K_Tiger Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 I like the big battles like the stalingrad one and have a lot problems between the turns, it took around 5 minutes for the tacai to count. My sys specs. Athlon XP 1600+ 266 ddr ram Kyro II GK 64 megs I droped from FSAA 4 to 2 but this does nothing. Any tweaking ideas?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaBellum Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 K_Tiger, the graphics have no impact on the internal calculations. So reducing trees/doodads or switching off AA won't help. The more units in a battle, and the more complicated calculations CM has to do, the more time your PC needs to compute all this. You only have two choices: smaller scenarios or a faster PC... [edit: the Stalingrad scenario (if it's the one you mean) is IIRC one of the biggest in CMBB. In the briefing it states you should't even try it without a 1 GHz PC...] [ September 21, 2002, 05:52 AM: Message edited by: ParaBellum ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K_Tiger Posted September 21, 2002 Author Share Posted September 21, 2002 No question, bigger PC.. But whats the key point, more ram or faster CPU?? Ah...forgot..good morning Parabellum.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlichtingen Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 Originally posted by K_Tiger: I like the big battles like the stalingrad one and have a lot problems between the turns, it took around 5 minutes for the tacai to count.Which Stalingrad battle are you refering to? If it's the one I'm thinking of, i don't think they make a machine fast enough yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Sascha Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 I only have an aging P III 900, but I have 512 megs of RAM in it. Calculations are ok on large maps (haven't tried "huge" yet), so my advice to you would be to plug another stick of RAM or two (personally I consider 512 Megs the minumum for a gaming machine) into that PC of yours before buying a new CPU: It's easier and cheaper and will most likely boost performance tremendously. I can also recommend a little helper application called "SystemMechanics", a very handy tool to optimize most systems. Sascha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaBellum Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 Originally posted by Berlichtingen: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by K_Tiger: I like the big battles like the stalingrad one and have a lot problems between the turns, it took around 5 minutes for the tacai to count.Which Stalingrad battle are you refering to? If it's the one I'm thinking of, i don't think they make a machine fast enough yet</font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNoobie Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 Well, I gave orders then took a shower, made coffee, wrote a small essay about agricultural reforms in China and cleaned my bathroom when suddenly the action pahse started... hehe thats funny...can you get a pic of the whole map...personally i never liked big maps...i cant keep up with the troops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlichtingen Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 Originally posted by MrNoobie: hehe thats funny...can you get a pic of the whole map...personally i never liked big maps...i cant keep up with the troopsIf it is 'To The Volga', the map isn't all that big... the number of troops on the other hand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevsharr Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 I read an article in the current PC World magazine obout upgrading and they stated that 256 megs of ram appeared to be the optimal amount,adding more did'nt increase the speed any significant amount.In fact the biggest speed increase was from 128 to 256 a 36% increase anything over that was insignificant...and these were top of the line system's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K_Tiger Posted September 21, 2002 Author Share Posted September 21, 2002 Yes, its the "up to the volga" operation, around 9300 points game. Its a miracle to me, why the scenario designer not put the half or more as reinforce...like in other operations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Harrison Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 Phew! I just uprgraded to 512mb of DDR Ram!!! I count myslef lucky. Anyone else running CMBB on a P4 with 512 DDR Ram? Does it run okay on the huge maps? Chad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobnickbob Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 K_Tiger Another thing that will slow the system down , is all the programs running in the background. The only ones you need to run with Combat mission is explorer and systray the rest you can shut down while you play. Try hitting ctrl-alt-delete to see how many are running. Unless your running XP....... bnickb (WC Fields) once put it: "I cook with wine, sometimes I add it to the food" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlichtingen Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 Originally posted by K_Tiger: Yes, its the "up to the volga" operation, around 9300 points game. Its a miracle to me, why the scenario designer not put the half or more as reinforce...like in other operations.Well, because the Russians couldn't get reinforcements and the Germans intended a hammer blow, so their units weren't trickled in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agua Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 Here's a link to a TON of Windows tweaks, some of which are related to performance matters. Barrel 'o tweaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K_Tiger Posted September 22, 2002 Author Share Posted September 22, 2002 Originally posted by Berlichtingen: Well, because the Russians couldn't get reinforcements and the Germans intended a hammer blow, so their units weren't trickled in[/QB] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikester Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 Hey KT, First, as suggested above I believe, have absolutely NOTHING but the game running. Having other crap running at the same time CMBB is running chews up memory resources most definitely and CPU clock cycles more than likely as well, but to much lesser extent. Next, upgrade priorities should be fast, fast, fast, CPU, the faster the better. More memory can help as well, but I somehow doubt you are maxing out on memory if you already have 256MB and you only have CMBB running. I suppose it's possible though if the scenario / number of units in question in it is huge however. Hope this helps. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameroon Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 Originally posted by ParaBellum: K_Tiger, the graphics have no impact on the internal calculations. So reducing trees/doodads or switching off AA won't help. The more units in a battle, and the more complicated calculations CM has to do, the more time your PC needs to compute all this. You only have two choices: smaller scenarios or a faster PC... [edit: the Stalingrad scenario (if it's the one you mean) is IIRC one of the biggest in CMBB. In the briefing it states you should't even try it without a 1 GHz PC...]Actually, there is another option. Turn off sound during the turn calculation. That often dramatically speeds up the calculation. [Edit] By dramatically, I mean the difference in calculation times is noticeable [ September 21, 2002, 10:59 PM: Message edited by: Cameroon ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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