Really Slow game even after trying tips.

mooseman74 · 03-02-2003, 07:02 PM

I'm new to this forum...but not totally new to OOTP. I had OOTP4 and enjoyed it...and just bought OOTP5 yesterday and like it a lot. The only problem I have is that it is incredibly slow. It takes me 2 hours to do a whole year (season and offseason). I've tried the tips on fixing this in another thread in this forum and in the FAQ forum....but none made any difference. I'm running XP on a 900mhz Athlon with 256mb of Ram and over 22gb of hard drive space left. I have the most up-to-date display drivers I could find, and i've tried enabling/disabling sound and 3D graphics, and my display is set to 16bit colour. I've also disabled any unecessary startup applications on my computer. Anyone else experiencing this sort of trouble? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks !!

DHS23 · 03-02-2003, 07:24 PM

If you ran OOTP4 in full screen mode when simming, you'll probably notice a difference. I noticed that in OOTP4, the sim speed in the window mode was slower than full screen mode, and was about the same speed as the OOTP5 window mode (which is the only way you can run it). I'm not sure why exactly this is, but that's my theory.

mooseman74 · 03-03-2003, 08:44 PM

anyone? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I seriously doubt it's supposed to take 2 hours to do a full year of this game.

edm · 03-03-2003, 08:54 PM

I have a 1.4 AMD Processor with 256MB's of RAM and can get through a season (non stop) in about 5 minutes, so no, it shouldn't take you that long.

One thing I've read that seems to slow down the game are Anti Virus programs, Like Norton. If you have one running, try closing it before playing.

Also, run "Msconfig" (from the windows Start-> Run box). Click the "start-up" tab and close anything you don't need and reboot. See if that helps any...

mooseman74 · 03-03-2003, 09:15 PM

THANK YOU!!!! Wow...what a difference disable my anitvirus during gameplay!!! Cut the game time down to about 10-20 minutes or so. Now this game is perfect. Thanks a lot EDM!

edm · 03-03-2003, 09:36 PM

No problem, glad to hear it worked!

AnD1 BBaller · 03-03-2003, 11:56 PM

For some reason my computer handles v5 better than v4, it goes so much faster and I dont get mad as much

03-02-2003, 07:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
mooseman74 Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: East York, Ontario Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Really Slow game even after trying tips. I'm new to this forum...but not totally new to OOTP. I had OOTP4 and enjoyed it...and just bought OOTP5 yesterday and like it a lot. The only problem I have is that it is incredibly slow. It takes me 2 hours to do a whole year (season and offseason). I've tried the tips on fixing this in another thread in this forum and in the FAQ forum....but none made any difference. I'm running XP on a 900mhz Athlon with 256mb of Ram and over 22gb of hard drive space left. I have the most up-to-date display drivers I could find, and i've tried enabling/disabling sound and 3D graphics, and my display is set to 16bit colour. I've also disabled any unecessary startup applications on my computer. Anyone else experiencing this sort of trouble? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks !!

03-03-2003, 11:56 PM	#7 (permalink)
AnD1 BBaller Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 155 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	For some reason my computer handles v5 better than v4, it goes so much faster and I dont get mad as much __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball, and it turns out it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton There may be a curse with owners of the Braves, but lately there has been a curse during the 90's for the Braves....GO HOTTLANTA in 2003!

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03-02-2003, 07:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
DHS23 All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 505 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	If you ran OOTP4 in full screen mode when simming, you'll probably notice a difference. I noticed that in OOTP4, the sim speed in the window mode was slower than full screen mode, and was about the same speed as the OOTP5 window mode (which is the only way you can run it). I'm not sure why exactly this is, but that's my theory.

03-03-2003, 08:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
mooseman74 Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: East York, Ontario Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	anyone? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I seriously doubt it's supposed to take 2 hours to do a full year of this game.

03-03-2003, 08:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
edm All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,810 Thanks: 70 Thanked 47x in 35 posts	I have a 1.4 AMD Processor with 256MB's of RAM and can get through a season (non stop) in about 5 minutes, so no, it shouldn't take you that long. One thing I've read that seems to slow down the game are Anti Virus programs, Like Norton. If you have one running, try closing it before playing. Also, run "Msconfig" (from the windows Start-> Run box). Click the "start-up" tab and close anything you don't need and reboot. See if that helps any...

03-03-2003, 09:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
mooseman74 Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: East York, Ontario Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	THANK YOU!!!! Wow...what a difference disable my anitvirus during gameplay!!! Cut the game time down to about 10-20 minutes or so. Now this game is perfect. Thanks a lot EDM!

03-03-2003, 09:36 PM	#6 (permalink)
edm All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,810 Thanks: 70 Thanked 47x in 35 posts	No problem, glad to hear it worked!