The effects of iTunes on elma

sierra · Post by **sierra** » 5 Apr 2006, 13:43

It has been said before many times that running Quicktime in the background when playing Elma improves grip and other stuff.

Today I was playing some Hi Flyer while listening to iTunes and noticed that the bounce was quite easy. Then later, with iTunes closed, I played some more and couldn't make bounce once. An example is this

So I decided to test it with iTunes open, and first try got this.

If you merge you can see I did pretty much identical moves, but only with iTunes on did it bounce properly.

So just a thought for those of you who want a bit better bounces, or a generally more vsync-OFF feel, maybe try running iTunes in the background. Maybe it has other effects too, test and see.

dz · Post by dz » 5 Apr 2006, 14:56

You know, for some reason I find this subject very hilarious. What's next, Adobe Acrobat Reader gives you better volts?

sierra · Post by **sierra** » 5 Apr 2006, 15:45

Watch the recs, and tell me how else it can be explained

Xiphias · Post by **Xiphias** » 5 Apr 2006, 16:34

dz wrote:You know, for some reason I find this subject very hilarious. What's next, Adobe Acrobat Reader gives you better volts?

Well QuickTime did help me... but not sure if it did help my grip or bounce... Only that it got the game to run much smoother

Itunes has only made the game lag more. So no help.

(all of this is on my laptop. Haven't been using these programs on my normal computer)

berhabdul · Post by **berhabdul** » 5 Apr 2006, 17:23

Yeah, that's true! I always play with Microsoft Word in the background pipes, and bounce levels with Lion King!!!!

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 5 Apr 2006, 17:58

That's nothing!

I convert mpeg's to avi's when I try to do the upside down hang. Especially when converting soap series I perform well, because they contain cliffhangers.

Memphis · Post by **Memphis** » 5 Apr 2006, 18:09

haha tij. Ya i find on animal farm I could not do the roosters head for the life of me if windows media player was on. If it wasn't on i was pulling it off like 7 times outa 10 tries. wierd

zebra · Post by **zebra** » 5 Apr 2006, 20:26

I always burn cd's with Nero when battleing, that helps especially in the last minute. And I have noticed that if I have Mario Forever in the background, it makes level designing much easier. But if I want some internal feeling to my levs, I use some older game in the background, like Prehistorik2 (8-ball

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anpdad · Post by **anpdad** » 5 Apr 2006, 21:55

question: wth is iTunes?

Dynamo · Post by **Dynamo** » 5 Apr 2006, 22:26

Itunes is what I use to play sink...makes the start a LOT easier...I guess it has some positive effects when playing certain levs

and guys ur humour is far from funny, now its almost annoying gz

milagros · Post by **milagros** » 6 Apr 2006, 09:27

the only thing it can do (same as quicktime and so) is that it changes refresh-rate

Kestas · Post by **Kestas** » 6 Apr 2006, 14:42

that's like the first time i heared of something like that... had to tel the truth, i loughed off of this post , dunno why but i tryed that QT and after about of 3 mins of hoyla on one of a bask lev i got a better time then my previous wr which took me about an hour of playing to achieve that old time

anpdad · Post by **anpdad** » 7 Apr 2006, 09:05

still...
question: What the hell is iTunes?????

Juski · Post by **Juski** » 7 Apr 2006, 09:10

funny that you have gone around wondering that and still not have tried the easiest way of getting to know: google

Juble · Post by **Juble** » 7 Apr 2006, 09:23

ye i found a good method of making elma run smoothly.

step 01: stand up out of your chair.

step 02: point at the screen.

step 03: curse the computer, which will make the computer go "ive been a bad computer and run better".

step 04: enjoy a smooth elma*

*works best on #battle

anpdad · Post by **anpdad** » 7 Apr 2006, 09:42

Jubel it WORKS!!!!111

juski ye, strange that this thing didnt come up to my mind. Anyway, i'm lazy to google now, but thanks for tip

sierra · Post by **sierra** » 7 Apr 2006, 11:45

You guys are fucking morons. I try and start a positive topic for once with genuinely helpful advice that really works, and you ruin it with completely unfunny jokes.

