Search
Forum Home | Login
BRiiGHTT
BRiiGHTT
Join Date 06/2009
+1

Can Someone Help Me With This Issue?!?

Low Sim Speed

May 27, 2010 7:48:57 PM from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

Hi.

I used to play this game a while back, but I stopped for a bit, and now I'm kind of getting back into it.

When I used to play before, my computer handled this game with no problems at all, on very high settings. 

I had a 9800 GTX OC card back in that time and everything was great. It broke on me though after some time and I bought a GTX 275 OC and installed it into my PC. Now, I am getting low Sim Speeds to the point where it is unplayable when I do 3v3 or more people games. 

When I first start the game, my Sim Speed is about 8-9 but after some time (min or two) it drops down to 4 and quickly to 0 and below... 

I have looked through numerous posts and tried all of the sound things (/no sound , turning sound to low settings , etc.) and none of that worked for me. Other than the sound I haven't tried too much because I haven't seen much else.

If someone knows what the possible solution to the problem is, the input would be appreciated.

Finally, sometimes, the game would crash and an error would come up saying: OUT OF MEMORY.

I'm guessing this is for the graphics card but I don't understand what I am to do to solve this. I have tried lowering my settings..

MY SPECS:

Windows Vista Premium 64-bit

Intel Core 2 Quad CPU @ 2.4GHz

4.0 GB RAM

GTX 275 OC

-----

Note: The only thing that has changed since the 9800 GTX is the graphics card. (and time so some software.. but doubt something that would cause this)

 

THANKS

Locked Post
Search this post
Advanced Search
Subscription Options
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
BRiiGHTT
OMG_Splitshadow
Join Date 11/2009
+29
Reply #1 May 27, 2010 7:55:37 PM
from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

Could your graphics card be overheating? That would be my educated guess considering it takes a while before it dips in performance and conks out. Does this happen with other graphics-intensive games?

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
BRiiGHTT
BRiiGHTT
Join Date 06/2009
+1
Reply #2 May 27, 2010 8:46:04 PM
from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

No it's not overheating. I checked the temp. 

And I play COD MW2 from time to time on max settings with 0 problems. So it's definitely something to do with Demigod.

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
BRiiGHTT
sejk
Join Date 04/2009
+1
Reply #3 May 29, 2010 8:51:02 AM
from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

Hi

You said your sim speed is droping,so most likely your processor is overheating after a few mins. of running Demigod. The game itself is CPU demanding so i suggest:

1. check your CPU core temperature

2. check if all cores are in use when running Demigod

3 run some program to test your RAM memory  sticks,in case there is a faulty one(memtest ot something similar).

BTW try to borrow some graphic card, see if it has changes with different catd

+1
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
BRiiGHTT
not_me
Join Date 05/2010
+1
Reply #4 May 29, 2010 12:56:25 PM
from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

Is it multiplayer issue only?

Or do u also get slower in single?

Only thing i can think of is:
re install sound drives and direct X.

Also play a bit with option such like:

sound quality

resolution

and AA

and ensure v sync is off

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
BRiiGHTT
Kanniebaal
Join Date 06/2009
+5
Reply #5 May 29, 2010 3:29:16 PM
from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

Out of memory is usually a hardware problem in your memory (not just graphics but regular) or a software problem which is creating a loop thus it runs out of memory to write to, usually a driver. You could first try and re-install the game if you hadn't done that yet and update your graphics drivers. If the problem remains I'd test the memory. You can find a test on google using memtest as keyword.

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
BRiiGHTT
BRiiGHTT
Join Date 06/2009
+1
Reply #6 May 30, 2010 12:03:28 AM
from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

hi.

first off, thanks for the input/replies.

i checked the CPU temp and yes, one or two of the cores are getting kind of hot (~70 C) but to contradict this, i lag more when i play with more people ?? this is the thing that's confusing me. 

i'm not sure how to check if all cores are in use during Demigod??

i ran a memtest and the results came out fine. 

as i mentioned, i play call of duty: mw2 on very high settings with no problems. i feel that it has higher requirements than Demigod so this confuses me as well...

I tried playing a 4v4 game in single player and it was fine -- smooth. so it's something with multiplayer it seems..

as i mentioned before, i tried messing around with the settings.

i will try to reinstall all drivers (i tried graphics already but not sound yet)

also, i have reinstalled the game (after doing system restore a couple weeks back just to make sure it wasnt some software)

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
BRiiGHTT
sejk
Join Date 04/2009
+1
Reply #7 May 30, 2010 6:01:53 AM
from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

i'm not sure how to check if all cores are in use during Demigod??

Ok you can check this by right clicking on a taskbar-select task manager-select performance.Open Demigod in windowed mode(in video options). You will see that Demigod like most other games doesnt use all 4 cores.Now if one of the cores that Demigod uses is overheating thats maybe  where the problem is.You need to clean cooler of the CPU or set some extra fan to cool it down.

Of course first of all reinstall all drivers(graphic,sound,motherboar,DirectX).

You said single player is fine? If you use some programs during multiplayer turn them off,see if it helps.

 

 

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
BRiiGHTT
not_me
Join Date 05/2010
+1
Reply #8 May 31, 2010 2:25:09 AM
from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

I would also ensure that impulse is up to date.

