Why does morrowind skip constantly?

[stryder2929]

Alright i have a Radeon 9700pro with settings basically maxed...
pIV 2.4 ghz processoor
512 pc3200 ddr ram


I play morrowind and while im running around the game is constantly skipping, it is definately not as smooth as it should be...that is clear.

I tried lowering the draw distance... nothing

i tried reducing AA and Ansio... its exactly the same (thats why those settings are maxed right now)

Would reducing texture quality and mipmap do anything? cause ive run out of ideas...

i really want to make this work perfectly cause i love the game (played it on xbox) but the skipping is just driving me crazy.

Unreal tournament 2k3 runs perfectly so why cant this?

 

[misle]

Morrowind runs pretty smooth on my system (1.4 GHz Athlon, GeForce4 Ti4200)

I run it with:
Viewing Distance - Full
Shadows - Off (this really slows the game down)
AI - at about 40%

Also, go get the No-CD patch. That will speed it up a little (anywhere from 5-15%)

 

[RSMemphis]

Wasn't there the issue of the CD-lookup routine taking away too many cycles?

Check to see if you can find the no-CD hack...

Edit: dang, got beaten to it...

 

[stryder2929]

ooh thanx! i'll look into this as soon as i get home

 

[misle]

Oh, also try defraging you drives. That really helped on my system.

 

[stryder2929]

thanx for the tips, took forever to find a working dl for the no-cd crack but i got it, it runs alittle better