, 2004 Author Share Posted May 18, 2004 By DEFAULT its 1024x768 and that may be the problem. However this is a very "pixely" game and it should not affect it. I play games that require so much more and it run better then freakin Afrika Korp crap. Anyway, no I only have this game running in ther background. And far as trees and stuff off, I am in the desert so uh you cant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Nothing else? Any Quicklaunch (like Realplayer etc) does count. Anything that promises to start faster if you install sumfink means sumfink is running in the background. And there are quite a lot of programs that run and don't show up in the TaskManager... If you really want to be sure, use AdAware or something similar to discover these things. But your PC is really not the fastest. OTOH I have a 1800 Pentium and it runs smooth - if it weren't for an occasional bug that disturbs the BIOS settings reducing speed. Guess its the AntiVirus program. Battles with lots of units, lots of flat open ground (read: long LOS) and lots of smoke take very much time to compute. That little blue bar in the status panel indicates turn processing. 10000 pts on a huge desert map will take several minutes to compute. Reason: There are millions of calculations if you have many moving objects. Every fraction of a second every unit checks LOS and has to decide what to do (Stop, take cover, fire). There are not many other games with so many units whose actions depend on other units. Gruß Joachim 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 i have a duron 1.2 and ati 7000 64mb ddr, 512 ram, wd 80g 7200rpm 8 cache. 800x640. game runs fine. only jerkyness is when a lot of craters on map. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 The dust in CMAK slows battle calculations and inflates PBEM files. I'm still not sure what Ryan means with "load times", though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt Ryan Posted May 18, 2004 Author Share Posted May 18, 2004 Originally posted by junk2drive: i have a duron 1.2 and ati 7000 64mb ddr, 512 ram, wd 80g 7200rpm 8 cache. 800x640. game runs fine. only jerkyness is when a lot of craters on map. hMMM...I have a way better V-card than you, however you have 128 mb more RAM...wierd.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Kruger Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Doesn't this thread belong in the Tech Support Forum? J Kruger 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 yes but we're non conformist 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Hmmm... I'm running off a creaky old G3 mac with a 16 meg card and I don't have your troubles. Let me qualify that - I avoid much of anything marked HUGE and I don't have your problems. Other games may run faster but they don't usually involve a couple battalions nose-to-nose. You've got to find the optimal scenario size for your particular computer. The most computer friendly scenario size for you perhaps shouldn't stray much over 4500 points and 3 sq km map? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 Who is this imposter? The game runs fine for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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