ok getting p1ssed now...generals and 6800gt

[otispunkmeyer]

this is just annoyingi cant play on line on the uni network seems its blocked, but i can stil play single player right?

wrong!

me vs 3 hard armys, using the generals zero hour reborn: the last stand mod. is just impossible. all is well for the 30 seconds after start

then theres a few stutters....then the game jus starts doing 1fps, musics still playing at full speed in the background but the game is just down righ un playable

ive tried
setting fast writes off - though im still not sure its actually off, riva tuner says it is off in 2 places, bios says its off, but the drivers keep telling me its on,
agp apature to 256
no overlocking
no aa or af
set resolution and detail to lowest
using the forceware 71.20 VStudios extreme G drivers

i have everything set to max (why not? see top rig in sig, it should be able to handle it easy)

this is just annoying!

 

[Regs]

Trying turning off heat effects in Generals and see if that helps.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: Regs
Trying turning off heat effects in Generals and see if that helps.

i have

i set the graphics soo low that the terrain was just a solid colour,

ih yeah also the terrain is discoloured, ie like the yellow water in CS or HL2, the terrain is coloured correctly for 5 seconds, and then turns to a light green tint

 

[dguy6789]

It is a glitch in generals. On 8 player maps, and some lower player maps, the ai is screwed up and will studder ANY system like crazy. This is not your fault. It is just another pos ea game, dont expect anymore.

The solution is to play on like 2 and 4 player maps.

 

[deadseasquirrel]

Originally posted by: dguy6789
It is a glitch in generals. On 8 player maps, and some lower player maps, the ai is screwed up and will studder ANY system like crazy. This is not your fault. It is just another pos ea game, dont expect anymore.

The solution is to play on like 2 and 4 player maps.

I have noticed the same thing with LOTR Battle For Middle Earth. If I fill up a large map with 8 players on my LAN with me and my kid playing, it lags all to hell until we team up and wipe out a few of them. I was hoping it would be fixed with a patch, but since it STILL occurs in Generals, I'm assuming this isn't fixable.

 

[gsellis]

This is an old fix for some games and probably will not help, but might be worth a shot. What is your audio set at? Some audio setups can drag the system down really fast even when the audio seems to be running normally.

Simplify the audio setup and see if it changes.

I only give this a 10% chance of fixing your issue.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: dguy6789
It is a glitch in generals. On 8 player maps, and some lower player maps, the ai is screwed up and will studder ANY system like crazy. This is not your fault. It is just another pos ea game, dont expect anymore.

The solution is to play on like 2 and 4 player maps.

this seems to work, there are certain maps that just dont like to be played and others play ok. ill try the sound thing too

 

[GreatBarracuda]

Originally posted by: dguy6789
It is a glitch in generals. On 8 player maps, and some lower player maps, the ai is screwed up and will studder ANY system like crazy. This is not your fault. It is just another pos ea game, dont expect anymore.

The solution is to play on like 2 and 4 player maps.

That's right. This game has a serious memory leak problem. Doesn't matter what system you have, it even stutters on a FX-55 system.