starzspirit Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 (edited) Hello everyone, I've never posted here before, but due to an ongoing problem that even google can't tell me how to fix, I am left with this community of Fallout fans. To get straight to the point, I've been having an issue of lag whenever I fire a BULLET based weapon. Not lasers, or rockets. Just bullets. I've observed this lagging issue for a while now, and the only three possible things that could be causing this is 1) My computer can't load the decals created from bullet impacts fast enough(but my max decals is set to five.) 2) The bullet casings being projected from the gun(s) are spawning too fast. Or 3) The particles spawned from the bullet impacts are causing lag to my game. To give more in detailed observations of when it happens to me: In any indoor area, if any AI or player fires a gun and the bullets misses the player and hits the wall instead, a lag is generated. Depending on how many simultaneous impacts there are will depend if it gets laggy or begins to freeze then resume 5 seconds later. Usually is just gets really lag if 1 to 3 shots are missed at any one moment, but if more like 6 to Infinity is missed, then the game just freezes for 5 seconds and combat just begins to get really aggravating. If anyone can help me, it would be highly appreciated. Edited November 25, 2010 by starzspirit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dremoraman1030 Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 Hmmm... Like you suggested, your machine just might not fast enough to handle that many particles at a time. Do you know your computer's specs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starzspirit Posted December 1, 2010 Author Share Posted December 1, 2010 Hmmm... Like you suggested, your machine just might not fast enough to handle that many particles at a time. Do you know your computer's specs? My specs are alright, but recently my GTX 280 died(I think the VRAM A1 chip died), so that crippled my system graphically wise, so I resorted to Fallout 3 since I can't play Call of Duty anymore. My current specs are as follows:(I'm only putting the specs that matter.)Core 2 Quad 2.83 GHz 800 FSB LGA 7758 Gigs of RAM running at 800 MHz 5-4-4-15nVidia 8500 GT 600/466 512MB VRAMCreative Titanium X-Fi(ALchemy enabled on Fallout)750 Watt Power SupplyThe HDD that it is installed on is a 250 GB, 7500 RPM, SATA 3.0 Gbps. Extra Specs(If they just so happen to be needed.)Killer Xeno Pro - Tweaked by yours truely.Blu-Ray DVD DriveDVD Drive1TB HDD300 GB Laptop HDD(don't ask) Sincerely, StarzSpirit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dremoraman1030 Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Hmmm... Like you suggested, your machine just might not fast enough to handle that many particles at a time. Do you know your computer's specs? My specs are alright, but recently my GTX 280 died(I think the VRAM A1 chip died), so that crippled my system graphically wise, so I resorted to Fallout 3 since I can't play Call of Duty anymore. My current specs are as follows:(I'm only putting the specs that matter.)Core 2 Quad 2.83 GHz 800 FSB LGA 7758 Gigs of RAM running at 800 MHz 5-4-4-15nVidia 8500 GT 600/466 512MB VRAMCreative Titanium X-Fi(ALchemy enabled on Fallout)750 Watt Power SupplyThe HDD that it is installed on is a 250 GB, 7500 RPM, SATA 3.0 Gbps. Extra Specs(If they just so happen to be needed.)Killer Xeno Pro - Tweaked by yours truely.Blu-Ray DVD DriveDVD Drive1TB HDD300 GB Laptop HDD(don't ask) Sincerely, StarzSpirit Hmm, it seems you may need to replace your graphics card, then. If you can do that, tell me if it helps. If it doesn't, then, I don't know what to do, seems like your specs are pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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