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Article #710018Re: Some questions regarding Gas Powered games and Supreme Commander
From: Loren Pechtel
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:15
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:15
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On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:14:58 GMT, John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> wrote: >Loren Pechtel <lorenpechtel@hotmail.invalid.com> wrote: > >> Yeah--my machine hasn't been upgraded for a while. It's always a >> bit jerky and zoomed in on a busy area it can become impossible to >> place a building. I don't know what's going on but the placement >> box might get stuck until I zoom back out. > >As far as frame rates go, it should be the other way around, your >frame rates should drop when you zoom out. When you zoom in it renders things with far more detail. Zoomed out it uses simple icons. >Press the numeric keypad / key to display frame rates. In the single digits. >I don't know about the box placement issue/solution. Gas Powered >Games has a very active forum for Supreme Commander. I figured it was simply an overload case and didn't worry about it.
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