Inconvenient fix for Win7 NPC lag : Fallout: New Vegas

» Sun Aug 15, 2010 5:19 pm

thanks rasmus jagd, i'm curious to read your results!

» Sun Aug 15, 2010 2:29 pm

it will run exactly like fallout 3 on windows xp

. Thats what i have found so far.

wait for rasmus to back me up then you guys can all switch over back to old school xp....

» Sun Aug 15, 2010 2:13 pm

I was under the impression DirectX did not work under XP mode and it was impossible to play games through it.

Probably not using the best search terms but this was what I found.

Why would the games not run on Win XP Mode? Well the answer is in the graphics card. Most games that came out during the XP days (which are the culprits) use DirectX and need a graphics card that supports DirectX. Microsoft Virtual PC and Win XP mode(which is based on the VPC core) do not emulate a graphics card that supports DirectX. From what I can gather they emulate a low end graphics card with 8 MB of video RAM (an S3 Trio 64 Video card with 8mb of video ram).

http://www.dotnetindia.com/2009/10/why-the-windows-xp-mode-may-disappoint-you.html

:shrug:

» Sun Aug 15, 2010 4:03 pm

I'm trying this now. Will report back.

» Mon Aug 16, 2010 3:44 am

No luck for me. Slow as [censored] no matter what my settings are, and even slower around NPCs.

Made my other games run nicer, though.

2.66 Intel Core i7
8gigs DDR3
NVIDIA 330M

» Sun Aug 15, 2010 3:26 pm

No luck for me. Slow as [censored] no matter what my settings are, and even slower around NPCs.

Made my other games run nicer, though.

2.66 Intel Core i7
8gigs DDR3
NVIDIA 330M

NVIDIA GPU ------> Bugthesda Softworks Gamebryo Engine = Epic failure and nerd rage

» Sun Aug 15, 2010 8:16 pm

This fixes the NPC lag and the frameskipping issue, but remember it is work in progress and it's just ... inconvenient for some

But if it was, you wouldn't be here reading this anyway. Try it out.

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?p=3742890 General, read the top post.

http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=34832 For New Vegas

http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=8886 - For Fallout 3 1.7

This worked perfectly in Fallout 3, it helps in Fallout new vegas I'm still sorting out some settings, but there is a great improvement. It went from unplayable to now barely playable.