Slow, choppy animation on Win2K - Ve ry ch op py op er at io n.

[kwooda]

I have installed FMS version 2 beta 7 on two separate Win2K machines, now, and have observed the same behavior on both. I am using the keyboard controls. To accelerate, I hold down the G key - but it takes a LONG time for the throttle to kick up - and it kicks up a notch in approximately 1-second intervals. The animation is the same way - advancing a frame every second or so.

On one computer, it is set up to dual-boot Windows98 & Windows 2000. If I boot in Win98 and run [an older version of FMS], it runs just fine. I haven't installed the latest version under that operating system, but the same computer running the latest version under Win2K stutters.

[barthirst]

What video depth are you running at? Have you tried switching it from 32 to 16 bit?

That worked on a win98 installation I was testing with.

[Eric Brouwer]

Another sugestion is to make sure you have DirectX 8 installed.

[kwooda]

I installed Directx 8.1 and changed my video resolution from 32-bit to 16-bit. No change. I upgraded my video driver and - ta da! - that did the trick!

[Eric Brouwer]

Glad to hear you are now up and flying. Enjoy.

[barthirst]

sweet.

What video card are you using if I might ask?

[kwooda]

I am using an nVidia TNT2 model 64 video card. OK, but not top of the line. I enabled the multiple desktop functionality today (a feature of the software that comes with the drivers for the card), and when I fire up FMS, the computer completely locks up. No way out except to reset or power off. Disable the multiple desktop stuff, and it works fine again. Oh, well - I didn't need the multiple desktop functionality, anyway. Except, I did need that file I lost when it locked up the first time...

[barthirst]

Hmmm... interesting. I had dual monitors on my win2k machine and had no problems. However I do have an ATI Radeon. I just upgraded to WinXP. I'll post results here.

[gregg3]