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"Shingen036" <shing...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20030317130845.22332.00000119@mb-ms.aol.com...
> does anyone know why, when I fire at an ANY enemy ship, the game will
freeze
> for several minutes ( it won't lock-up entirely, but freeze to a complete
halt
> ) then it'll come back and play normally... every thing else work fine,
even
> though I AM playing it on a minimum spec system  ( P366 - 64 meg RAM -
nvidia
> MX 100/200 32meg card )...
>
> I've got the game sets down to minimum as far as graphics goes.. ( ie:
> everything off or low ).. the movies play fine, and i don't have any MAJOR
lag
> up until I fire weapons on a ship.. then everything stops for several
minutes,
> and my HD goes crazy, I'm assuming writing to disk...

You're running the game below the minimim spec (P3-400 is minumum
processor), but it shouldn't swap that much. The game will run in 64mb, but
it really needs 128mb for smooth play.

First make sure any background tasks such as virus checkers, etc. are not
running.

If it still swaps like crazy, then try disabling sound to see if it's a
sound problem. To do this edit the games flux.ini file(make a backup first)
using a text editor, and change the entry disable_sound = 0 to disable_sound
= 1

If the game runs fine without sound, then it could be some sort of sound
playback problem.


Best regards,

-- Steve
Stephen Robertson
Senior Designer
Particle Systems

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