Daggerfall running smoothly

Post » Wed Apr 14, 2010 7:32 pm

Jammer, what do you mean by 'restart DOS-Box'?


Close it, reopen it?
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Chenae Butler
 
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Post » Wed Apr 14, 2010 6:38 pm

I never had it open, I changed everything in Notepad. So, do I just start it up and that's it?
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Samantha Wood
 
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Post » Wed Apr 14, 2010 1:25 pm

Nooooooo! What have I done!?

It's slow again! I went into a tavern and I could barely walk a few feet! :swear: :sad:
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Chloe Botham
 
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Post » Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:36 am

I changed it back to what I originally had, but it's still slow indoors.

Will it ever be fast again? :sad:
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Raymond J. Ramirez
 
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Post » Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:13 pm

i haven't read of a definite fix, most people report that it is choppy in most houses/taverns/guilds. what are your computer specs?
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abi
 
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Post » Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:45 pm

i haven't read of a definite fix, most people report that it is choppy in most houses/taverns/guilds. what are your computer specs?

A faster CPU or more DOSBox cycles are the answer.

Play Daggerfall on a 100MHz DOS computer and it will be relatively choppy in taverns/guilds too, while the outdoor area & dungeons are fine. Especially the large taverns with lots of wooden beams in them.
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Kill Bill
 
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Post » Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:11 pm

It's the Daggerfall engine, XnGine. Whilst it is a true 3D engine, it's not that optimized at complex geometry (such as stacked floors and decorations found often in taverns and palaces).

This came out a year after Quake, and the Quake engine would have made such a stronger base. But Bethesda seems to be against using any revolutionary engines, and always using less-reputable ones or their own in-house technology. :shrug:
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Nathan Hunter
 
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Post » Wed Apr 14, 2010 2:35 pm

It's the Daggerfall engine, XnGine. Whilst it is a true 3D engine, it's not that optimized at complex geometry (such as stacked floors and decorations found often in taverns and palaces).

This came out a year after Quake, and the Quake engine would have made such a stronger base. But Bethesda seems to be against using any revolutionary engines, and always using less-reputable ones or their own in-house technology. :shrug:

Quake was released in june 1996 and Daggerfall was released in august 1996. And Future Shock, the first XnGine game, was released in 1995.
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Ashley Hill
 
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Post » Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:03 pm

It wasn't choppy or slow in taverns yesterday...
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Angus Poole
 
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Post » Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:16 pm

Quake was released in june 2006 and Daggerfall was released in august 2006. And Future Shock, the first XnGine game, was released in 1995.


Someone's got their dates wrong. :mellow:
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jenny goodwin
 
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Post » Wed Apr 14, 2010 7:59 pm

If Daggerfall had to be re-released in 2006 I...I...<3
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Stephy Beck
 
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Post » Wed Apr 14, 2010 4:56 pm

Someone's got their dates wrong. :mellow:

Whoops :P The years were very wrong indeed ^_^
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Post » Thu Apr 15, 2010 1:11 am

It's running smoothly again. I deleted some programs that I don't use and also, my desktop theme. I think it will stay like this for good now. :)
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