Elma running smooth

KuRi · Post by **KuRi** » 14 Aug 2004, 00:20

I'm wondering if any of you guys know what setting make the wheels running smooth/running like in 60Hz mode?

I'm using Windows XP & 150Hz (using Refresh Force) in Elma. I used to have smooth 150Hz elma wheels (I can see every spoke of the wheel with full gas) but now (after some driver updates etc.) I have these ugly 60Hz wheels with 150Hz monitor

. No matter if you use ATI or nVidia graphics gard, sometimes you have smooth wheels, sometimes not.

The wheels looks same with 120Hz & 150Hz & 160Hz. Also I think in this mode the whole game is much smoother than in 60Hz-mode.

In win9x there's no problem, u'll always have smooth wheels if the monitor has good refresh rate.

Ramone · Post by **Ramone** » 14 Aug 2004, 00:43

open quicktime in the background.... not supersmooth, but smoother.

KuRi · Post by **KuRi** » 14 Aug 2004, 00:48

WOW!

Working perfectly with QuickTime in the background. Now the question is, why is that?

EDIT: It's running smooth also with Windows Media Player in the background.

KuRi · Post by **KuRi** » 14 Aug 2004, 01:04

Weird...

Karlis · Post by **Karlis** » 14 Aug 2004, 12:37

quicktime makes it smooth but also few hundreds slower in some levels, how in the fuck you explain that

KuRi · Post by **KuRi** » 14 Aug 2004, 15:56

It works also fine if you have Muropaketti-site open in Opera in the background.

dz · Post by dz » 15 Aug 2004, 09:27

Hihi, now that's odd...

Mooneater · Post by **Mooneater** » 19 Aug 2004, 02:17

It's because the opened programs slow down your pc a bit... making elma looking smoother, cuz it runs slower...

nothing really spectacular, except for that you won't drive a wr with this

dz · Post by dz » 19 Aug 2004, 11:52

Not true at all.

Mooneater · Post by **Mooneater** » 19 Aug 2004, 13:21

hmm, then it is a strange thing

insane guy · Post by **insane guy** » 19 Aug 2004, 14:45

my elma lags like hell if im not connected to the internet, if im online everythings fine : )

Wezz · Post by **Wezz** » 30 Dec 2004, 15:41

When i run Quicktime in the background, the game lack like hell......

SpeaK · Post by **SpeaK** » 31 Dec 2004, 01:57

insane guy wrote:my elma lags like hell if im not connected to the internet, if im online everythings fine : )

Well, that might be because of all those spyware programs trying desperately to connect multiple times to internet without success. ;)

Napoleon · Post by **Napoleon** » 31 Dec 2004, 04:03

I havn't got any of those problems, but i've seen one with the lag problem.
And it helped with media player in the bagground, strange i think.

psteve · Post by **psteve** » 31 Dec 2004, 16:31

i dont see why quicktime makes your drives slower, that's very interesting.

Ky.Jelly · Post by **Ky.Jelly** » 31 Dec 2004, 17:29

psteve wrote:i dont see why quicktime makes your drives slower, that's very interesting.

well, just look at who develops it

Karlis · Post by **Karlis** » 1 Jan 2005, 03:20

well I dont see either, but try this lev with and without quicktime and compare times, its totally flat and you just have to press gas

http://www.mxb.dk/upload2/VSyncTST.lev

The_BoneLESS · Post by **The_BoneLESS** » 1 Jan 2005, 03:32

Maybe Quicktime and Windows Media Player turn off/on VSync...

Maybe VSync is the thing that make elma laggy ( that would be stupid and strange but... )

psteve · Post by **psteve** » 1 Jan 2005, 04:10

quicktime and wmp dont alter vsync, but they may alter the frame rate, which is what vsync also does. and yes, quicktime does slow down your drives

(thanks karlis)