Myth II Performance

Cu · Post by Cu » Wed May 10, 2006 10:28 pm

So when I decided to reinstall Myth II and play I noticed that the camera was worse than usual. It was always choppy for a long time but now its terrible. I think i've posted here before about it a long time ago.

Anyway, when I started up fraps it said my fps was locked at 21, and things started making sense but the mouse wasnt jerky like you would expect with low fps. The Myth II fps counter said it was in the 300s which is to be expected with my machine but it doesnt go with the terrible jerkiness i'm seeing.

I've tried changing my compatibility mode to every option and all it does it change the type of screen choppiness. Ive tried every renderer and even tried a few glide wrappers which crash Myth II. I just reformatted since I like to every year and it's still bad. Any ideas?

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System Information
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Time of this report: 5/10/2006, 20:34:04
Machine name: YOUR-1FBA624534
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Magnell
System Model: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
BIOS: BIOS Date: 10/27/04 19:15:37 Ver: 08.00.09
Processor: AMD Athlonâ„¢ 64 FX-55 Processor, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.6GHz
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 196MB used, 2263MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

Post by **Myrd** » Wed May 10, 2006 11:04 pm

Does it happen with all resolutions? (even 640x480?) Do other games run fine? What's your video card? If you say its choppy even at software, perhaps you don't have the right drivers for your video card / chipset installed, which (in my experience) can make the connection between the PC and the monitor itself run at incredibly horrible refresh rates.

Pyro · Post by **Pyro** » Wed May 10, 2006 11:19 pm

I'm guessing you haven't installed Myth in a long time. Have you tried updating Myth? There is patch for v1.5.1. If that doesn't fix it... try the beta patch for v1.5.2 both found in here.

People who have had problems don't have them after the update.

Cu03 · Post by **Cu03** » Wed May 10, 2006 11:30 pm

Video card is a geforce 6800 ultra, drivers arent updated now since I reformatted but it makes no difference.

I played Myth II like a month ago and everything was fine but now its terrible before and after the reformat. I have no idea what would have changed that.

Tried ever res too.

What's in the beta patch?

Cu03 · Post by **Cu03** » Wed May 10, 2006 11:42 pm

Installed the patch, didn't help.

Pyro · Post by **Pyro** » Thu May 11, 2006 12:02 am

Which patch did you try? 1.5.1? or the beta 1.5.2 (which needs 1.5.1 first)?

Eddaweaver · Post by **Eddaweaver** » Thu May 11, 2006 7:35 am

Would you please see whether there is anything odd in your Myth_log.txt ?

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Tireces · Post by **Tireces** » Thu May 11, 2006 10:04 am

I had same thing on other nVidia card. Its drivers problem. Try installing drivers from other series.

Cu03 · Post by **Cu03** » Thu May 11, 2006 10:16 am

Do you remember a series that worked for you?

CIK · Post by **CIK** » Thu May 11, 2006 5:23 pm

Try the 1.5.2 beta from http://myth.busybsoftware.com. There where some fixes in it for NVidia cards. 1.5.2 is fully compatabile with 1.5.1 so you can play online with the 1.5.1 crowd without a problem.

Cu03 · Post by **Cu03** » Thu May 11, 2006 5:33 pm

Did that yesterday, didn't help

Tireces · Post by **Tireces** » Fri May 12, 2006 2:01 am

Cu03 wrote:Do you remember a series that worked for you?

I am using nVidia card from 5xxx series and nvida detonators 56.72 work great for me. Dunno if they will be good for better cards from 6xxx series.

I have heard that nVidia detonators 66.93 are also very good.

Cu03 · Post by **Cu03** » Fri May 12, 2006 1:59 pm

Tried the 66.93 drivers, nothing changed.

2006-05-12 14:00:40
Myth II Classic Build 275 running under Modern Windows 5.010000 ----------------------------------------------
Scanning for software devices...
Found 1 to use
Scanning for Direct3D devices...
Found 1 to use
Scanning for 3Dfx devices...
Found 0 to use
Scanning for OpenGL devices...
Found 1 to use
Using GDI for Input
Mouse appears to have 8 buttons and 3 axes.
Initialized for DirectSound3D using COM
Loading Patch Files...
Patch 1.2
Patch 1.3
PlayMyth v1.2.1
PMI_Classic
Patch 1.4
Patch 1.4 Interface
Patch 1.5
Loading Patch Files Succeeded
Establishing connection with metaserver at balor.playmyth.net:6321...
Connected.
Running Direct3D (NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra) at 1280 x 1024, 16 bit
Starting mesh "Clash in the Cloudspine"...
Quitting networked game...
Disconnecting from metaserver.
Closing Myth.

Nothing unusual there either. I have no idea

Website · Post by **iron** » Fri May 12, 2006 4:15 pm

Is it laggy when you play a solo game or replay a film? If so then its a graphics card kind of problem, but if not then we're looking at a network thing.

Cu03 · Post by **Cu03** » Fri May 12, 2006 5:01 pm

It's laggy offline too. This is a Myth thing because every other game I have works fine.

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Myth II Performance