Slow Performance?

[Taxcutter]

Why do I keep trying to play this game? Just when you think you've got it figured out something mysterious comes along and cripples the game.

I had installed SeaBee and it was working the best it ever has.

Suddenly, last Friday, something comes along and now SeaBee will not recognize Alpha and the game runs like gear oil in February running uphill.

[Nomad]

Probably a Windows update that reset some things.

[Taxcutter]

Re: Post #80

Never mind. It was indeed Microsoft trying to sell me on mindless social media. Cleared that out and am now A-OK.

[Mercenary]

Thanks. It helped me. Thanks for the tips. Now everything works.

[buzzsaw90]

I FINALLY got the hyperdrive working. Monster improvement in scroll speed. So I wanted to share what worked for me. I had added many switches without noticing ANY effect, even the -skipvideo did nothing.

eventually I realized I was not editing the correct .exe. My shortcut was pointed at

"C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\autorun.exe"
rather than at
"C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe"

once I reset that, the switches started to DO things. Now I need to turn on some overlays just to slow the scroll down. Button pushing also reacts faster!

happy happy joy joy

[tomeck48]

Hello guys. Bought the game a couple of weeks ago. Been watching some of the training videos. I'm running Win 8.1 and apparently that dog just ain't gonna hunt. The Manual recommends Windows 2000 / XP / Vista. Is one significantly better than the other? Apparently I have the original version, not the beta.

[Yaab]

Try to use Korvar's utility

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4415089

Enable/disable two switches (deepColor and dd_sw) and CPU siwtches. It may help.

[tomeck48]

OK. I did the download, if I try to run SeaBee I get a window that says I must first check for updates. Seems a little redundant since I had just done the download a few minutes earlier. So I click Check for Updates. Crickets. Nada. Now what?

Also I am under the impression that I am supposed to enter the game through the SeaBee shortcut. Yes or no?

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: tomeck48

OK. I did the download, if I try to run SeaBee I get a window that says I must first check for updates. Seems a little redundant since I had just done the download a few minutes earlier. So I click Check for Updates. Crickets. Nada. Now what?

Also I am under the impression that I am supposed to enter the game through the SeaBee shortcut. Yes or no?

Seabee is just to help you set up your game initially - the installation, patches and then shortcuts and switches. It has nothing to do with launching the game routinely - your shortcut to the game .exe will do that.

[hapshott]

Hi,

I had slow menu's and scrolling. But I solved it in the following way:
1) bought combat mission2 on GOG
2) install combat mission 2
3) go to the folder with combat mission2
4) copy the ddraw.dll, dxcfg.exe and dxcfg.ini to the war in the pacific install folder

After this war in the pacific runs fine without slowdowns.

This solution also fixed the slowdown of uncommon valor.

I hope this helps you also

[Bill Durrant]

I just got back into this game after many years away. I bought a new Windows 10 laptop and, like you, the game was running ridiculously slow. I played around with the settings as described in the readme document. The one that solved it was -DeepColor. No idea why but it did and now running smooth as. Hope this helps

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Bill Durrant

I just got back into this game after many years away. I bought a new Windows 10 laptop and, like you, the game was running ridiculously slow. I played around with the settings as described in the readme document. The one that solved it was -DeepColor. No idea why but it did and now running smooth as. Hope this helps

When the game engine was invented VGA was the best display available - 16 colours and 1020X764 resolution IIRC. The -deep_Color switch probably enables the video card to take over and use all of its power to handle graphics instead of the CPU handling it.

[hapshott]

Hello,

For me also the -deep_color solves the slowness of the game. When adding this the game runs much better (GTX1060).

Thanks for this tip.

[gunny3013]

Here is my "Target Line": -w -px3440 -py1440 -dd_sw -deepColor -SingleCpuOrders

Game has NO problem with speed.

My problem must be described since this forum format is not conducive to pictures.
When I move across my screen left or right, the hexes mid screen and right of mid screen bunch up duplicating in a scrunched up manner.
up and down scroll has no issue.

any ideas?

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: gunny3013

Here is my "Target Line": -w -px3440 -py1440 -dd_sw -deepColor -SingleCpuOrders

Game has NO problem with speed.

My problem must be described since this forum format is not conducive to pictures.
When I move across my screen left or right, the hexes mid screen and right of mid screen bunch up duplicating in a scrunched up manner.
up and down scroll has no issue.

any ideas?

My target line is much longer:
"C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -altFont -archive -deepColor -px1680 -py1050 -w -fixedArt -skipVideo -multiaudio -SingleCpuOrders -cpu3

The last two are also important. Win10 is a memory hog on CPU1, which is also the default CPU for the game. Changing to a different CPU is recommended to let the game have unhindered access to the processor. Someone suggested that some other common apps like Anti-Virus might use CPU2, so I went with CPU 3.

It is important to turn off all the overlays too - like range circles for aircraft and ships, hex side info with the F6 or 'w' keys, etc. These complicate scrolling because every time the map shifts one pulse, it has to redraw all this additional stuff to be in the right place. Use those features when you need them and then turn them off for scrolling.

[Reg]

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[apstephen61]

Been playing WITP for a few years on a laptop using WIN 8.1. The old computer died and my new one is running WIN 10, i7 processor, with Geforce GTX 1650. I've got game running, however...I am having a terrible mouse delay, about 2 seconds after clicking until changes are made in the game. Removed mouse and used the computer pad, and delay is there without the mouse.

This my target line:
"C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\autorun.exe" -altFont -deepColor -w -skipVideo -cpu3

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

[Nomad]

Don't use the autorun.exe file, you have to use a direct link to the "War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" file.
The autorun file does not understand command line arguments.

[apstephen61]

ORIGINAL: Nomad

Don't use the autorun.exe file, you have to use a direct link to the "War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" file.
The autorun file does not understand command line arguments.

Oh boy! couldn't see the forest for the trees!

Thank You!

[bradfordkay]

Okay gang... my old WinXP computer gave up the ghost so I had a Win10 desktop built with an i5-10400 chip. Intel says that chip has 6 cores, so would I use -cpu2, -cpu3, -cpu4 or -cpu6? Does the program recognize a six core chip?