"Lag" in single player?

[nocturnaloner]

PII 400
V3 2000
v 4.00

No matter what res, even in the GUI, I get regular 1/2 second freezes every 4.5 seconds or so. What the hell gives? Please help.

 

[Suicide_King_X]

I can't tell you what the problem is. However I get a VERY similar problem in muli-player. I don't know what causes it but I don't think it has anything to do with your set-up. Fortuately this doesn't happen for me in single player mode or I'd really be screwed. I would try the game in multi-player and see how it runs there first. That might clear up a few things. There really isn't any reason why you shoul;d be having problems though.

"The only time you must worry about is the one that strikes at six!"

 

[drumber]

You might try turning all the graphics down as low as you can and see how it is then. If it's better turn them back up one at a time and see which ones you need to keep lower.

 

[nocturnaloner]

Thanks for the suggestions. The thing is, it's not a framerate thing. The framerate is quite smooth, but even when I'm just in the interface mind you, the engine isn't even running yet, I get these very regular pauses, even the mouse cursor will freeze.

 

[drumber]

Well, just in case you don't do this already a scandisk and defrag of your hardrive is good to do on a regular basis. It also may be a heat problem with your video card. Try playing with the cover off and a house fan pointed at your card. If that helps then you know it's a heat problem.