Slow Performance?

[harkusa]

I appreciate everyone trying to help. I'm in the same boat as others here. I'm past 70. No IT experience and much fear of screwing things up. I played this game for several years on win7, enjoyed it enough to want to play a little more. I know I have the patience to play it. What I don't have is any idea what I have to do to make it run. I've read an tried to apply the fixes mentioned in this thread.

Here is what my target line looks like right now: "C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\autorun.exe"-altFont -skipVideo -archive -deepColor -dd_sw -px1600 -py900

Needless to say it won't run instead I get an error message that says "The name "C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\autorun.exe"-altFont -skipVideo -archive -deepColor -dd_sw -px1600 -py900 specified in the target box is not valid. Please make sure the path and the file name are correct.

I don't know what's wrong. Anyone see anything obvious?

[Trugrit]

ORIGINAL: harkusa

I appreciate everyone trying to help. I'm in the same boat as others here. I'm past 70. No IT experience and much fear of screwing things up. I played this game for several years on win7, enjoyed it enough to want to play a little more. I know I have the patience to play it. What I don't have is any idea what I have to do to make it run. I've read an tried to apply the fixes mentioned in this thread.

Here is what my target line looks like right now: "C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\autorun.exe"-altFont -skipVideo -archive -deepColor -dd_sw -px1600 -py900

Needless to say it won't run instead I get an error message that says "The name "C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\autorun.exe"-altFont -skipVideo -archive -deepColor -dd_sw -px1600 -py900 specified in the target box is not valid. Please make sure the path and the file name are correct.

I don't know what's wrong. Anyone see anything obvious?

You need to get rid of the auto.exe

Should look similar to mine:

"C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -fd -altFont -cpu2 -multiaudio -px1920 -py1080 -deepColor -skipVideo

[Kull]

Also make sure you have updated your game at least to the official patch (1126a), or else none of the wide screen switches will work.

[harkusa]

Okay I've got it running just the way I like it, smooth fast scroll, proper screen resolution, all systems go. Its super good, many great hours ahead. Thanks to all of you I found all your suggests helpful. This is a fine&friendly forum community.

Now I'm off to start relearning the game

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Pkenny

I decided to get back into this game after several years away. I bought and downloaded the game from Matrix. My game is extremely slow, takes several seconds to switch locations on the map or to call up units. I have tried the tricks on this thread to no improvement. I have to say it is extremely frustrating to spend $75 on a game that is basically unplayable without being an IT specialist to get it working

It is not as difficult as you fear. If you read the stuff already posted while making the changes on your computer it is all there. You are defeated because you decided to be defeated rather than learn something new. This is a recipe for failure in all things in life. I urge you to force yourself to do it - the feeling of accomplishment and empowerment is palpable when it all works.

[DasSheep]

Hey everyone! So I just downloaded it, and did some of the tips above, but the first turn takes the computer about an hour or so to get through. Is this normal?

[BBfanboy]

OK, you are making progress. You posted your question twice - I answered in the other one.
I sense that you are nearly there in getting the game up to speed.

[michael1771]

Funny how people seem to be dusting this off nowadays, as I was in the same boat. Tried it last night, and had the same issues....reading the help, I wasn't sure what to add, but the SeaBee program did fantastic. Up and running smoothly....thanks for the help there, and stay safe all!

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: michael1771

Funny how people seem to be dusting this off nowadays, as I was in the same boat. Tried it last night, and had the same issues....reading the help, I wasn't sure what to add, but the SeaBee program did fantastic. Up and running smoothly....thanks for the help there, and stay safe all!

Seabee is Kovar's baby. You should thank him by PBEM. He has been a lot of help on tech issues because he knows this stuff, while the rest of us dabble and can report what worked for us.

[gmsitton]

I'm a WitP vet, if you will, and have been playing since the game came out. On my new i9 desktop and laptop, both with NVIDIA RTX card/chip, combat resolution runs fine, but I have two problems. One, with -altFont and without, the text is jagged. Two, clicking on a button or unit is followed by a one second delay before the new screen pops up. I've tried different switch combinations. Has anyone else experienced this? Any ideas?

Thanks

[Ian R]

ORIGINAL: gmsitton

Thanks

Yes, I recently got a new machine and after about 5 min utes of trial and error got things running smoothly.

Could you please copy and paste into a post here your target line (whole line, not just the switches) as that will help to see what might be happening.

Also, what is your maximum screen size?

I am not sure what you mean by "jagged" text - can you do a screen shot?

