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FPSC Classic Product Chat / Problems with FPS Creator

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Claws
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Posted: 20th Apr 2007 08:55
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Hello,

I'm new with FPS Creator, but, right away i'm experiencing some terrible problems with the software. The main problem is: the speed. I work with a P4 1.6Ghz (with 256RAM and a GeForce4 MX 440 64MB) and the program is extremely slow. The in-game speed is terrible. I really can't test my games.

Is there any patch, fix, hints or tips to help me out? Please, don't say to buy new hardware. I can play much more "engine powerful" games with my PC at full speed. FPSC it's not that "powerful" and runs at horrible speed.
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Mickm
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Posted: 20th Apr 2007 17:55
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Have you tried upgrading FPSC? Current version is V105 RC2

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=101674&b=21

http://www.gamestack.org
http://onlinenotes.gamestack.org
http://onlinebookmarks.gamestack.org
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MikeB
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Posted: 20th Apr 2007 18:03
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What is your map like???

You need to set up the levels so there are lots of rooms ALL seperated by DOORS not gaps in walls.

And don't have more than 3 enemies per room.

This may be different in 1.05 but i'm not using that yet.

EldestDragon

There is no snoop
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xplosys
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Playing: FPSC Multiplayer Games
Posted: 20th Apr 2007 18:13
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It's true that FPSC is not that powerful an engine, however it does require more power than you have. You don't meet the minimum memory requirements and barley make the video requirements for the program. It will never run properly until you do. Even at the minimum specs, FPSC can be painful.

Sorry, but "buy new hardware" is the fix.

Best.

I'm sorry, my answers are limited. You must ask the right question.

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Butter fingers
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Posted: 20th Apr 2007 19:02
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Quote: "with 256RAM and a GeForce4 MX 440 64MB"

Yikes.

I get slowdown in V1 on a dual core, with a 512 MB card and 1GB Ram (with 4GB paging file).

Your doomed bro. It's the worst thing to hear, but... buy new hardware. You're very outdated.

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FredP
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Posted: 20th Apr 2007 19:07
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xplosys is right.My pc has the minimum requirements to run FPSC and I have issues at times.
It will only cost me between $25-$100 to expand my memory (depending on whether I want 256MB more or 1 GB or something in between).
Required (minimum):
OS:2000/XP
Processorentium III 1GHz
512 MB RAM
Graphics Cardriect X 9 compatible with 64 MB of memory
1.4 GB hard drive

This comes right off of the back of the case that FPSC comes in...it is never out of my reach when I am near the pc.

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Butter fingers
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Posted: 20th Apr 2007 20:03
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As your ram and Graphics card aren't great it might be worth checking this out:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308417

the section on
"How to manually change the size of the virtual memory paging file"

might help you eake out a few more drops of speed!

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RedneckRambo
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Posted: 21st Apr 2007 01:09
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Yay! I'm not the only person with a computer that doesn't meet the requirements. FPSC still will work. It will just take you a lot longer to get good at FPSC then normal. It gets very difficult at times working with a computer like this. I've been here for 7 months and my computer holds me back terribly.

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Claws
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Posted: 22nd Apr 2007 07:58
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Geez... guess i'll need to work with the Cube engine instead. Thanks for the tips, guys.
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