Why So F****** Slow?

[Wingman]

I reinstalled MTW I today on my new computer after months of playing MTW II and quite frankly it rocks. It might not be as pretty but the gameplay is a lot more solid. A breath of fresh air after a year or so of not playing it. Anywho that's not really why I took the time to post here.

Here's the deal: My computer is pretty good. I can play MTW II on high settings with lots of little guys running around and all very smoothly. When I play MTW I it too runs pretty smoothly too except that I have quite a bit of jerkiness when units are first entering combat (I think it's a sound thing). I've had this problem with older computers too, but more pronounced. It was so bad that I played the game with the sound of on my old system. What gives? Do you folks experience this too? And if you did, how did you stop it?

Many thanks!

[naut]

Never experienced that before, have you patched the game?

[Wingman]

Sure have. I've patched up to 2.1 and it's there. Has been since day one. Like I said I think it's a sound issue since the game jerks only when big groups are hitting eachother and it goes away when I mute the game.

[Innocentius]

I'm not entirely sure what you mean, but I've had (have...) similar problems. Sometimes, if the first battle I fight is an attacking battle, the game just won't cooperate and the game is so slow that I easily have time to make myself coffee while the bar between the campaign map and the battle map is loading. Once the battle begins, I have to exit immediately (earning my general a Weak Attacker vice or similar) since the battle is just too slow to be playable.
I once tried to fight a battle despite the "lag". It was a very easy battle with my 40 Chiv knights against some 60 UMs (newly conquered province that rebelled), so I just ordered my knights to charge. The whole thing took about 30 minutes...
The second, third etc. battle always work fine, it's only the first one that screws up. I have no idea why really.

[Adrian II]

Sure have. I've patched up to 2.1 and it's there. Has been since day one. Like I said I think it's a sound issue since the game jerks only when big groups are hitting eachother and it goes away when I mute the game.

Some more suggestions:

1. update your sound card driver
2. tweak your MTW Audio settings (ea hardware mix on/off)
3. tweak your own comp's sound settings
4. kill someone innocent -- it's not a fix, but it makes you feel better

[Alpha666]

System specs ?

Maybe ASROCK board with onboard sound ? I have had some probs on this comp also, while on my slower comp with Intel proc+Asus board+soundblaster+ati8500 it runs perfect (well it crashed sometimes while ESCing, but not anymore it seems).

Even if this comp is slower then the AMD one - go figure.