Newbie Questions

Gruffel · #1 January 5th, 2004, 11:22 PM

I have a PIII 1000 with 512 SD133 RAM and an old GeForce 2 MX. I don't really have any problems. Only when flying through nebulas the framrate drops and the game slows down somewhat, its not too annoying though. No idea where your problem is, sorry.

Phoenix-D · #2 January 6th, 2004, 02:01 AM

If you want to avoid using the CD, you need some spare HD space. Get Alchohol 120% (or 52%), CloneCD, or the like and make an image of the SF CD. Then you can use those programs or Daemon Tools (free) to act as a virtual CD. SF will accept that.

TM · #3 January 6th, 2004, 03:56 PM

Thankd for the tip. Used CloneCD and Daemon Tools and everything worked fine.

Fyron · #4 January 9th, 2004, 04:00 AM

Make sure to update the drivers and the Direct X on your PC.

TM · #5 January 12th, 2004, 04:28 PM

Actually, the system that works less well is the one that was recently upgraded to Direct X 9.0.

Ed Kolis · #6 January 12th, 2004, 11:34 PM

You're not running the debug DirectX libraries are you? Go to control panel, then DirectX, then the Direct3D tab; if Debug is selected, switch it to Release; you only need the Debug library if you're writing your own games and need to test them.