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May 11th, 2008, 10:40 PM
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National Security Advisor
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Re: SEV question
Vista is not so nice to SE5. it really kills its performance.
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Spaceempires5.com is the most active community at this time. Spaceempires.net is probably a bit busier with on topic SE posts as well.
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May 12th, 2008, 05:35 AM
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Re: SEV question
This doesn't mean there is anything wrong with still posting here, of course...
Vista does not have true DX8 support, and essentially emulates the function calls, through the DX9 emulation layer. Most games written with DX8 do not run that well in Vista, including SE5.
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May 12th, 2008, 09:38 AM
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Re: SEV question
Ok,
Next question, is there anything I can do?
SEIV works fine on this laptop, I love that so I will play that in the mean time, it is just annoying not to have SEV as I have not played a game from start to finish due to work!
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May 12th, 2008, 10:48 AM
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Re: SEV question
One item that helps Vista SE5 performance is disabling "Smooth Edges of Screen Fonts", which can usually be found under the appearance tab (in effects) of the Display Properties dialog.
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May 12th, 2008, 03:31 PM
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Re: SEV question
I have Vista Premium 64 bit, but fortunately for me I don't have problems. The only thing that's a bit uncomfortable is that I can't run any other program in the background, it makes SE V blink in rapid succession. Like a strobe-light.
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May 12th, 2008, 03:38 PM
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Re: SEV question
Heh - Wilhil currently has 256 posts.
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May 12th, 2008, 05:10 PM
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Re: SEV question
apart from timstone, I recognise all your names above! I guess you forgot me!
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