[taylor]

Try this: http://icculus.org/~taylor/fso/willrobinson/fs2_open_MP-dbg.rar

Hopefully better timer code in use now.  It should work the same regardless of how many processors are in use.  If it works let me know and I'll commit the changes.

[AnubisNL]

Hi, I have a problem with the NTF hercules. I can only see the cockpit and the rest is invisible, and I can see the glowing of the engines but it's a real small target, because I can't hit anything but the cockpit. It's virtually impossible to destroy one and it's getting frustrating cause the transports I have to protect keep getting destroyed because I can't shoot the damn planes.
Can someone help or does anyone have the same problem.

[Wanderer]

If you are using media VPs have you enabled the tga textures from the launcher? (enable jpg.tga textures)

And

[AnubisNL]

Ey thanks a lot. That solved the problem. Do I have to do that with other things too, because I have all the VP files like texture, music, core, , effects, adveffects, models.
Anyway thanks a lot m8;)

[karajorma]

Nope. JPG TGA is the only thing you HAVE to turn on to make any of the media VPs work. The others are optional but you won't be using them to best effect unless you turn on shine and glow for instance.

[MatthewPapa]

Originally posted by taylor
Try this: http://icculus.org/~taylor/fso/willrobinson/fs2_open_MP-dbg.rar

Hopefully better timer code in use now.  It should work the same regardless of how many processors are in use.  If it works let me know and I'll commit the changes.

Seems to be working fine so far; the dual core processor fix definately worked! Thanks a million taylor! I will continue debugging to confirm that everything is working allright.

[taylor]

Originally posted by MatthewPapa
Seems to be working fine so far; the dual core processor fix definately worked! Thanks a million taylor! I will continue debugging to confirm that everything is working allright.

Ok, I went ahead and commited it so it should show up in redmenace's next builds too.  The new code should be a little faster than what was used previously as well.  If you notice any strange issues with framerates or input sluggishness please let me know.

[Mr_Blastman]

I just recently upgraded to a similar setup as the other x2 user.

I have a X2 4400+, 2 gigs of DDR2 6400 ram and a 7900GTX.

I decided to give FS 2 a try and play it with no slowdowns (finally!) last night, and witness it on my newly built collimated display box that utilizes a fresnel lens (I have a virtual 30+ inch display with pseudo 3d depth perception! - capital ships are INCREDIBLE) and I found the following:

I'm using Shivans 3.6.8 torrent install and I was getting long pauses in flight, some speed ups and slowdowns over and over.

I set the affinity to one core and it helped somewhat but there was still pausing and eventually it just paused infinitely.  It appears the problem still exists - or Shivans install does not have this update?

[karajorma]

Shivan's torrent should have the fix (unless he's included the 3.6.7 exe somewhere in there). Try removing mv_adveffects or renaming the extention to vpDisabled so that FS2 ignores it and try again.

EDIT : Actually, before you do that go to the recent builds forum and try 3.6.9 RC3. Your PC should have the muscle to run mv_adveffects so try that first.

[CP5670]

I don't think any recent builds have the dual core problems anymore. I haven't had any issues. Have you installed the AMD driver and MS dual core hotfix?

[thundernoggin]

AMD Dual-Core Optimizer - The AMD Dual-Core Optimizer can help improve some PC gaming video performance by compensating for those applications that bypass the Windows API for timing by directly using the RDTSC (Read Time Stamp Counter) instruction. Applications that rely on RDTSC do not benefit from the logic in the operating system to properly account for the affect of power management mechanisms on the rate at which a processor core's Time Stamp Counter (TSC) is incremented. The AMD Dual-Core Optimizer helps to correct the resulting video performance effects or other incorrect timing effects that these applications may experience on dual-core or multiple processor systems.

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_13118,00.html