Possible option to help with performance issues...
Savant
Join Date: 2002-11-30 Member: 10289Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
Join Date: 2002-11-30 Member: 10289Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
<div class="IPBDescription">Not a 'cure'...</div>In what wasn't given much publicity, Valve changed the Steam client so that you can now install games to different hard drives <b>at the same time</b>. While you used to have to have all your games in the same directory; now you can specify a new directory on <i>another </i>drive. You can only have ONE directory with games per drive though.
How does this help?
If you're like many people you have an SSD drive running your OS. You also don't have Steam on the SSD since your games takes up a ton of space. So if you delete and reinstall NS2, you could install it into a directory on your SSD. While that won't fix any internal game performance issues, it will take out any possible chance that the hard drive will bottleneck your performance.
To do this, first create a directory on your SSD. I just called it Steam off the root. Once done, when you install there will be an option that says "Choose drive to install to". If this is your first time installing to a new drive you will get a chance to pick the directory. After that you can only pick the drive and they all go in the same directory on that drive.
I know it's not much, but every bit helps.
How does this help?
If you're like many people you have an SSD drive running your OS. You also don't have Steam on the SSD since your games takes up a ton of space. So if you delete and reinstall NS2, you could install it into a directory on your SSD. While that won't fix any internal game performance issues, it will take out any possible chance that the hard drive will bottleneck your performance.
To do this, first create a directory on your SSD. I just called it Steam off the root. Once done, when you install there will be an option that says "Choose drive to install to". If this is your first time installing to a new drive you will get a chance to pick the directory. After that you can only pick the drive and they all go in the same directory on that drive.
I know it's not much, but every bit helps.
Comments
<i>EDIT</i>
Backup, restore, aim at SSD, done :D
<i>EDIT2</i>
+10-20 FPS end game on first map!