And also try opening game in windowed mode. Join multiplayer game, press alt ctrl del to bring up task manager and go to process tab and see which process takes so much memory.

 

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
BRiiGHTT
not_me
Join Date 05/2010
+1
Reply #9 May 31, 2010 2:27:51 AM
from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

also you can try to delete game.prefs from C:\Users\XXX\Documents\My Games\Gas Powered Games\Demigod

Deleting stored settings from demigod solves a lot problems. It will automaticly  be recreated once u run demigod again.

+1
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
BRiiGHTT
Teseer
Join Date 02/2008
+60
Reply #10 May 31, 2010 9:48:13 AM
from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

Is XXX your username for Porn?

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
BRiiGHTT
Mascaron
Join Date 05/2009
+25
Reply #11 May 31, 2010 10:11:14 AM
from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

rofl I was totally gonna mention that.. but.. I felt silly trolling on such an obvious thing, I wasn't feeling that awesome.

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
BRiiGHTT
Teseer
Join Date 02/2008
+60
Reply #12 May 31, 2010 3:49:08 PM
from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

I was.

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
BRiiGHTT
not_me
Join Date 05/2010
+1
Reply #13 May 31, 2010 10:44:19 PM
from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

nah. just dont want you to have my admin username. And then by taking IP from game log you r 75% done taking over my PC

....

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
BRiiGHTT
Teseer
Join Date 02/2008
+60
Reply #14 June 1, 2010 12:28:44 PM
from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

*78.452%

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
BRiiGHTT
Mascaron
Join Date 05/2009
+25
Reply #15 June 1, 2010 12:47:19 PM
from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

pfft... both of you are wrong.  

** 79.99.  Limited time offer, get your GIGABYTE GA-EP43-UD3L Core 2 Quad/ Intel P43/ DDR2/ A&GbE/ ATX Motherboard today!

http://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GA-EP43-UD3L-Core-Intel-Motherboard/dp/B001SERFBY

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
BRiiGHTT
BRiiGHTT
Join Date 06/2009
+1
Reply #16 June 1, 2010 1:24:48 PM
from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

hmm

stop posting stupid shit on my post.

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
BRiiGHTT
BRiiGHTT
Join Date 06/2009
+1
Reply #17 June 1, 2010 1:30:32 PM
from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

I reinstalled my drivers and so far 2v2 games have been great. I'm too scared to try a 3v3 or more b/c im afraid im gona crash again :/

I will do it though and let those of u who actually posted something relevant know whats up..

as mentioned before, my RAM test is good.

i tried messing with all of the settings as much as i could, no help. also, i tried windowed mode - i think it was even worse.

also, i deleted my game.prefs (or whatever its called) folder and this didnt seem to do anything either.

i checked and im pretty sure my impulse is up to date (it updated when i first ran it, so im guessing thats the newest version)

 

In conclusion, after deleting and reinstalling all of my drivers, and direct x, i havent ran into problems in 2v2 games (ive played 2, no lag at all it seemed) - i had played a game yesterday and it was a long game (both teams had giants) and it finally said "out of memory" about 5 times before the game crashed on me (

ill try a 3v3 with these drivers changes and see what happens...

thanks again!

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
BRiiGHTT
not_me
Join Date 05/2010
+1
Reply #18 June 1, 2010 6:00:41 PM
from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

You can try that too:

Old 02-22-2005
Nodsu's Avatar
TechSpot Evangelist
  
Location: Estonia
Member since: Feb 2002, 9,433 posts
There is a boot.ini file in your C:\

If you open it (with a text editor like Notepad) you see a line under [operating systems] that looks like this:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

Copy that line and paste it under itself (note that if you mess up the boot.ini file you will not be able to boot Windows anymore). Change the text in quotes to read "XP for FoxPro" for example.

Add a /maxmem=xxx option to the end of the line after /fastdetect and all others. xxx stands for the amount of memory you want to have. As said, you will have to experiment. 512 should be a good value to start with.

When you reboot your computer then you should see a boot menu with two options: XP Professional with maximum memory and the new one you created for FoxPro with limited memory.

 

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
BRiiGHTT
not_me
Join Date 05/2010
+1
Reply #19 June 1, 2010 6:01:20 PM
from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

Just backup ur file in safe place like always so you can be able to restore it

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
BRiiGHTT
BRiiGHTT
Join Date 06/2009
+1
Reply #20 June 2, 2010 10:55:19 AM
from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

Hi.

I have played a couple 3v3 games and they all went good. It seems that unistalling/reinstalling all of my drivers has done the trick.

..

I had uninstalled/reinstalled my graphics drivers before but this time i also did direct x, chipset, sound, etc. 

Basically, anything that I could have, I did.

...

Thanks to everyone that has posted something to help my problem, i appreciate you guys doing that :]

Laterrr.

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
View all recent posts
Mark all posts as read Delete cookies created by the forum Return to Top
Stardock Forums v        Server Load Time:   Page Render Time:

Stardock Magazine | Register | Online Privacy Policy | Terms of Use

Copyright © 2025 Stardock Entertainment and Gas Powered Games. Demigod is a trademark of Stardock. All rights reserved. All other trademarks and copyrights are the properties of their respective owners. Windows, the Windows Vista Start button and Xbox 360 are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies, and 'Games for Windows' and the Windows Vista Start button logo are used under license from Microsoft. � 2012 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.