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Panda Palowakski

Registered User

Join date: 28 Mar 2006

Posts: 1

03-28-2006 21:08

Okay, I thought I'd give this a try after hearing about Second Life a few times...
but after installing and finally logging in, I couldn't move at all. After about a minute the screen finally refreshed once to show me turning...
I then set every setting I could find to the minimum I could using the FAQ's Preferences Guide.
I can still count 5-10 seconds between each redraw - including every letter to the screen, etc, and am moving so slow that it took almost an hour to get out of that starting road thing - I was hoping it was a problem with just that place, but no dice with that. Still happens elsewhere.

ATI Radeon Express 200 Series w/ 128 mb
Win XP Pro
AMD Athalon 64 Processor 3200+, ~2.0 GHz
1024 MB Ram

The system's not terribly old; so I can't imagine its not capable of running this..
I see my video card is listed as untested - does anyone know if it does not work with this program? It seems to run most new games at high settings just fine, so I wouldn't have expected that... Perhaps there is a fix out there?
Any help?

MadamG Zagato

means business

Join date: 17 Sep 2005

Posts: 1,402

I feel your pain

03-28-2006 21:16

I was bad off too when I first started. So bad that I decided NOT to play SL! I was pressured back after about 6 months and nothing had changed. I made some adjustments in my preferences and things got a lil better. However, I thought that playing on my laptop was awesome and although after I made the adjustments the graphics were not superb, but the lag had gotten better...that is until I installed SL on my desktop! I had been playing on my laptop for 2 months before I had my first "no lag" experience. Whoa...talk about lighting fast!?!?! It made a big difference!

Heck my laptop was brand new, and I thought I was "doin' sumthin"!

So if you do have access to another/better workstation, even just to try it out..go for it. You'll see a big difference.

There are some adjustments you can make as I mentioned in your preferences as well. I do not have them handy but someone will surely post them ANother thing is to remember not to have stuff like Photoshop, Poser, and other programs that require a large portion of your system resources when you are playing SL.

Good luck hun..and welcome!

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MadamG Zagato

means business

Join date: 17 Sep 2005

Posts: 1,402

03-28-2006 21:20

Ah, here's a thread with that info for you:

/108/cf/77807/1.html

Spoony Spork

Registered User

Join date: 24 Feb 2006

Posts: 99

03-28-2006 21:39

http://omegadrivers.com

DOWNLOAD THEM. LOVE THEM.

My laptop has the ATI 200 chipset too... thought I'd NEVER get to play while on the go... but I was wrong!

All I did was uninstall my old drivers, install those, turn everything down (also turn off the avatar vertex program... I thought they meant it'd be 'faster' if I had it turned ON.. but that doesn't seem to be the case...), uncheck all the special effects boxes... voila! Instant(ish) playable game. Sitting the laptop down next to my desktop, I see almost no difference in quality (even though on my desktop I have every special effect my card supports turned on, and everything set to highest quality)... the laptop just looks a bit more 'cartoonish', and I don't get the nifty 'hair/clothes blowing in the wind' thing as I fly.

Seriously... those drivers about made me want to go religious, and I can't even spell the word.

Good luck!

Newb with unplayable Lag
Panda Palowakski Registered User Join date: 28 Mar 2006 Posts: 1	03-28-2006 21:08 Okay, I thought I'd give this a try after hearing about Second Life a few times... but after installing and finally logging in, I couldn't move at all. After about a minute the screen finally refreshed once to show me turning... I then set every setting I could find to the minimum I could using the FAQ's Preferences Guide. I can still count 5-10 seconds between each redraw - including every letter to the screen, etc, and am moving so slow that it took almost an hour to get out of that starting road thing - I was hoping it was a problem with just that place, but no dice with that. Still happens elsewhere. ATI Radeon Express 200 Series w/ 128 mb Win XP Pro AMD Athalon 64 Processor 3200+, ~2.0 GHz 1024 MB Ram The system's not terribly old; so I can't imagine its not capable of running this.. I see my video card is listed as untested - does anyone know if it does not work with this program? It seems to run most new games at high settings just fine, so I wouldn't have expected that... Perhaps there is a fix out there? Any help?
MadamG Zagato means business Join date: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 1,402	I feel your pain 03-28-2006 21:16 I was bad off too when I first started. So bad that I decided NOT to play SL! I was pressured back after about 6 months and nothing had changed. I made some adjustments in my preferences and things got a lil better. However, I thought that playing on my laptop was awesome and although after I made the adjustments the graphics were not superb, but the lag had gotten better...that is until I installed SL on my desktop! I had been playing on my laptop for 2 months before I had my first "no lag" experience. Whoa...talk about lighting fast!?!?! It made a big difference! Heck my laptop was brand new, and I thought I was "doin' sumthin"! So if you do have access to another/better workstation, even just to try it out..go for it. You'll see a big difference. There are some adjustments you can make as I mentioned in your preferences as well. I do not have them handy but someone will surely post them ANother thing is to remember not to have stuff like Photoshop, Poser, and other programs that require a large portion of your system resources when you are playing SL. Good luck hun..and welcome! _____________________
MadamG Zagato means business Join date: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 1,402	03-28-2006 21:20 Ah, here's a thread with that info for you: /108/cf/77807/1.html
Spoony Spork Registered User Join date: 24 Feb 2006 Posts: 99	03-28-2006 21:39 http://omegadrivers.com DOWNLOAD THEM. LOVE THEM. My laptop has the ATI 200 chipset too... thought I'd NEVER get to play while on the go... but I was wrong! All I did was uninstall my old drivers, install those, turn everything down (also turn off the avatar vertex program... I thought they meant it'd be 'faster' if I had it turned ON.. but that doesn't seem to be the case...), uncheck all the special effects boxes... voila! Instant(ish) playable game. Sitting the laptop down next to my desktop, I see almost no difference in quality (even though on my desktop I have every special effect my card supports turned on, and everything set to highest quality)... the laptop just looks a bit more 'cartoonish', and I don't get the nifty 'hair/clothes blowing in the wind' thing as I fly. Seriously... those drivers about made me want to go religious, and I can't even spell the word. Good luck!

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