[SOLVED] Runs also on Win XP SP3, but

Game Dev Tycoon bug
#1

hi guys,

first a big thanks to the great work.

The good news first, the game is also running on Win XP SP3.

But my Problem is, it lagged really hard and is almost unplayable. Graphics Driver and everything other is up to date, and i got 2 GB RAM. Did i need more or is there some other reason why it lagged so hard? It worked really fine after the installation, but a day later it begans to lag really hard.

My PC Configuration is:
Win XP SP3
AMD Athlon XP 2800+ @2,08 GHz
512 MB GeForce 6200
2 GB DDR2 RAM

Is my computer too weak or is it some other thing i didn’t noticed?

#2

Your PC seems to have rather weak specifications which is probably why you are having trouble running the game. Try running it on the lowest settings it offers, this should help.

#3

I tried already the windowed mode w/ turned off Music and sounds, nothing helped. are there more options in the game i did’nt found?

#4

What resolution is the monitor you are playing on/are you playing the game in?

#5

my monitor is set to 1920x1080

#6

OK well from what I have seen, the game automatically changes its resolution to match your display. It seems you will need to lower the resolution of your monitor and then launch the game, this should be less intense on your hardware and minimise the lag you are experiencing. Looking at your specs, you might need to play the game with a resolution of 1280x720 or lower, hopefully this helps.

#7

Do you use chrome ?
If you have no problem with chrome (with 10-20 tabs) I would say you’ll run the game fine.

But yeah, if it’s begin to get slow, lower the resolution, and I would say … close all the background process, it’s using a lot of memory.

#8

Opening a lot of tabs in a browser will really only have an effect on the RAM in a system. The lag S_Bro is experiencing is more than likely due to the lack of CPU and GPU power so lowering the resolution should increase the performance of the game.

#9

The game is only HTML and Javascript based on Chromium with an implementation of node.js.

Meaning, if he can use chrome on some heavy js website (facebook, gmail, etc …) and a lot of tabs without experiencing any problem, it would say it should run the game without problem.

The GPU is not much used by chrome.

#10

But this is a game, not a browser. Your GPU may not be used while browsing Google Chrome but it will be used when playing Game Dev Tycoon.

#11

sorry for asking, but what has the browser i use to do with is? i use firefox

#12

The browser you use doesn’t have anything to do with the game. Does the game work better after you lower your screen resolution?

#13

This game IS a browser it’s Chromium : https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit

And yes chromium use a little the GPU when it can

the game is in reality just javascript and html run into a browser (chromium). it’s not like other game coded in C++ (or java, or C, or whatever).

Know your fact right before saying : it has nothing to do with a browser.

#14

This game is definitely not a browser. I’m struggling to understand where you are taking this conversation when I’m just trying to help S_Bro_Derski make the game run faster with minimal lag.

#15

What I try to prove. I don’t think his computer is powerful enough to launch Chromium.
Meaning, it won’t be able to run the game without experiencing any slowdown because of lack of CPU power and RAM.

Since it’s a browser.

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#16

So why didn’t you just agree with me at the start that the game was running slow due to the lack of hardware performance?

#17

Because the GPU have quite nothing to do with this game unlike other games.
Your statement was just invalid, I was just asking him to try with Chrome, to check if his computer have any problem with it.

Because if it has already some slowdown with it, that would mean the game will never run smoothly whatever he does (other than upgrading CPU and RAM)

#18

It wasn’t a statement, it was a question. The GPU contributes to the performance of the game and since the GPU in question is of limited performance it will have an impact on the playability of the game.

You’re saying that no matter what changes are made, the game can never be run smoothly on his PC?

EDIT: Now that you have edited your post to include hardware upgrades you have gone back on what you said. I still don’t understand why you insist on telling me that this game runs exactly like a web browser.

#19

I’m saying, he should test his computer first with Chrome, to see how his computer handle it.

That’s the easiest way to check, if it’s a problem of resources (CPU/RAM) or a problem of optimization of the game, meaning in that case, the dev should look at it.

And no here, the GPU have quite no job, node-webkit, the technology used by the developer to code and release their game is just Chromium with Node.JS integrated in it.
Meaning the game is only a package containing some images, and a lot of javascript run directly into the node-webkit browser.

#20

Actually the easiest and most effective way to check would be to simply change the screen resolution and try to play the game. Doing this will actually show if the game can be played or not as no other graphical settings can be changed.