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I've been having an annoying problem with BVE. When I installed Windows 200 Pro a few weeks back I noticed that instead of getting the usual 29-30 FPS, I was only getting 21-22 FPS. I was using my GeForce4 Ti4200. I then got hold of a ATi Radeon 9800 Pro, put it in my PC but couldn't get in to install. I re-installed Win 2000 and it now works fine. After the reinstall of Win 2000, I played BVE and noticed the FPS were back up to 29-30. But now it's back down at 21-22, as shown below. My old GF4 Ti4200 always displayed 29-30 when I was using Windows 98SE, so Im thinking this is related to some other software I have installed on my PC which is causing Win 2000 to display the game incorrectly. This happens on ALL routes. The rest of my PC is an AMD 3200+, 1GB (2x512Mb) PC3200 RAM, Asus A7N8X Deluxe Motherboard, Audigy2 Soundcard.Anyone any ideas?
Im thinking this is related to some other software I have installed on my PC which is causing Win 2000 to display the game incorrectly. This happens on ALL routes. Anyone any ideas? Hi James,You may well have answered your own question. Do a simple task. At the bottom of your screen right hand side check which programs are running (task bar) Close down all programs you don't need to run BVE and try again. Or close them down one by one, running BVE each time to see which one is sapping your power.You can also do this by pressing Ctrl - Alt - Del and close down everything exept System and Explorer.If you have something like Norton Security on your system as I do this can sometimes cause problems. But remember to restart any security system before you next go on the web.Also it is better to reboot between running routes on BVE.A good program to have is evidence eliminator. I picked up 1362 unwanted bits of information in one week off the web and this program gets shot of the lot with one click of the mouse.Hope some of this helpsBryan
Someone on another forum has given me a weird solution to this. If you open up Windows Media Player, stop playing a track, minimise WMP, and fire up BVE, it plays BVE at 29-30 FPS again. Weird, eh?
>Someone on another forum has given me a weird solution >to this. If you open up Windows Media Player, stop playing >a track, minimise WMP, and fire up BVE, it plays BVE at >29-30 FPS again. Weird, eh? Although BVE says it is doing 21fps, it is actually doing 30fps! At 21fps on your computer, there should be no stuttering at all! But at true 21fps, there is a very minor stuttering.And in WIndows Media Player, you don't even have to open anything, not even a track, so that you can save your RAM! Make sure it is on the "Now Playing" tab, that's all.
-----You are reading my signature now, don't waste your time reading it!----- Or probably, maybe you should waste your time reading it. Eh, where did my signature go? Oh, here it is, the one you are reading right now? Can't you see it? I know I know, it's probably too bright to see it. Hey, look at my avatar, nice right? I drew it with my own hands holding the mouse in Paint, with the pencil tool(and the Filling tool!)! It's a picture of me in Planet Stooopid, where everything is the same as what you call "Earth" except that we are called "aliens" in your planet. Anyway, I warned you not waste time reading my signature! You have just wasted probably about 30 seconds reading it, where you could have spent the time doing better things, like maybe reading the next post below if there is one...
>Although BVE says it is doing 21fps, it is actually doing >30fps! At 21fps on your computer, there should be no >stuttering at all! But at true 21fps, there is a very minor >stuttering. > >And in WIndows Media Player, you don't even have to open >anything, not even a track, so that you can save your RAM! >Make sure it is on the "Now Playing" tab, that's all. I'd take issue with you saying BVE is actually doing 30fps when it says its doing 21fps - to my eye there's a clear stuttering, and it's particularly noticable when you *do* play it with Win Media Player running, when it's much smoother.James H
