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Offline Gnoblar

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Easy-to-run soldat.
« on: April 03, 2008, 06:50:58 am »
I have a pathetic, wash-out of a computer that does not run Soldat. I was wondering if you could make a (slightly) less sophisticated variant of Soldat that allows it to run on my computer. Please do not post with "It runs on anything" because it's a lie. If you want my details for the problem:

256MB of RAM (Laptop)
XP Professional Installed
Vista Programs installed (The useless people who sold us the computer gave us these, we can't get rid of them).
1.4GHz of Processing Power.
Soldat opens, and the music starts playing, and the menu comes up (after ten or so minutes). I then try and start an offline game, and it will go black and I can here everyone playing, but It's all black. The same happens when I join an online game. Sometimes it doesn't even start up, it just plays music and remains black, no menu, nothing. I need help or a new low-processing soldat. DO NOT say get a new computer, because I can't.  :'(
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Offline Ziem

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Re: Easy-to-run soldat.
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2008, 10:14:23 am »
Try to configure your setup...

I've played Soldat 1.3.1 on 333MHz & 320 MB RAM, and it worked.
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Re: Easy-to-run soldat.
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2008, 12:29:16 pm »
Jesus... i play on a 1.2Ghz Athlon with zero issues.  However, I also have a crappy Radeon graphics card and 1GB of RAM, which probably helps a bit.

My guess is that your graphics card is the culprit here since Soldat is anything but RAM hungry. Plus the engine is technically a 3D engine since it makes heavy use of polygons and particles for rendering.  Do other 3D games run okay?  How old is this computer?

I strongly reccomend picking up some additional RAM and the cheapest graphics card you can find if what you have doesn't have good 3D acceleration.  You'll get more use out of that thing too, since both will boost your overall system performance.
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Re: Easy-to-run soldat.
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2008, 12:46:46 pm »
Ok, your Laptop will run it, you just need to get rid of Fullscreen. Run it in windowed mode, that will help a bit. Turn any compatability settings on as well. Also, make sure you have the latest drivers for your graphics chip, and sound card. I once had this problem, on a worse computer than yours.
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Offline FliesLikeABrick

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Re: Easy-to-run soldat.
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2008, 01:26:28 pm »
That computer will run Soldat with no problem.  I've run Soldat on a 300MHz computer with not much of a graphics card
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Re: Easy-to-run soldat.
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2008, 07:38:21 pm »
It's not a problem with your PC hardware.  Try changing settings in the setup and update your drivers.

I play with a Pentium II 450 MHz, 256 MB RAM, TNT2 PRO 32 MB VRAM, and I run with minimal problems.  The only time I would think Soldat would require more hardware is when you play maps with high polygon count or/and scenery usage.  If you only play the default maps, you should absolutely have no problems.
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Re: Easy-to-run soldat.
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2008, 05:20:32 am »
set all graphics to minimum?  do that in the setup.   

And, I agree on this actually, I mean I play with a nVidia go 7300, and i STILL get bad fps from time to time.  I belive soldat's core components may be over-demanding, seeing as I actually get similar FPS with soldat and CoD4,  lol
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Re: Easy-to-run soldat.
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2008, 09:30:53 pm »
Turn off intro, maybe?
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Re: Easy-to-run soldat.
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2008, 05:26:20 am »
Right click - properties - run in compatability mode with xp.

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Re: Easy-to-run soldat.
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2008, 06:40:31 am »
It dosn't run on everything relly. I playd it on a 254Mhz computor whit a desent grafix card. I only got version 1.2.1 to work. was fun though. Didn't know there still were servers up for that version..
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Re: Easy-to-run soldat.
« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2008, 07:35:22 am »
by the way what is your graphics card, I remember I had a computer with an ATI RAGE 3D PRO and since that is like pre-2000 it did not work despite the 500mhz processor and 128mb of RAM.
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Re: Easy-to-run soldat.
« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2008, 06:06:34 am »
Quote from: Despair on April 05, 2008, 07:35:22 am
by the way what is your graphics card, I remember I had a computer with an ATI RAGE 3D PRO and since that is like pre-2000 it did not work despite the 500mhz processor and 128mb of RAM.

64MB graphics card. I have no idea of any further details.
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Re: Easy-to-run soldat.
« Reply #12 on: April 07, 2008, 03:00:46 pm »
Start ---> Run---> dxdiag        Gives you the name of your video card. OR: right click desktop ---> Porperties -----> Settings SHould tell you under display dropdown under your monitors.
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Re: Easy-to-run soldat.
« Reply #13 on: April 21, 2008, 03:49:06 am »
OK. I found the problem. I've got Directx 7. Apparently I need Directx 8+. I don't know how to get it. Is there a way to download it?
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Re: Easy-to-run soldat.
« Reply #14 on: April 21, 2008, 03:51:33 am »
Google is your friend.
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Re: Easy-to-run soldat.
« Reply #15 on: April 21, 2008, 04:46:40 am »
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Re: Easy-to-run soldat.
« Reply #16 on: April 21, 2008, 09:16:27 am »
You don't seriously think that I haven't tried that. I can't find one that works.
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Re: Easy-to-run soldat.
« Reply #17 on: April 21, 2008, 09:39:09 am »
You can download it from Microsoft.

Just use they'r guide to valdate your computor first. Its not very hard.
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Re: Easy-to-run soldat.
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Re: Easy-to-run soldat.
« Reply #19 on: April 23, 2008, 05:09:34 am »
I looked at this one but 218MB's. Wow. I've got the worst Broadband ever (Fastest download ever recorded was 32Kb a second.)

So that might take a while. I get it anyway.
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