Originally Posted by Beechy75
I've tried the compatibility mode but after program launch a window pops up saying "program running in compatibility mode . program will be closed". Is there a way past this?
edit: with dep on it skips that window........My hat off to you sir, that solution works perfectly. It took a data corrupt and a full reinstall but it now plays smooth.
press F10 in game and turn off the rediculous effects.. this game works like a giant egg timer. it only lets so much sand through the funnel at a time.. so if your trying to force lots of sand through the tiny funnel only small amounts of sand will trickle through meaning you wont get the full deal..
the only solution is to reduce the amount of sand going through the funnel on the egg timer. to do this turn off all the stupid effects and sounds..
here are a few examples muzzle flash dmg smoke. aaw effects. exapanded sound..
i turned all the effects off and guess what!!! my lag has virtually gone away..
how ever the crashing is something i cannot fix. it has nothing to do with egg timers so you'll have to keep bitching at sde about that!
also i run a 8 year old xp rig :) so its not your os !! its the actual game and its network provider.
would some one from the sde team please take some time to explain in detail to these young men how the servers communicate with the clients please. so they can have a better understanding of how things are working..
they will soon discover its not their end :)
oh did i mention its the same exact problem on my not so old rig too.. guess i didnt. i had to disable most of the visual effects to stop the lag.. there is still some but my screen doesnt lock up anymore or freeze.. the game crashes constantly on both my machines.. its not os or system specs. its the game!
im sure sde are working very hard to solve all our problems too :)