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Subject: Help with playing AI maps in Custom Edition
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Right, so a couple of days ago I downloaded 3 AI maps for CE, "Insanity!", "Lethality Canyon", and "Hang 'Em High AI". I open CE, start a normal CTF game on my LAN so nobody else can play but me, and open each of these maps. On each one, I get massive lag that slows my fps to about 1 every 2 seconds. Only problem is, this cant really be lag, because I'm the host, and noone else is playing. Is this simply an issue with the video card or processor of my computer? My system specs are:

NVidia Geforce 2 MX
380 MB RAM

Really crappy, I know.
Thats all I can remember, if other specs are needed, I will post them. Thanks!

  • 07.16.2006 7:24 AM PDT
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Of course it isn't lag! Lag and a drop in your framerate are two different things. And you can get high fps while playing in a laggy game. Ever play Call of Duty 2 on Xbox Live?

It's obviously your system. Your RAM and your nVidia GeForce 2 MX.

  • 07.16.2006 8:10 AM PDT
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Can you suggest another video card I might buy that would work better for Halo?
And dont just tell me to buy the Radeon x1800. I would, but a) I dont have enough money, and b) if I did, I would have to upgrade the rest of my system, too, and for that price I might as well buy a new computer.

  • 07.16.2006 10:18 AM PDT
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Derr, close ALL the programs runnign in the background, virus scans, etc. and if your downloading anything then it will R4P3 your computer with lag... download enditall from download.com to end stuff efficiantly

p.s. beach assault - get that one, it rox my sox off

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  • 07.16.2006 2:24 PM PDT
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Eh, Beach Assault could have done better. But I love the animations your fellow AI spartans make. If you notice in Combat Evolved, there is no walking animation for Master Chief. So if you played the Xbox version and see people walk slowly by shifting their thumbstick a little bit in one direction, it looks like they're running in place. With Beach Assault, the spartans use some cool animations.

  • 07.16.2006 2:40 PM PDT
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Im thinking about getting a Radeon 9800. A few questions:
a) Will this work well for Halo
b) Am I going to have to upgrade other bits of my system as well (ram, sound card...)
c) Will a 9800 be as old as my geforce 2 in a year or two, and
d) should I just get a new computer instead?

Oh, and btw.. complete system specs:
Win 2000 Professional
384MB RAM
Directx 9.0c
Nvidia Geforce 2MX/MX 400 (64 MB)
Creative Sound Blaster PCI

Yeah.. sad I know.. *sniff*

  • 07.16.2006 3:14 PM PDT
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You should just get a new PC.

  • 07.16.2006 3:15 PM PDT
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Posted by: Master Kim
You should just get a new PC.


Thanks... I think...

  • 07.16.2006 4:14 PM PDT