Posted July 05, 2024
Hi, I've just bought this game to enjoy some nostalgia but I can't get it to work properly.
At first I had some problems with game not starting at all (Direct3D initialization error) but some tinkering with resolution in registry helped.
Right now however I'm in a weird spot where game runs flawlessly in MainMenu, I can change various settings in options and even choose a dragon while starting the campaign. All in glorious 60FPS.
But as soon as the gameplay starts my FPS drops to 1. Literally 1 frame per second like a slideshow.
I've tried everything I could think of and what I've seen discussed online:
- Vsync,
- various compatibility modes,
- capping FPS using third-party software as well as NVidia Control Panel and registry setting for the game,
- tinkering with other settings present in the registry like MultiSampling / TripleBuffer / CloudsQuality and so on,
- running as administrator,
- fullscreen / windowed,
- alt+tabbing,
- setting affinity for only 1 core.
Nothing helped.
I'm not sure if it's my setup's fault as some players on Steam experience similar issues
My setup:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU
12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1280P
Windows 11
At first I had some problems with game not starting at all (Direct3D initialization error) but some tinkering with resolution in registry helped.
Right now however I'm in a weird spot where game runs flawlessly in MainMenu, I can change various settings in options and even choose a dragon while starting the campaign. All in glorious 60FPS.
But as soon as the gameplay starts my FPS drops to 1. Literally 1 frame per second like a slideshow.
I've tried everything I could think of and what I've seen discussed online:
- Vsync,
- various compatibility modes,
- capping FPS using third-party software as well as NVidia Control Panel and registry setting for the game,
- tinkering with other settings present in the registry like MultiSampling / TripleBuffer / CloudsQuality and so on,
- running as administrator,
- fullscreen / windowed,
- alt+tabbing,
- setting affinity for only 1 core.
Nothing helped.
I'm not sure if it's my setup's fault as some players on Steam experience similar issues
My setup:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU
12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1280P
Windows 11