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Jedi Academy performance problem
Posted: 2003-10-15 11:33pm
by Brother-Captain Gaius
OK, I recently picked up Jedi Academy. Only problem is that my FPS shoots down to 1-3 whenever a lightsaber is in contact with something else. I've fooled around with the graphics options a bunch with no relevant results, and I have the latest DirectX and video drivers. I've never been very happy with my GeForce4 Ti4200, it likes to be a real bitch in various games so I suspect its at fault here as well. Anyone know of this problem or any way to fix it?
Posted: 2003-10-15 11:40pm
by Hotfoot
Check your advanced display properties. See if the card is running in PCI or AGP mode. You may need to get new drivers for your motherboard.
Posted: 2003-10-16 02:48am
by Brother-Captain Gaius
Hotfoot wrote:Check your advanced display properties. See if the card is running in PCI or AGP mode. You may need to get new drivers for your motherboard.
PCI. No recent relevant patches for my mobo, either.
Posted: 2003-10-16 09:34am
by Hotfoot
Ah ha. See, now, it should be running in AGP mode. Download the latest drivers for your motherboard and install them. Use
this thread for help.
Posted: 2003-10-16 06:01pm
by Brother-Captain Gaius
Well, I feel stupid. Anyways, thanks a bazillion... didn't even realize it wasn't running in AGP.
Posted: 2003-10-16 06:29pm
by Hotfoot
JediNeophyte wrote:Well, I feel stupid. Anyways, thanks a bazillion... didn't even realize it wasn't running in AGP.
Don't feel stupid, heck, I didn't even realize my card was doing the same until I remarked about how slow HW2 seemed to be running when the demo came out. Fortunately, that set me straight.
Posted: 2003-10-17 12:47am
by Brother-Captain Gaius
Thanks. While that certainly increased overall performance, it didn't help with the lightsaber thing. Oddly enough, in multiplayer I have no problems at all. Is there some kind of saber effect setting exclusive to single player, other than the ones in options?
Posted: 2003-10-17 03:22am
by Hotfoot
Dunno. Could be sound-card related. Have you tried the Jedi Academy forums?
Posted: 2003-10-17 09:37am
by Ypoknons
Those saber decals are a drain on my GF3. Could turning them off help?
Posted: 2003-10-17 09:58am
by Chardok
Errmm...I think this was addressed on the support forums...
I may be wrong, but I believe you need to go in game to Video->more video and turn off wall flashes, and (Dynamic lightning?) I think...try that, should help.
Posted: 2003-10-17 05:46pm
by Brother-Captain Gaius
Chardok wrote:Errmm...I think this was addressed on the support forums...
I may be wrong, but I believe you need to go in game to Video->more video and turn off wall flashes, and (Dynamic lightning?) I think...try that, should help.
All that stuff is off. Aside from the minor performance boost, no change.