new XP laptop is too fast for D2?

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4 total messages Started by Mike Patterson Tue, 29 Jul 2003 00:42

#88637

Author: Mike Patterson
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 00:42

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Just got a 2 GHz XP laptop, copied all my old D2 files to it as I've
always done when moving to a new machine (has worked for 98, ME, 2K
Pro) but on this machine when D2 comes up it has some strange
symptoms.

"boucing" in idle is a roller coaster
pitch and yaw axis are waaaaaay slow
roll axis is normal
Forward/reverse thrust is about twice as fast as normal
weapons cycle much faster

I know I've seen info on these symptoms before, I've been Googling for
about 45 minutes and haven't found the magic combination.

I'd appreciate any leads or tips on this!

TIA
Mike
Mike Patterson
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Re: new XP laptop is too fast for D2?

#88638

Author: Thomas Otto
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 02:22

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> I know I've seen info on these symptoms before, I've been Googling for
> about 45 minutes and haven't found the magic combination.

And you didn't come across the d2x project that takes care of the 
Descent2 source since it was made open source? ;-)

http://www.icculus.org/d2x/

There you can actually limit the fps so that the games is playable again.

      -Thomas

P.S.: Also search on groups.google.com next time :)

Re: new XP laptop is too fast for D2?

#88639

Author: Mike Patterson
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:20

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On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 04:22:12 +0200, Thomas Otto
<my21stnewsgroupdevnull@gmx.net> wrote:

>> I know I've seen info on these symptoms before, I've been Googling for
>> about 45 minutes and haven't found the magic combination.
>
>And you didn't come across the d2x project that takes care of the 
>Descent2 source since it was made open source? ;-)
>
>http://www.icculus.org/d2x/
>
>There you can actually limit the fps so that the games is playable again.
>
>      -Thomas
>
>P.S.: Also search on groups.google.com next time :)

Thanks for the tip, Thomas.

The reason I asked the question here is because I hoped someone (like
you) would know that FPS is what I need to be looking at. You did. I
didn't, until now. Thanks.

However, I googled on "CPU speed", "Descent", "problem" in the groups.
Saw a bunch of stuff on D3, but not THIS problem on D2.

The site you so kindly pointed me to does not mention this problem in
any way that I can find, either. Maybe I'm just a bonehead and missed
it? At any rate, I'll work on the FPS thing now that you've pointed me
in the right direction.

Thanks again, oh reluctant savior!
Mike
Mike Patterson
Please remove the spamtrap to email me.

Re: new XP laptop is too fast for D2?

#88640

Author: Brian
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 15:23

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This should a a good command line to start D2X (it is the one I use):

d2x-gl.exe -gl_intensity4_ok 0 -gl_mipmap -gl_reticle
1 -automap_gameres -fullscreen -maxfps 35

Brian
"Mike Patterson" <mike...@spamtrapthe-patterson-family.com> wrote in
message news:g7pcivcievfsg05rejfvcsia758l6hkk88@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 04:22:12 +0200, Thomas Otto
> <my21stnewsg...@gmx.net> wrote:
>
> >> I know I've seen info on these symptoms before, I've been Googling for
> >> about 45 minutes and haven't found the magic combination.
> >
> >And you didn't come across the d2x project that takes care of the
> >Descent2 source since it was made open source? ;-)
> >
> >http://www.icculus.org/d2x/
> >
> >There you can actually limit the fps so that the games is playable again.
> >
> >      -Thomas
> >
> >P.S.: Also search on groups.google.com next time :)
>
> Thanks for the tip, Thomas.
>
> The reason I asked the question here is because I hoped someone (like
> you) would know that FPS is what I need to be looking at. You did. I
> didn't, until now. Thanks.
>
> However, I googled on "CPU speed", "Descent", "problem" in the groups.
> Saw a bunch of stuff on D3, but not THIS problem on D2.
>
> The site you so kindly pointed me to does not mention this problem in
> any way that I can find, either. Maybe I'm just a bonehead and missed
> it? At any rate, I'll work on the FPS thing now that you've pointed me
> in the right direction.
>
> Thanks again, oh reluctant savior!
> Mike
> Mike Patterson
> Please remove the spamtrap to email me.

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