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[dark10x]

I decided to bust out Morrowind on the PC once again to try some mods, but I'm now having major performance issues...

When you start it up, the very first area bounces between 8 fps and 60 fps depending on where you look. Most of the time, it is so incredibly choppy that you can't possibly play it. When you walk along the bottom there, it actually was running at a constant 2 fps.

Any idea what's wrong? This occurs without any mods loaded.

 

[tenchir]

Posting your system specs(and OS) would be nice.

 

[Pimpbaa]

You try turning off shadows? they seem to be a big performance killer.

 

[teh_pwn]

"Any idea what's wrong?"

The game was programmed by morons.

 

[dark10x]

Oh yeah, specs...

P4-2.4 GHz
Radeon 9700 Pro
1gb 3200 DDR ram

The game ran very well before, though...that's the problem. It's been about 1 year since it was on my PC, however...but everything else runs extremely well. I know the game has shit coding, but I can't understand what the hell THIS is all about...

 

[The Shadow]

Turn off Hardware Audio. Switch it to Software even if you have an Audigy.

 

[TekunoRobby]

The game was programmed by morons.

That's a mean thing to say about the Gamebryo Engine.

 

[BenT]

He has a point, though. It's almost incredible how poorly Morrowind runs in certain areas (towns!), and resolution / CPU / video card seem almost irrelevant. It's just how the game runs. Poorly.

Personally, I could never solve the hourly CTD (crash to desktop) issue either. Good stuff.

 

[Gattsu25]

raise the resolution

no, i'm serious

 

[TekunoRobby]

Hopefully Morrowind taught Bethesda to pour some cash into a BETTER Middleware solution. I agree on all complaints about Morrowind's performance.

In other news I doubled the fog distance and it's great!