The Horror...
Elektro Guy:
My load times are fine. The game loads in a couple minutes. And I use a program that's very similar to FPS Limiter. FPSL is basically just a program that forces what's called V-Sync on a video card to lower framerate. I have a program that uses V-Sync and Triple Buffering (I won't get into that), so I get around 60 frames per second instead of 30 with FPSL...which my rig can more than handle. Even without this program I'll get the stuttery camera...
Again, I know first hand that my CC is not what's causing the problem.
I've tried isolating this issue to the umpteenth degree, but I realize now that it's something I'll just have to deal with.
Rockermonkey:
I don't see why your having those issues, I have the same amount of memory and your processor meets the requirements, I also have Vista. My game ran perfect on med/low settings when I had a Nvidia 6150, so I really don't get what's wrong with your game. As of right now I have a 9600gt and was able to play on full settings before my psu commited suicide, except for detail lots.
Advanced Rendering does slow things down quite a bit sometimes, so I hope that helps you at least a little bit.
sewinglady:
Well even with my computer specs, in order to play without lag and choppiness, I've had to reduce the draw distance and lot detail.
Where I see the most improvement with the lot detail down is in build/buy mode - the game doesn't stop and re-render the neighboring lots every time I rotate the camera - well it does, but only one lot, instead of 4 or 5.
As for the draw distance - I never had a problem when I was running the base game on 64 bit XP pro...but when hubby switched me to Windows 7 (and now I'm playing the game on a 32 bit XP partition and still having problems). So more and more I think the problems we experience with lag, choppiness, hurry up and wait (in CAS mode, infuriates the crap out of me that the game has to 'touch' every single thumbnail every single time instead of keeping the damn things loaded once it's 'touched' them once). Anyway...it's the game. And we either put up, or don't play. And, I've gone for more than a week of not playing just because I don't want to deal with the laggy, choppy thing (okay, to be fair, sometimes real life is just more important than pixelated people).
The_Goddess:
Quote from: sewinglady on 2010 March 14, 18:20:43
(okay, to be fair, sometimes real life is just more important than pixelated people).
Bite your tongue.
Stupid suggestion…
Have you tried turning off all unnecessary background apps before starting the game?
jezzer:
I had the exact same thing happening with me, but in my case it was a borked save file, and you've already said you've tried running a fresh install with a new save. Do you think it could perhaps be a video driver issue?
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