Lag in game

DeinosDeinos Join Date: 2011-03-30 Member: 89548Members
edited March 2011 in NS2 General Discussion
<div class="IPBDescription">Topic Description (Optional)</div>Hello!
I proposes a game Natural Selection 2 build 168. I put the graphics to a minimum and still hangs! Help, optimize the game for less powerful computers! Just a shame I bought the game, and she proposes!
Video Card: Ati radeon x1300
System: Windows XP SP3
Mainboard: Intel ® Pentium ® 4 CPU 2.80 GHz
Sorry for the bad english, I'm Russian!
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  • gorge.ousgorge.ous Join Date: 2011-01-07 Member: 76481Members
    Build 170 is out: update via Steam

    Try different servers. A lot of lag issues are related to "bad" servers.
    How good/bad is the performance when you create a LAN game in comparison to an online game?
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  • weezlweezl Join Date: 2008-07-04 Member: 64557Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    tavarish, it is COMPLETELY UNREALISTIC to make games for that computer today.
    get a midrange triple/quad core with midrange graphics, for a total of about €500-600, and you can play most games smoothly on higher settings.
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  • QuovatisQuovatis Team Inversion Join Date: 2010-01-26 Member: 70321Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    x1300 ? LOL Sorry, but yeah, you need to upgrade if you want to play the beta. It might work for the final release, but don't bet on it.
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  • mokkatmokkat Join Date: 2009-08-30 Member: 68652Members
    edited March 2011
    If you are reading this UWE - we have this kind of thread every once in a while, and though they are sometimes a consequence of people buying on impulse, some of them must be caused by people trustingly checking the system requirements page before buying. Consider that people with these old rigs are usually also from non-english speaking countries and/or dont spend much time on the forum looking for realistic requirements.

    I find the requirements page misleading - the required hardware according to it is abysmal, and realistically it is unfeasable and pointless to spend manpower to allow your game to be run on antiquities like that in 2011.

    I very much support allowing a broad range of computers to run a game, to a certain extend, because it allows more people to play - look at Starcraft 2 for example. Having unrealistic, effectively wrong, requirements listed will only scare people away by bad word of mouth, and lead to these threads on the forum.




    At least recommend minimum a dual core processor (not for the two cores, but for the newer tech), 1/2gb of ram and a geforce 8800 series or radeon 38xx series card - alternately a little lower minimum spec and a high recommended spec.
    Another alternative: delete the system requirements altogether so people have to ask for an answer.
    I don't think you can change much by just putting a big fat disclaimer on the page saying something like "higher specs needed, as this is beta", because the current reqs are simply unfeasable.

    At least consider changing it often, as the game performance progresses. You already have the greatest progress info tool ever on your page, the other page could use some love
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  • KuBaNKuBaN Join Date: 2002-11-16 Member: 8979Members, Constellation
    From my laptop I can barely run a LAN game with the settings at "Ridiculously Awful" due to framerate (NOT LATENCY). I get no more than 10 FPS when I'm standing still (800x600). Here are my specs:

    Windows 7 Pro 32-bit
    Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.00 GHz
    2 GB RAM
    DirectX 11
    GeForce 8600M GT (~1GB)

    I've got to use my ladies rig to play properly. Although not too far off from mine, her's runs NS2 beautifully at max settings (1920x1200). Here are her specs:

    Windows 7 64-bit
    Intel Core 2 Quad @ 2.40 GHz
    4GB RAM
    DirectX 11
    GeForce 8800 GTS (~2GB)
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  • DeinosDeinos Join Date: 2011-03-30 Member: 89548Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1839330:date=Mar 30 2011, 07:21 PM:name=Quovatis)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Quovatis @ Mar 30 2011, 07:21 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1839330"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->x1300 ? LOL Sorry, but yeah, you need to upgrade if you want to play the beta. It might work for the final release, but don't bet on it.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    <img src="http://www.gogaminggiant.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/facepalm.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
    Bad...
    Thanks,guys!
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  • BaRReBaRRe Join Date: 2011-03-24 Member: 88379Members
    edited March 2011
    I have the same kind of FPS drops all the time.. :C sadly the game is unplayable to me hopes it gets fixed soon.
    I have a pretty good rig so it should run buttersmooth
    OS:Windows XP SP3 32-bit
    RAM:4GB
    Processor:Intel Duo Core 2,4GHz
    Graphics:ATI Radeon 4850

    My theory is that the game isn't so supportive for ati products yet??

