kawaitei Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 i have my MGE settings set and tweaked to perfection. i've BEEN playing this way for several weeks now with no slow-down. Now all of a sudden, the game is nearly unplayable. i haven't changed any MGE settings, changed video drivers or done anything else with my PC as a whole. i can play for 5 minutes at a time with graphics set relatively high as i have done for hours at a time. But now, no matter where i am (basic interior, detailed exterior) or what i'm doing (fighting, adventuring, or even just reading dialogue), my FPS drops to 1-5. The worst part is that even my ingame mouse pointer slows to a crawl! Just to quit the game takes time and patience. i have to sloooooooowly move my cursor towards the "quit" button or my cursor will zing right past it! LOL The first 5 minutes or so are clean, crisp, fast and fun. However my frame rate drops from 80+ to nothing within a few seconds and i rage-quit and reload. When i come back, the game runs just fine again. i've actually lowered my video settings, dropped draw distance, ai distance, turned off AA...and i get no better results. -Kawai Tei- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balakirev Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 You note you haven't changed anything on your PC, but it does sound a lot like a background process starts running after a few minutes, convinced that the PC has nothing else going on at the same time. Have you tried disabling any virus checkers, all-in-one utility packages, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Themisive Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Why do you need MGE? I have Morrowind (and the other expansions) but MFE is one I didn't put on, to be honest I'm always suspicious of these "helper" programmes, often they can cause more trouble than they're worth. As Balkirev says, it's very likly that you have a programme that is running in the background and that's slowing your game down. Do you use Norton? If so I'd look to replace it, the main problem is it's a resource hog. It's better to get a good antivirus system and a good anti spyware system, Make sure that you get ones that have real-time protection facilities as well. Another culprit is possibly the computer - or should i say the hard drive. As any programme is used, the files tend to become fragmented and end up in a lot of places over the disk. You' would be surprised to realise that because a drive is large, a lot of computer operators don't think they need to defrag the disk - they do! Try this one, its fast and free Auslogics Disk Defrag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Povuholo Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 (edited) Why do you need MGE?Because it's nice to have a pretty game. :D Edited June 11, 2011 by Povuholo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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