IT GOT OLD AFTER DZ DID IT IN THE FIRST FUCKING REPLY.

Dynamo · Post by **Dynamo** » 7 Apr 2006, 22:19

I sadly agree with u Sierra =(

Xiphias · Post by **Xiphias** » 7 Apr 2006, 22:42

Well i was serious in my post. it did help me

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 7 Apr 2006, 22:51

sierra wrote:You guys are fucking morons. I try and start a positive topic for once with genuinely helpful advice that really works, and you ruin it with completely unfunny jokes.

Hey, that reminds me of someone spoiling other topics, err, what's his name again?

Phillip · Post by **Phillip** » 8 Apr 2006, 02:15

The effect of Quicktime on my previous computer was quite noticable, it had appr. the same effect as the program ElmaXP.exe (on WinXP). Before I knew about ElmaXP, it was the only way for me to get smooth movement in Elma on WinXP (like on Win98).
(Also, the effect is slightly different from ElmaXP)

The explanation might not be that strange, the Quicktime codec driver probably uses hardware acceleration (even when idle, for some reason), thus running it affects the graphics driver and thereby the framerate of Elma.

Ky.Jelly · Post by **Ky.Jelly** » 8 Apr 2006, 02:53

i sometimes masturbate whilst i play skint0rs levels, not only does it make elma playing more fun, but i can pwn you all one handed

i have itunes playing my tunes, the only thing it does is lag my pc whilst it changes songs

sierra · Post by **sierra** » 10 Apr 2006, 10:34

Well KyJelly have you tested iTunes on/off using darmoed's vsync.lev ?? With iTunes closed my wheel slides through the hole every time. Then the next minute I can open up iTunes and the wheel gets locked and i die to the killers. Maybe this effect is unique to my computer, I don't know.

wjelo · Post by **wjelo** » 10 Apr 2006, 17:44

Sierra, ever heard of fakin frame rate? do u know what vsync does? go dl fakin fraps xD and check how many fps u have in elma with all software u have on ya pc on/off
ffs

sierra · Post by **sierra** » 10 Apr 2006, 22:07

wieloryb wrote:Sierra, ever heard of fakin frame rate? do u know what vsync does? go dl fakin fraps xD and check how many fps u have in elma with all software u have on ya pc on/off
ffs

Huja, don't tell this to me, tell the people that were making jokes about it, "ffs"

berhabdul · Post by **berhabdul** » 11 Apr 2006, 11:11

huja xD

milagros · Post by **milagros** » 11 Apr 2006, 12:35

its only about frame rate, if push it to some value its same on every comp (like EOL physics is counted on both comps and runs same)

wjelo · Post by **wjelo** » 11 Apr 2006, 14:09

yeah, mila's right and he told u once before in this topic so i just cant see why u keep desciribe how this shit affects acting of your bike etc...
and those ppl who were makin jokes are also right cuz whole the tropick is just bs and and every aplication running on tour pc or graphic card etc affects frame rate blah blah
so stfu with your itunes shit

jaytea · Post by **jaytea** » 11 Apr 2006, 14:55

* jaytea carefully removes the walking stick from wieloryb's vagina

experiment with something smaller next time

wjelo · Post by **wjelo** » 11 Apr 2006, 15:10

are u his lawyer or just lover?

goofu · Post by **goofu** » 9 May 2006, 19:55

the link doesnt work now =(

Crypt · Post by **Crypt** » 10 May 2006, 20:02

Itunes too laggy, use foobar2000

Dynamo · Post by **Dynamo** » 10 May 2006, 21:10

K lock this topic now...its gonna start a stupid argument resulting in pages of jibberish