FRAPS

[tank03 1]

I downloaded and tried out the free trial version of FRAPS last night to try making some videos of WOV missions. I noticed it severly cut my FPS to the point that the game was almost unplayable. I'll admit that I have a crappy and outdated system, but I've never had any problems so far.

 

Do all video capture software have this effect, or is this specific to FRAPS?

[+Fates 63]

Before commenting...can you give me your system specs?

[tank03 1]

Before commenting...can you give me your system specs?

 

I've got a two year old Dell:

Win XP

80 Gb HD

Pentium 4- 2.80 Ghz

512 MB RAM

 

I've no idea how to find out what kind of graphics card/driver/whatever it's called is.

 

I've been running WOV with all the graphics settings (except mirrors and shadow, those are off) at high and haven't had any problems. Normally it runs at about 30FPS, but when I started the FRAPS it dropped to +/- 4 FPS. I figure that I could lower the graphics settings to speed things up when "filming", but then I didn't think it would be worth putting such poor graphics on video.

[+Fates 63]

Try these steps to help the issue:

 

Record Video Half-Size instead of full sized.

Disable recording the the framrate to video

Adjust you video to capture at a lower FPS (the lower the number of frames it records per second means the less demanding the computer has to work). Don't try to record 60FPS if the game only runs 30Fps without FRAPS running at all....you will overdemand your computer.

Run a lower resolution while playing the game. You may have your game set to run at 1600x1200 but you will never see that quality in the video. Set your game resolution to 800x600 and see if that helps.

 

Hope these help.

[tank03 1]

Try these steps to help the issue:

 

Record Video Half-Size instead of full sized.

Disable recording the the framrate to video

Adjust you video to capture at a lower FPS (the lower the number of frames it records per second means the less demanding the computer has to work). Don't try to record 60FPS if the game only runs 30Fps without FRAPS running at all....you will overdemand your computer.

Run a lower resolution while playing the game. You may have your game set to run at 1600x1200 but you will never see that quality in the video. Set your game resolution to 800x600 and see if that helps.

 

Hope these help.

 

Thanks for the tips. I'll give it another try.

[Fubar512 1,350]

I've found that a patched-to-date install of any of the SF-based sims can drag any system down that does not have:

A) A DX9.0C compliant graphics card with 256 mb of video RAM

B) 1024 MB (1 gig) of system memory

C) at least a 2.4 gHZ P4 (or equivalent) processor

This is assuming that one wants to with all (or most) graphics options set to high.

[tank03 1]

I've found that a patched-to-date install of any of the SF-based sims can drag any system down that does not have:

A) A DX9.0C compliant graphics card with 256 mb of video RAM

B) 1024 MB (1 gig) of system memory

C) at least a 2.4 gHZ P4 (or equivalent) processor

This is assuming that one wants to with all (or most) graphics options set to high.

 

How can I find out what my graphics card is? I've check My Computer/Properties but it doens't give that info. Is it possible to update any of these variables on any given system?

[Fubar512 1,350]

Right click on My Computer, and select Properties. Click the Hardware Tab, and then select Device Manager. In the Device Manager window, scroll down until you see Display Adapter(s). Hit the plus sign (+) next to it, to expand that branch, and it'll show you which adapter you're running.

[tank03 1]

Right click on My Computer, and select Properties. Click the Hardware Tab, and then select Device Manager. In the Device Manager window, scroll down until you see Display Adapter(s). Hit the plus sign (+) next to it, to expand that branch, and it'll show you which adapter you're running.

 

Got it. Thanks.