Xfire chat = hosed

[Dizzy So 1337]

WOW the new xfire update really fucked us Soldat players.  Is anyone out there NOT getting ingame messages that block their entire screen?

Meh, I tried for like 2 hours to fix it and it is really really hosed in my opinion.  Posted in angry detail to xfire tech, meanwhile I recommend disabling xfire ingame messaging which is don0e thusly:

Xfire > Tools > Options > Games > (highlight Soldat) > (check 'Disable X-fire in-game')

If xfire gets me a better answer I'll post it here.  If anyone is NOT having this problem, or has found a fix, I would love to hear about it.

[NinjaGimp369]

My xfire is fine, it's just that when I run it, my soldat fps goes way down.

[Cappy]

I never have problems with xfire when playing because I log off and exit when I want to play soldat. 1, I don't like people bothering me and 2, it lowers your FPS.

[chazzer_]

Why the hell does it lower your fps it never used to   

[NinjaGimp369]

Why the hell does it lower your fps it never used to   

I received the update today, it's improved, but the fps still runs lower when playing Soldat with xfire in the background.

[danmer]

My xfire is fine, it's just that when I run it, my soldat fps goes way down.

That's why you disable in-game chat.

[Brock]

I feel your pain Dizzy!

[The Owls]

That's why you should use mirc.  Not laggy, and you've got gathers and such.

[.Long-Range]

Some people like using Xfire to log in their total gaming hours accurately.

[M.rSnow]

Well i use Schick Quattro Titanium Skin and it works well.. Its lowers the CPU use for me too.

[Ride]

Well the xfire screen coving my whole soldat happened in the last update.. it was fixed for me in this update
But the screen is invisible and all i see is
the name of the person who messaged

[Scorpian]

Nope, I'm fine over here.

Then again, I only use my Xfire to log my hours, and most of the time I have it minimized in the task bar.

[Dizzy So 1337]

Well my current solution is this... i have xfire enabled in game but with ingame alerts disabled.  This way I can hear that someone is xfiring me but I don't get my screen blocked until i choose to check the messages.

My setup:
 - xfire > tools > options > games > soldat > ('disable xfire ingame' is unchecked)
 - while in Soldat > scrolllock + x > f2 (xfire main menu) > ingame options for soldat > disable ingame messages

It works good like 95% of the time at least.  Still have occasional problems when I scrolllock + x and the message is offscreen, but its a fairly good solution.

On the subject of xfire slowing framerate, I don't have this problem, or at least in my case xfire does not seem to be the culprit.  My top FPS is 60, what really drops me out is when I minimize soldat there is like a 50% chance that it will shave 15-20 FPS off of me.  If this happens to me a coupla times I could be down to 15-20 FPS which is pretty much unplayable.

I generally advise my clan to stay on xfire at all times while playing in pubs and scrims, so we can keep in touch.  But right before a CW, we all go onto Ventrilo and I like to keep one guy that is speccing in the CW, on Ventrilo and on xfire, so he can provide communications with the outside world.

[Zero]

Yeah, I have the same problem

I changed the size of the window in game and when I leave does it save? nooooo ><

I gave up and simply just turned Ingame chat off

Edit: I hope this gets fixed in next Ver.