Fix: Performance sucking on Dual Core and HT CPUs
jsalemi:
Quote from: syberspunk on 2007 March 19, 05:37:02
Any other free alternatives to ASR?
SD4hider (I think that's its name) -- I use it and it works fine. It's not a command line thing like ASR; you have to run it and click on 'hide' before starting your game, and then 'restore' when you're done. But I've never had a problem with it from OFB to Seasons.
It's kinda tricky to find (I found it off a link on the daemon tools forum), so if you can't find it, let me know and I'll send it to you. It's pretty small, so it should fit in a PM.
Oh, and my older P4 Dell didn't have this windows patch installed, so thanks for this tip, Argon! It does seem to make a small but noticeable difference in boot speed and amount of lag in TS2. About the only time I get noticeable lag now is when I first enter a lot (seems to be the game drawing everything there), and when the ground changes from clear to snow-covered. There's definitely a lot less lag during ordinary play.
syberspunk:
Thanks again joe and Argon. I found sd4hider and it works like a charm :D
Also, maybe this could be pinned or moved to the war room? (or peasantry). I suppose whatever is appropriate, but I think this is definitely a useful tip!
Ste
Argon:
Or you could use AntiBlah it does more or less the same thing I do manually. I don't like SD4Hider because it deletes the entries rather than just changing permissions.
syberspunk:
Quote from: Argon on 2007 March 20, 23:10:53
Or you could use AntiBlah it does more or less the same thing I do manually. I don't like SD4Hider because it deletes the entries rather than just changing permissions.
So is it automatic then? Or is it like sd4hider where I have to hide and then restore after I'm done playing?
And... this reminds me... oops... I think I might have forgotten to restore after quitting the game on my sister's machine, and I think she closed the program and I don't know if she restored or not. Can something really bad happen if I forget to restore? Or will it fix itself when I hide and restore again. I hope... :-\
Ste
Thraxus:
SD4Hide creates a backup.reg file in its own folder, so the next time you run it, you will still have the option to restore.. assuming nobody deletes that backup file in the meantime.
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