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So, here's the thing.

I start a mission of FreeSpace 2. A large convoy of ships are in the mission. Combat occurs. While this combat is going on, the frame rate is going down. The frame rate finally stops slowing down (I think it's at 5-10 fps) after the combat ends, and it stays as such until I end the mission.

When I end the mission, I continue hearing the engine roar/subspace drive noise even through the briefing and later missions. It even continues through the main menu (same fps, too.)

System specs:

Windows XP Home
Pentium 4 1.8 Ghrz
512 MB DDR Ram
GeForce 2 (updated with latest drivers)
Not quite sure about what Sound card it runs, I'm thinking a Sound Blaster Pro.
CD version (not HotU, does use a CD.)
Detail is down so low that Vasudan transports look like literal flying bricks in a pitch black night setting.

By all accounts, this thing should be running really smooth. But it's not.

What's causing the low frame rate?

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Multiple reasons.

1) Do you have Direct3D on?

2) Have you checked your computer for spyware (Ad-Aware 6 is a good program for checking them) because my computer slows down extremely if it has been infected by spyware.

3) Have you updated Freespace 2?

One thing too, is your sound card integrated? 'Cause in some occasions (I've seen it once) it can lag the computer that it feels like a Pentium 75 Mhz but I do not know why it does that.

But try to check out your computer for spyware. You can get Ad-Aware from [url=http://www.lavasoftusa.com/]here[/url].

Hope you get all problems sorted out.

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Originally posted by Darkblade
[B]Multiple reasons.

1) Do you have Direct3D on?

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What about your options?

Do you have every setting at full? Because 3D Hardware textures (or whatever that setting was called) are a real system basher.

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Mauri "Darkblade" Majanoja

Mission designer - [url="http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/babylon"]The Babylon Project[/url]

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Registered: Jul 2002
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Originally posted by KevinPryde
I think my major concerns are asteroids, and the second mission where the Iceni erupts from that asteroid base. As soon as that happened, I found I could breate faster than the game runs.

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I got that as well but it was with a brand new install with the Babylon Project mod installed as well. This was the first time I used Freespace on my new computer and I attributed the persistent sound effects and slowdown to some unforseen system conflict due to the mod.

BUT I then installed Freespace again and used the Inferno mod and got the same results. But when I went back to the BP install of freespace it worked grand.

Anyway point is I think it traced back to my soundcard or the drivers. On the firstime setup for a fresh freespace install it defaulted to my Aureal3d sound option. When I changed this back to Direct3d the problems went away.

Hope thats some use cause its the most annoying thing in the world when youve got a massively powerful PC that should laugh at freespace, when in reality it actually crawls along.

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