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Post by Shakua on Feb 9, 2011 22:50:55 GMT
Computer was previously running windows xp, played nwn just fine. The computer was upgraded to windows 7 and now nwn is unplayable. Experiencing 1200+ ping and a frame rate of about 1 per 5 seconds.
I have already tried some common settings such as having Win 7 run nwn in xp compatability mode and putting the nwn settings to the lowest possible.
Should not be an lag issue since im playing 2 other online games with average 86-150 ping
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Post by gandoron on Feb 9, 2011 22:59:31 GMT
Mine was fine in Vista, upgraded to Win7 and it's been a big annoyance. I found it playable with the following settings. Run compatibility - Win xp SP3 Disable desktop composition run prog as admin
it still uses WAY more resources than it did under vista. I can no longer run 5+ instances on a dual core.
-G
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Post by digs on Feb 9, 2011 23:22:11 GMT
I'm not sure what the problem is but here are some things you can try.
1) Make sure everything is updated including NWN & your graphics drivers. Get your graphics drivers from the manufacturer's site - not from Microsoft - and make sure they are made for Windows 7. 2) Try playing with the Client CPU Affinity setting in nwnplayer.ini. Some people have fixed this problem by setting it to -1, -2, or 1 3) Disable Aero theme while playing (try Windows Classic or Windows Basic) 4) Disable any real-time virus scanners while playing 5) Disable UAC in Windows and/or run nwmain.exe as Administrator 6) Disable sound to see if that has any effect.
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Post by digs on Feb 9, 2011 23:42:38 GMT
After some more reading it sounds like the problem is most likely your graphics drivers not supporting OpenGL as it should.
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Post by Shakua on Feb 9, 2011 23:52:43 GMT
Tried all suggestions. Only one that had any effect was setting the afinity to 0. dropped ping to 800-900 but this is still unplayable.
posted before refreshing.
Not sure how look for what graphics driver is installed currently to check that.
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Post by digs on Feb 9, 2011 23:53:51 GMT
What kind of graphics card do you have? Is it made by ATI?
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Post by Shakua on Feb 9, 2011 23:59:08 GMT
What kind of graphics card do you have? Is it made by ATI? Nvida GeForce 9500 GT and if this is of any use: Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: System manufacturer System Model: System Product Name BIOS: BIOS Date: 03/31/06 13:31:43 Ver: 08.00.10 Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.8GHz Memory: 2560MB RAM Available OS Memory: 2560MB RAM Page File: 1291MB used, 3823MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 11 DX Setup Parameters: Not found User DPI Setting: 120 DPI (125 percent) System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent) DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode
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Post by digs on Feb 10, 2011 0:04:40 GMT
Well that's good because a lot of the problems other people have had were the result of bad OpenGL drivers for ATI cards. I would try reinstalling the drivers. You'll need to go to Control Panel->Uninstall a Program and find where it says something like "NVIDIA Graphics Driver 260.99". Uninstall that, reboot, then go to www.nvidia.com/page/drivers.html and put in your card name and it will link you to the newest drivers. Hope this helps
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Post by Shakua on Feb 10, 2011 0:20:34 GMT
Thanks, that finaly fixed it
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Post by digs on Feb 10, 2011 0:24:28 GMT
Awesome. Glad to hear it
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Post by Sapphire [SL] on Aug 2, 2012 14:30:13 GMT
AM glad I found this information it helped me resolve very similar issues with upgrading to Windows 7.
Might I suggest to the admin here that this is made a sticky thread, there are a lot of people out there with ATI graphics cards that will have the same issues if the upgrade there operating system.
Sapphire
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