1.05c: resource pig?

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Hi,
Just loaded 1.05c and it is _noticeably_ sluggish on my 933 P3/128MB. OK, this machine is getting kinda long in the tooth now, but I've had no issues with any prior version including 1.05 which I had a brief look at a while back.

It also seems to access the HDD every 1 1/2 seconds exactly, anyone got any idea what it's doing? I'm on W98 and killed everything except windows and HOI--and I know it was HOI, coz it stopped when I exited. It's like a little heartbeat...

This version is too annoying to be playable on my system anyway, it just sorta seizes up scrolling around the map. And that was before I even flicked off the pause button.

Chuck

 

[Castellon]

If you have not already done it, then rename the AVi folder to AVI_back. If thaty does not help , make sure you have the latest Audio and Video drivers, you may also want to unistall and do a fresh install after defragmenting your drive.

 

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1.05c is a slug...

Originally posted by Castellon
If you have not already done it, then rename the AVi folder to AVI_back.

Huh? What's this supposed to achieve?

If thaty does not help , make sure you have the latest Audio and Video drivers, you may also want to unistall and do a fresh install after defragmenting your drive.

It did not help. Is there any particular reason I need to do those things specifically for 1.05c? Everything was fine as far as 1.05. It seems to me its resource requirements have now increased greatly--anyone else observe this? Anyone have counterexamples for that matter?

Chuck

 

[Castellon]

Did you rename your AVI folder to AVI_back? your reply could be taken either way.

Did you do the other suggestions?

 

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Originally posted by Castellon
Did you rename your AVI folder to AVI_back? your reply could be taken either way.

Did you do the other suggestions?

Yes, done it all.

In addition I renamed music to no-music which has stopped the heartbeat. It seems that music volume 0 means keep reading the audio files anyway, play at volume 0. This is braindead is it not?

Anyway, no real improvement. I suspect that several things are now not scaling all that well and since the implementation is unlikely to change, I'll just have to get a faster PC with more stuff.

If I may make a couple of suggestions, it's probably time to consolidate the leader images into runtime libraries as storing them on the filesystem is most inefficient. Perhaps one file per nation, with a lib tool for modders to manipulate them?

Similarly it would be nice to be able to turn off some graphics options. Frinstance, I don't mind if the flags don't wave.

The event system will be unmanageable soon. That's an observation, not a suggestion The text file structure is looking most creaky and unstable...

Chuck

 

[Castellon]

You could make those suggestions in the scenario forum if you like, the audiance there may have better input then me.

 

[jdrou]

Originally posted by cmeo
Hi,
Just loaded 1.05c and it is _noticeably_ sluggish on my 933 P3/128MB. OK, this machine is getting kinda long in the tooth now, but I've had no issues with any prior version including 1.05 which I had a brief look at a while back.

I had no problems with it on my P2-300 notebook (but with much more memory: 416MB). This was with music turned off (using hoi_settings.exe) since MP3 decoding uses significant CPU cycles on processors that slow. I think the 128MB is the most likely hardware problem; there have been many reports that HoI uses a lot of memory. It does run noticably better at high speeds on my new P4 w/256MB laptop though so CPU does help.

 

[Castellon]

More memory is always a good idea.