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Help please, I need someones opinion.

by Sam.E · in Torque 3D Professional · 12/27/2009 (4:15 pm) · 11 replies

So I got T3D to work on my computer now (FINNALY!!) and everything works perfect but after abit I noticed in the world editor there was some lag. I know that shouldn't happen so I need to know something:

Is it my ram, cpu or what? I am not a hardware master, I know about software and programming and thats about it so please someone help me.

My Computer Stats:
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CPU: 1.6 Ghz AMD Athlon
Ram: 1 G
OS: Windows XP Professional SP2
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE Integrated

So please post what I need to upgrade and how much of it.

- Houssen
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Torque 3D Owner Ronny Bangsund
Torque Cheerleaders
#1
12/27/2009 (4:19 pm)
I suspect it's your everything :/

Sam.E
#2
12/27/2009 (4:27 pm)
o.O But how come using the demo I didn't get lag?

Sam.E
#3
12/27/2009 (4:31 pm)
This is epic failure XD, I wonder if I can trade my T3D for TGEA or TGE?

Torque Owner Mike Rowley
Mike Rowley
#4
12/27/2009 (4:36 pm)
Quote:Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE Integrated

This is your problem. Integrated graphics cards are very basic. About all they are good for is reading the internet. Get a good late model card and it will work much better.

Employee Michael Perry
ZombieShortbus
#5
12/27/2009 (5:08 pm)
Definitely get a new video card. For the time being, try turning off a few PostFX or disable Advanced Lighting.

Associate Steve Acaster
[YorkshireRifles.com]
#6
12/27/2009 (5:17 pm)
game/scripts/client/prefs.cs
Around line 41 change
$pref::lightManager = "Advanced Lighting";
to
$pref::lightManager = "Basic Lighting";

Also check min specs before paying for things.

Sam.E
#7
12/27/2009 (6:50 pm)
Okay thanks guys.

@ Michael:

Is it possible to change engines or is it to late?

Torque Owner Cassy Brink
Minalien.com
#8
12/27/2009 (7:09 pm)
It's too late.

Granted, you could probably buy a license for one of the others. I don't know.

Employee Michael Perry
ZombieShortbus
#9
12/27/2009 (7:32 pm)
@Houssen - Just to be clear, Torque 3D is superior to TGE and TGEA in regard to capabilities and tools. Using Basic Lighting, Torque 3D actually performs faster than TGEA does.

The min requirements listed for Torque 3D target the low to middle settings for developing a game. The recommended specs are for developing and playing Torque 3D games on high settings. Even with PostFX and AL disabled, you are working with an engine far better than what you would be trading for.

In addition to this, TGE and TGEA are no longer offered for licensing with the exception of special circumstances. Have you tried toggling settings to get a smooth run? You said your demo version ran very well, so perhaps certain settings have been tripped or you are running into some bottleneck we are not aware of?

Sam.E
#10
12/27/2009 (8:48 pm)
@ Michael:

I know what your saying but I am just wondering if I could still do the trade, heck I would go for TGE instead.

Sam.E
#11
12/27/2009 (9:05 pm)
@ Everybody:

Thanks for your help, I got it to work with basic lighting, at first it wasnt working but I noticed I wasn't saving the script file properly (I'm using notepad), but now it works perfectly, speedy and excellent!!

@ Michael:

I'm sorry for the trouble I have caused but I don't need to trade because I got it working and it works nice, very good world editor once I can use it :D.

@ Kenneth:

Just want to say thanks to you because you have helped me a lot during this T3D startup, but now I am up and running.

- Houssen

PS: I like the precipitation environment, it is truly awesome.