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by xarvioto
Sat Mar 12, 2022 2:59 am
Forum: Distant Worlds 2: Tech Support
Topic: FAQ: Slow Performance / Integrated and Dedicated GPUs
Replies: 40
Views: 6388

Re: FAQ: Slow Performance / Integrated and Dedicated GPUs

Erik Rutins wrote: Fri Mar 11, 2022 7:13 pm

When you see the black screen, please hit Alt+Enter to see if that switched you into Windowed mode and allows the game to proceed.
Alt-Enter did work this time

Thanks a lot
by xarvioto
Sat Mar 12, 2022 2:58 am
Forum: Distant Worlds 2: Tech Support
Topic: FAQ: Slow Performance / Integrated and Dedicated GPUs
Replies: 40
Views: 6388

Re: FAQ: Slow Performance / Integrated and Dedicated GPUs






Update: 1016 patch came out via Steam. Result is the same as during manual patching to 1016. Black screen remained. But now i cannot make the game run on Integrated card (as on 1014), because the Game is still changing Windows graphics setting to "use high performance Nvidia card", every ...
by xarvioto
Sat Mar 12, 2022 2:53 am
Forum: Distant Worlds 2: Tech Support
Topic: FAQ: Slow Performance / Integrated and Dedicated GPUs
Replies: 40
Views: 6388

Re: FAQ: Slow Performance / Integrated and Dedicated GPUs




Thank you. It certainly looks like this is due to the integrated/dedicated GPU issue. The update we are releasing soon today should help with that. Please check back and let us know how things work after that update releases.


Update: 1016 patch came out via Steam. Result is the same as ...
by xarvioto
Fri Mar 11, 2022 5:55 pm
Forum: Distant Worlds 2: Tech Support
Topic: FAQ: Slow Performance / Integrated and Dedicated GPUs
Replies: 40
Views: 6388

Re: FAQ: Slow Performance / Integrated and Dedicated GPUs


Thank you. It certainly looks like this is due to the integrated/dedicated GPU issue. The update we are releasing soon today should help with that. Please check back and let us know how things work after that update releases.


Update: 1016 patch came out via Steam. Result is the same as during ...
by xarvioto
Fri Mar 11, 2022 2:34 pm
Forum: Distant Worlds 2: Tech Support
Topic: FAQ: Slow Performance / Integrated and Dedicated GPUs
Replies: 40
Views: 6388

Re: FAQ: Slow Performance / Integrated and Dedicated GPUs




The Hotfix seems to resolved my performance issues without trying any of the above.


For me, unfortunatelly, hotfixes did not work.
It seems like hotfixes (1015 and 1016) forceswitch usage of Dedicated card in Windows graphic settings every singe lime the Game loads -> I see usual black ...
by xarvioto
Fri Mar 11, 2022 10:41 am
Forum: Distant Worlds 2: Tech Support
Topic: FAQ: Slow Performance / Integrated and Dedicated GPUs
Replies: 40
Views: 6388

Re: FAQ: Slow Performance / Integrated and Dedicated GPUs


The Hotfix seems to resolved my performance issues without trying any of the above.


For me, unfortunatelly, hotfixes did not work.
It seems like hotfixes (1015 and 1016) forceswitch usage of Dedicated card in Windows graphic settings every singe lime the Game loads -> I see usual black screen ...
by xarvioto
Fri Mar 11, 2022 5:56 am
Forum: Distant Worlds 2: Tech Support
Topic: FAQ: Slow Performance / Integrated and Dedicated GPUs
Replies: 40
Views: 6388

Re: FAQ: Systems with Both Integrated and Dedicated GPUs


Hi Xarvioto,

If you are getting a black screen, does using Alt-Enter to switch to Windowed Mode help you at all?

Are you seeing your dedicated GPU showing up fine in device manager?

Could you please post a DxDiag file for us in a new thread?


Thanks for the answer

Here is DxDiag in ...
by xarvioto
Thu Mar 10, 2022 5:40 pm
Forum: Distant Worlds 2: Tech Support
Topic: FAQ: Slow Performance / Integrated and Dedicated GPUs
Replies: 40
Views: 6388

Re: FAQ: Systems with Both Integrated and Dedicated GPUs

Looking forward for a hotfix

Unfortunatelly, all the workarounds dont work for me.

Any way of forcing the Game to run on Dedicated CPU (via either Nvidia panel or High performance in Windows Graphic settings) causes the same black screen with music.

Worth mentioning, that while i disable ...

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