I am very new to PoTC, only stumbling across it while on the hunt for a sea-faring game that might satisfy my urge to go yardarm to yardarm with my enemies.
I installed the stock game, and while I appreciated much of the game for what it was, the sea battles I found far too unrealistic to maintain my attention. Then, happily, I found this site and the wonderful modders who have created the Build Mod, which would seem to be the answer to my nautical prayers.
But, alas, I have encountered some severe performance issues during gameplay that have made it quite frustrating to progress in my naval career. I will try to describe them in a succinct, thorough fashion and hopefully someone here can aid me.
To begin, my system is not the latest and greatest, but it is no slouch either:
AMD 4400X2 @ 2.5Ghz
2GB RAM
2x 7200RPM HD in Raid 0
Nvidia GeForce 7800GTX 256mb
SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio Card
All latest drivers for MB, Gfx, sound and processor.
Running on Win XP SP3
The nitty gritty:
The stutters are most pronounced at sea. If just sailing along, things are as smooth as glass. Soon as I input a command, such as strike or raise sail, I get a momentary stutter. The same occurs when I access the action menu (enter key) and scroll through the options with the arrows keys - each tap of the key is followed by a stutter.
The largest problem is firing the great guns, however. After I give the order to fire (either manually or using space) the game locks up (stutter) for anywhere from 1 second to nearly 5 seconds before the guns begin to fire. Each successive gunfire is followed by a smaller stutter before the next gun fires, so a single broadside takes a great deal of time to play out as the game chugs along haltingly.
Anyone else come across this behavior? I could not find any similar posts through the search function, so thought it best to mention it myself.
Thanks in advance for any help, and I would be more than happy to provide more information if it is needed.
I installed the stock game, and while I appreciated much of the game for what it was, the sea battles I found far too unrealistic to maintain my attention. Then, happily, I found this site and the wonderful modders who have created the Build Mod, which would seem to be the answer to my nautical prayers.
But, alas, I have encountered some severe performance issues during gameplay that have made it quite frustrating to progress in my naval career. I will try to describe them in a succinct, thorough fashion and hopefully someone here can aid me.
To begin, my system is not the latest and greatest, but it is no slouch either:
AMD 4400X2 @ 2.5Ghz
2GB RAM
2x 7200RPM HD in Raid 0
Nvidia GeForce 7800GTX 256mb
SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio Card
All latest drivers for MB, Gfx, sound and processor.
Running on Win XP SP3
The nitty gritty:
The stutters are most pronounced at sea. If just sailing along, things are as smooth as glass. Soon as I input a command, such as strike or raise sail, I get a momentary stutter. The same occurs when I access the action menu (enter key) and scroll through the options with the arrows keys - each tap of the key is followed by a stutter.
The largest problem is firing the great guns, however. After I give the order to fire (either manually or using space) the game locks up (stutter) for anywhere from 1 second to nearly 5 seconds before the guns begin to fire. Each successive gunfire is followed by a smaller stutter before the next gun fires, so a single broadside takes a great deal of time to play out as the game chugs along haltingly.
Anyone else come across this behavior? I could not find any similar posts through the search function, so thought it best to mention it myself.
Thanks in advance for any help, and I would be more than happy to provide more information if it is needed.
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