    *sadface*

    anyhelp or info would be nice :)
    I have the latest drivers
    I have tried r_shadows false
    I have tried creating local game
    still my fps is 10-20
    PS.
    just wanted to add that the NS2 community is REALLY nice and helpful and hopefully when the game comes out it will stay that way :)

    (sorry for bad english)
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  • FreaKinWeaseLFreaKinWeaseL Join Date: 2011-04-01 Member: 89940Members
    Hey just wanted to check and see if my system is of high enough quality to play this game. I won't be surprised if its not since its a super cheap laptop but anyways:
    Windows Vista 32-bit
    Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.00 GHz
    Graphics: Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M with 128MB-1342MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory
    Ram: 2GB
    Intel Pentium processor T3400 2.16GHz
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  • RuntehRunteh Join Date: 2010-06-26 Member: 72163Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    No it will not :(
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  • CoolCookieCooksCoolCookieCooks Pretty Girl Join Date: 2003-05-18 Member: 16446Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation
    I'm confused at the ability to have two similar but separate processors in your laptop...

    aside from that your "media accelerator" will most likely not be up to the job.
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  • FreaKinWeaseLFreaKinWeaseL Join Date: 2011-04-01 Member: 89940Members
    Haha oops copying and pasting didn't work well mines the second one. Thanks for the info guys
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  • weezlweezl Join Date: 2008-07-04 Member: 64557Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    @mokkat +1

    @KuBaN you LADY has a BETTER computer than YOU? hehe :)
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  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    edited April 2011
    <!--quoteo(post=1839439:date=Mar 31 2011, 03:44 PM:name=BaRRe)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BaRRe @ Mar 31 2011, 03:44 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1839439"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->OS:Windows XP SP3 32-bit
    RAM:4GB
    Processor:Intel Duo Core 2,4GHz
    Graphics:ATI Radeon 4850<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That is very similar to my rig actually, only slightly better. Well better in terms of spec, but perhaps not in terms of hardware combo...

    OS:Windows XP SP3 32-bit
    RAM:2GB OCZ 800Mhz DDR2
    Processor:Intel Core 2 Duo 2,16GHz (E6420 amazing Conroe core in the Core 2 Duo family, with 4Mb L2 cache instead of 2Mb)
    Graphics:ATI Radeon 4850 512Mb Sapphire
    Asus P5B Motherboard


    And I get 35-60 with drops to 15 in the hive of Rockdown. Tram doesn't run too well though...
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  • KalabalanaKalabalana Join Date: 2003-11-14 Member: 22859Members
    An x1300?

    haha oh man, even when that was released (over 5 years ago), it wasn't meant for gaming, it's lowwwww end man.
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  • ObraxisObraxis Subnautica Animator & Generalist, NS2 Person Join Date: 2004-07-24 Member: 30071Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Silver, WC 2013 - Supporter, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts
    <b><i>Current UWE NS2 Minimum System Req:</i></b>

    CPU: 1.2 GHz Processor,
    RAM: 256MB RAM,
    GFX: DirectX 9 level graphics card
    OS/Software: Windows Vista/2000/XP, Steam & internet connection

    <b><i>Most probable Minimum Specs, based on model/texture/game detail & build progression:</i></b>

    CPU: Dual-Core 1.86 GHz Processor,
    RAM: 1GB RAM,
    GFX: DirectX 9 level graphics card (256MB)
    OS/Software: Windows XP/Vista/Win7, Steam & internet connection

    Even if they optimise everything, unless you get down to NS1 detail level, the NS2 official minimum System requirements are about 10 years out of date for a game of this type.
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  • KuBaNKuBaN Join Date: 2002-11-16 Member: 8979Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1839849:date=Apr 4 2011, 09:13 PM:name=weezl)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (weezl @ Apr 4 2011, 09:13 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1839849"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->@KuBaN you LADY has a BETTER computer than YOU? hehe :)<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yup. A keeper, clearly.
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