HELP ME, i m getting really frustrated

shine_idolshine_idol Join Date: 2007-08-30 Member: 62084Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">THE DROP of FPS</div>Well while i am enjoying ns, my fps will drop from normally 60 to 4! The lag will continues for 5-10 secs. Then back to normal, i have tried fixing my hl.exe to low priority. Deleting ns and reinstall it. Even reinstalling the whole steam. This problem kept appearing and now i m really annoyed by it. Can anyone please help me out ..
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  • DarknsDarkns Join Date: 2004-09-05 Member: 31402Members, Constellation
    It's probably some program (likely anti-virus) that's eating your CPU.
    Setting the priority of hl.exe to lower than normal will only make the problem worse. Try setting it to higher than normal.
    Also try to figure out what's using so much CPU.
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  • shine_idolshine_idol Join Date: 2007-08-30 Member: 62084Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1648697:date=Sep 11 2007, 08:58 AM:name=Darkns)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Darkns @ Sep 11 2007, 08:58 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1648697"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->It's probably some program (likely anti-virus) that's eating your CPU.
    Setting the priority of hl.exe to lower than normal will only make the problem worse. Try setting it to higher than normal.
    Also try to figure out what's using so much CPU.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    i am currently using a laptop (HP Pavilon dv 9506TX GM213PA#AB5) to play Ns 3.2. It's operating systems is Core 2 Duo T7500 (2.2Ghz), 800MHz FSB. With 2GB DDR2 (2X1024mb) (667MHz) as memory. Also the laptop is with Nvidia Geforce 8600M GS having 1023M memory. With these config my fps shouldnt be dropping that seriously. And it is really annoying to set my hl.exe to high priority everytime i load ns. Because it will reload to normal priority everytime, is there a way to set my hl.exe to high all the time? Last of all , is there any other way? I dont think it is my anti virius eating my CPU. Please help me ...
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  • shine_idolshine_idol Join Date: 2007-08-30 Member: 62084Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1648727:date=Sep 11 2007, 02:31 PM:name=shine_idol)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(shine_idol @ Sep 11 2007, 02:31 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1648727"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->i am currently using a laptop (HP Pavilon dv 9506TX GM213PA#AB5) to play Ns 3.2. It's operating systems is Core 2 Duo T7500 (2.2Ghz), 800MHz FSB. With 2GB DDR2 (2X1024mb) (667MHz) as memory. Also the laptop is with Nvidia Geforce 8600M GS having 1023M memory. With these config my fps shouldnt be dropping that seriously. And it is really annoying to set my hl.exe to high priority everytime i load ns. Because it will reload to normal priority everytime, is there a way to set my hl.exe to high all the time? Last of all , is there any other way? I dont think it is my anti virius eating my CPU. Please help me ...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->


    IS there any other ways
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  • KungFuDiscoMonkeyKungFuDiscoMonkey Creator of ns_altair 日本福岡県 Join Date: 2003-03-15 Member: 14555Members, NS1 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos
    Are you using Windows Vista ?
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  • shine_idolshine_idol Join Date: 2007-08-30 Member: 62084Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1648907:date=Sep 12 2007, 04:14 AM:name=KungFuDiscoMonkey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(KungFuDiscoMonkey @ Sep 12 2007, 04:14 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1648907"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Are you using Windows Vista ?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Yes i am? Vista created theis problem?
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  • KungFuDiscoMonkeyKungFuDiscoMonkey Creator of ns_altair 日本福岡県 Join Date: 2003-03-15 Member: 14555Members, NS1 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos
    It is highly possible that it is something caused by running Vista. They rewrote most of the rendering path with Vista so I'm not sure how it would affect older games. I don't use Vista though so you will likely need to wait for someone who has to see if they have any suggestions on what you should try to do.
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  • shine_idolshine_idol Join Date: 2007-08-30 Member: 62084Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1648962:date=Sep 12 2007, 12:07 PM:name=KungFuDiscoMonkey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(KungFuDiscoMonkey @ Sep 12 2007, 12:07 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1648962"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->It is highly possible that it is something caused by running Vista. They rewrote most of the rendering path with Vista so I'm not sure how it would affect older games. I don't use Vista though so you will likely need to wait for someone who has to see if they have any suggestions on what you should try to do.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    kk ty
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  • AhnteisAhnteis teh Bob Join Date: 2002-10-02 Member: 1405Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    You might also try setting the program to only use 1 core of your processor. Directions for doing so should be fairly easy to find.
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  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    Multi core does not effect GldSrc as far as I know (unless it is only in Vista, but I sorta doubt that).

    Any way, the way to change it is by opening the task manager (ctrl+alt+del), finding the HL.exe process, rclickign it, and there is an option for fiddling with it.
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  • shine_idolshine_idol Join Date: 2007-08-30 Member: 62084Members
    Hi, setting the hl.exe to high priority helps, however i need to open Ctrl Alt Del all the time when i load ns everytime. Is there a way to set my hl.exe to high priority all the time, so that i dont need to open task manager and set everytime i load Ns. Please help me thanks.
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  • shine_idolshine_idol Join Date: 2007-08-30 Member: 62084Members
    CAn anyone help?
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  • Recline187Recline187 Join Date: 2007-11-17 Member: 62939Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1649397:date=Sep 13 2007, 09:44 PM:name=shine_idol)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(shine_idol @ Sep 13 2007, 09:44 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1649397"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->CAn anyone help?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->


    I use WINDOWS XP Pro, BUT, when I set steam.exe to any priority prior to opening up hl.exe, the hl.exe follows suit with the priority class.
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  • SuperflySuperfly Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3485Members, Constellation
    edited November 2007
    I run a dual boot system Vista/XP, I am fairly confident that Half-Life 1 is completely incompatible with Vista. It cannot properly use the new sound engine on top of several other issues that I have found randomly cropping up.

    It will run under Vista, it just will not work right. Your best bet with video problems is to disable the Aero interface while gamming with older games. I provided a link that will walk you through the process.

    If you can/no how I suggest picking up a copy of XP (should be pretty cheap) and doing a dual boot config.

    <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-aero-on-windows-vista/" target="_blank">http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vis...-windows-vista/</a>
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