[Uncivil Engineer]

I just got a new laptop and am over 70. Downloaded the game, the update, and the Beta, and everything worked. The Beta sets up the desktop icon with only the -w extension, and the game ran OK, but somewhat of a delay on clicks during orders phase (of course, my aim could be a little off, too; it won't click if you miss the arrow). Anyway, after adding -dd_sw -deepColor -AltFont -SingleCPUOrders extensions it's working better. Still trying to get the window a little bigger - 1920x1080 doesn't seem to work.

[BBfanboy]

I had to settle for 1680X1050 (one of the resolutions supported by my video card) when I was forced to Windows 10.
Korvar posted methods for getting full screen on Win10. Look for his posts on the Tech Forum.

[inqistor]

ORIGINAL: Uncivil Engineer

I just got a new laptop and am over 70. Downloaded the game, the update, and the Beta, and everything worked. The Beta sets up the desktop icon with only the -w extension, and the game ran OK, but somewhat of a delay on clicks during orders phase (of course, my aim could be a little off, too; it won't click if you miss the arrow). Anyway, after adding -dd_sw -deepColor -AltFont -SingleCPUOrders extensions it's working better. Still trying to get the window a little bigger - 1920x1080 doesn't seem to work.

Try adding f to resolution (-pxf -pyf). On my new laptop it refused to change to not rounded up values, without f.

[Uncivil Engineer]

ORIGINAL: inqistor

ORIGINAL: Uncivil Engineer

I just got a new laptop and am over 70. Downloaded the game, the update, and the Beta, and everything worked. The Beta sets up the desktop icon with only the -w extension, and the game ran OK, but somewhat of a delay on clicks during orders phase (of course, my aim could be a little off, too; it won't click if you miss the arrow). Anyway, after adding -dd_sw -deepColor -AltFont -SingleCPUOrders extensions it's working better. Still trying to get the window a little bigger - 1920x1080 doesn't seem to work.

Try adding f to resolution (-pxf -pyf). On my new laptop it refused to change to not rounded up values, without f.

Using -pxf1600 -pyf900 works perfectly. Also, set the taskbar to disappear in desktop mode. I lock the taskbar on the left, it shows up when I move the cursor all the way to the left, but otherwise is invisible. At this resolution I have a full screen with both top menu and bottom info visible - using higher resolutions neither were there.

THANKS !!

[Halsey]

I have discovered that by also upgrading to new maps the lag time is greatly reduced, and also the mouse click delay has been greatly reduced too. The newer video cards have a hard time with the old graphics.


Here is a link to new maps with hexes. Hexes must be toggled on in the game menu to see the new map.
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4268822

[Lew Beckerdite]

Hey Everybody,

I have been following this discussion with interest. Like many (most) of you I have been very frustrated with the slow performance of WitPAE on Windows 10......and I have given up waiting for someone at Matrix to put out an update for us computer challenged gamers that is going to fix the problems for us!

So today I took the plunge and followed the direction given by some of the more computer literate folks here to correct the issues. Much to my surprise my computer did not catch on fire when I modified WitPAE as suggested. Many thanks to BBfanboy and others!

However,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,there is always an "However"

Somehow I have much more of the map on display now and the font size used when I pull up a base / task force is so small I can hardly see it! Can any kind soul out there take pity on me and send some advice my direction on how to get my game back to the point where I can see the display again?

Thanks in advance! [&:][&:][&:][&:]

[Lowpe]

Without seeing your switches, can't help much. Copy and paste them so we can help.

[Alfred]

ORIGINAL: Lew Beckerdite

Hey Everybody,

I have been following this discussion with interest. Like many (most) of you I have been very frustrated with the slow performance of WitPAE on Windows 10......and I have given up waiting for someone at Matrix to put out an update for us computer challenged gamers that is going to fix the problems for us!

So today I took the plunge and followed the direction given by some of the more computer literate folks here to correct the issues. Much to my surprise my computer did not catch on fire when I modified WitPAE as suggested. Many thanks to BBfanboy and others!

However,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,there is always an "However"

Somehow I have much more of the map on display now and the font size used when I pull up a base / task force is so small I can hardly see it! Can any kind soul out there take pity on me and send some advice my direction on how to get my game back to the point where I can see the display again?

Thanks in advance! [&:][&:][&:][&:]

Everything is a trade off. The more of the map acreage on display, the smaller the size. You have to play with the different px and py values until you get a satisfactory trade off of mapa acreage and font size. Start with the default levels and then work your way up.

More precise assistance is only possible, as Lowpe has posted, upon receipt of details of your set up.

Alfred

[Ian R]

Did "gmsitton" ever post again?

Perhaps he read some other topics and worked out what switches to use.