suggestions for slower computers Options

[Romulas]

I ran into a very annoying problem the night before last. Started the shadelord battle and was amazed that he fired so many spells right off the bat, don't have the exact number but it was alot.

What this did other than destroying my party was slow my computer down to a crawl. The characters that were not slowed from his slow spell could still hardly move and could not make it from the door before getting killed.

The question, are there specific settings that I can alter that will make this a less computer intensive fight? This is the first enhanced encounter that has done this and might be as bad as it is because the battle scene is in the dark and I think that maps like this are more difficult and computer intensive. Just my opinion.

Romulas

[Romulas]

Silverstar

My computer has an intel 933 mhz chip with 512k memory, kinda old and a motherboard of suspect quality.

The main slowdowns occur when it becomes graphic intensive, lots of spell effects or larger creature animations. For instance the dragon battles can be alittle slow sometimes. It is obvious with the characters that are not hasted and not as noticeable for those that are.

This is why others have said and given tips on how to tone down the animations, sound, and so forth. I also find that the battles in the daylight (with light maps) are alittle better for quality of flow then those on a dark map, mainly because I think it takes more computeing power from the cpu or graphics card to pain dark. I could be wrong on this but its what it seems.

Now, as for your concerns with playing this game on a slower computer, just be aware that you might have to tone down some of the above mentioned things to get through the battles. I have to say that not every enhanced battle in the game slows my computer, regardless of scripts and so forth.

I have also started to reboot my pc everytime before I play and when I log off the game, my kids also use the computer so who knows what it has in memory.

In closing, I would not let these concerns deter you from playing this game. It is quite the challenge, for me the worst parts of the game are starting out and getting waxed everytime I turn around. On the other side, when you get a few levels under your belt things tend to go alittle better.

Take for instance the shade lord battle that I mentioned, with more levels and hasting my party prior to the encounter there was very little "perceived" slow down in the movements of my characters. Trying to create separation between the strongest enemy and your weakest party members, even on the same maps helps alot.

Romulas