C&C Generals question
Posted: 2003-03-09 12:13am
Well, I picked up C&C Generals a couple of days ago and only got around to playing it today. So, I happily booted up my super-powered gaming computer and installed it. So far, no problems. I start up the game, movie runs smoothly, then all of a sudden when the menu screen is brought up it just gets slower. Not by a terrible amount, but enough that it's noticeable. I moved the mouse around a bit, and it moved like a snail, and had the tendency to dissapear alot. So, I started up a skirmish, and when I get to the main battle screen, guess what? Instead of nice terrain I get a black ground. Empty space. By now the game is moving slower than hell, and the terrain is invisible. 
All the structure and unit graphics are fine, but the terrain is still a sea of darkness. And it's still moving slow.
I checked the options menu, set the detail to low in hopes of speeding it up. No sucess. Background the same, still fucking slow. I now checked the memory, still found I had plenty left. I checked my drivers, found they were totally up to date. I disabled the auto-virus program (which it says to turn off before playing), and.......zip. Same damn thing. 3 reinstallations later, same thing. Dammit, I've had it up to my head in this computer. All my other games work just great, inculding Warcraft 3 and Master of Orion, both of which are graphic hogs. All the normal computer functions work perfectly, but no matter what I do, C&C is thw same.
What is wrong?
All the structure and unit graphics are fine, but the terrain is still a sea of darkness. And it's still moving slow.I checked the options menu, set the detail to low in hopes of speeding it up. No sucess. Background the same, still fucking slow. I now checked the memory, still found I had plenty left. I checked my drivers, found they were totally up to date. I disabled the auto-virus program (which it says to turn off before playing), and.......zip. Same damn thing. 3 reinstallations later, same thing. Dammit, I've had it up to my head in this computer. All my other games work just great, inculding Warcraft 3 and Master of Orion, both of which are graphic hogs. All the normal computer functions work perfectly, but no matter what I do, C&C is thw same.
What is wrong?
