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On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:15:31 -0700, Loren Pechtel
<lorenpechtel@hotmail.invalid.com> wrote:

>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.

Followup--there's something about placing a building while
constructing another.  The *REPORTED* framerate drops to 1.6 and the
actual response to the user's commands can lag 5 seconds or more.