Darmoth Posted August 28, 2003 Share Posted August 28, 2003 Well... I've given up on trying to prevent CTDs. :P I've started using the MW FPS optimizer... helps a great deal, I increased my frame rate by forcing Morrowind to use a higher monitor refresh rate, also the mouse wheel scrolling to change view distance I found helps out a lot, keeps it a minimal distance most of the time, but when I really need to see far I can use my mouse wheel to increase view distance to tell whats ahead... ((See, I'm running on an old tug boat of a machine.)) But the load times are begining to drive me nuts... I've alread turned of real time shadows... and I'm afraid I don't know anything else I can do to decrease my load times, any suggestions? :blink: ((Sorry if this should have gone under tech support.. but I thought this was a general issue more than tech.)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thanateros Posted August 28, 2003 Share Posted August 28, 2003 hmm you could always turn down the view distance that helps a lot. another thing that might help a bit is going into morrowind.ini and changing around the max fps to something else. i find that anywhere from 72-100 works just fine. again i don't know if this is going to solve your load problems but it might change it slightly. if i think of anything else i'll let you know. oh yea, turn down the screen resolution to 800x600 or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darmoth Posted August 28, 2003 Author Share Posted August 28, 2003 Screen resolution 800x600?! Say it aint so.... *weeps* I was afraid of that answer, I might have to try it though. As for the max FPS... I can barely get 15-25... soooo 75-100 isn't that much of a problem for me... though I did hear something about that, and turned it down to that just incase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragoonFurey Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 Change the buffer size for Interior and Exterior cells in the ini file, i find 8/16 works good. my load times are ussualy only about a second or two. but i get them about every 10 seconds when im wearing boots of blinding speed :lol: View distance/shadows/resolution have nothing to do with the loading screens. As for FPS your best bet is a lower resolution, next to that turn off shadow and set the view distance down really low. I have to drop my view distance to min to get more then 5fps in bloodmoon **mumbles something about pine trees and fireball spells** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switch Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 or, just a dumb yet simple solution: get more RAM! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baphomet Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 If you haven't already, try the going through the Morroiwnd Tweak Guide, found in the pinned topic in the Tech Support forum (Preventing CTD's). Another thing a poster in a different thread pointed out that really seems to help, is shutting off as many backround apps as you can. In Win XP there's a "Deselect All" button you can use (Start/Run/msconfig/Startup tab) to do this. I don't know if it helps with frame rates, but it does help eliminate CTD's, big time. If none of those things help, it may be time for a new video card (because your drivers ARE up to date, right?), more RAM - as Switch pointed out - or both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darmoth Posted August 29, 2003 Author Share Posted August 29, 2003 Well. That's nice Switch... but I have 384(Give or take one meg) of ram. :D I have the latest drivers for my Gefore 3 Ti200.What really kills me is my 600Mhz processor. o.o;I booked marked that tweak guide... but I wasn't able to stop any of the CTDs. I'll take a second look though. I'll also try lowering my Buffer thingytooky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switch Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 Well. That's nice Switch... but I have 384(Give or take one meg) of ram. :D I have the latest drivers for my Gefore 3 Ti200.What really kills me is my 600Mhz processor. o.o;I booked marked that tweak guide... but I wasn't able to stop any of the CTDs. I'll take a second look though. I'll also try lowering my Buffer thingytooky. so? i have 512 :P tho on my old PC it did run fine on 294. also ran fine with a geforce2 mx400 (significantly less advanced than urs as u can see.)BUT it was a 1 ghz processor. so maybe thats the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmons78 Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 BUT it was a 1 ghz processor. so maybe thats the problem? i think that on the box of the game it says the recommended minimum should be at least 800 MHz. i could be wrong, since i don't have the box here with me, but i do think that that is the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darmoth Posted August 29, 2003 Author Share Posted August 29, 2003 Yeah... o.o; I can't very well get a new compy or upgrade my system right now.((Damn Hewlett Packard extinct mother board)) I just spent $93,000 on my first home. ^_^ So, with what I save by not paying $935 a month in rent I should be able to get me an alienware in a few months. :D *hugs and kisses self, being so happy* Errr. What are you looking at? Anyway. I'm going to go try the cell buffer thing now and see if that helps. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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