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Article #710239Re: C&C 3 - Cutscene Lag, help.
From: Dreamer
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:18
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:18
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On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:30:46 +0800, "Ceowulf" <ceo@NOSPAMii.ATALLnet> wrote: >Went and picked up C&C today, in the 30 minutes I had to play it I was >disgruntled to see that the schnazzy FMV cutscenes seem to lag like a bitch. >The actual visuals seem to go slower than the audio. So what ends up >happening is that the actors are talking and moving in what is just a little >bit like slow motion (a few milliseconds slower than full speed) yet the >talking and sounds are going full speed ahead. > >The end result is lip-syncing that makes baby jesus cry, as I sit at the end >of the cutscene in silence for about a minute watching the now eerily silent >face of Grace Park. It seems to get worse the longer the FMV keeps playing, >i.e. the visual component of the movie lags further and further behind the >audio component. :( > >System specs are just on the recommended line, so I run it at medium setting >quality ok. The game itself runs fine. > >P4 3.2 >6800 GT Ultra >1 gig of ram >Using the AC97 from my motherboard for sound. >Running DX9.0c >With NVIDIA drivers 93.71 >I updated all my Windows XP drivers about a week ago. > >Any ideas from anyone who is infinitely wiser/smarter/cooler than this poor >putz as to why this would happen? It didn't happen in the FMV in the demo >which is odd. > >Ceo- > Install the patch.
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