[d33d]

Any idea why the emulator slows down so much during a menu, I have only been playing GT2 using Lewpy's plugin with my Voodoo 5 5500/p3 733Mhz/512Mbs/WinME and during menus the game seems to run a lot slower then in game. The sound particularily stutters alot and moving around throughout the menu is difficult at times.

I have recently tried playing a new game Final Fantasy Tactics and I get the same thing after the Intro movie is through the game slowed right down when it cut to the main menu where you choose to load/start new a game.

It obviously not a huge deal, but I'd like to know if it can be improved by selecting something I'm overlooking.

 

[Metalmurphy]

Are u using 16 or 32 texture depth?

 

[d33d]

With Lewpy's plugin where do I choose the depth, I could not see anything, but if lewpy's plugin werks off of desktop settings then its set to 16.

 

[Metalmurphy]

well i can help u there cause i've never used lewpy's but i also get a slow down in menus but only with 32 depth textures.

 

[Ultragunner]

about voodoo based boards, they are optimized in 16 bit not in 32 bit. (pls. correct me if i'm wrong ).

some games slow down on particular areas. your video board is good (i have the same) and i think it's not in your cpu either.
perhaps the emulator?

 

[fivefeet8]

try setting

Off screen drawing to "extra" or "basic"
Framebuffer = "write"

Play the game at 640x480 or 800x600.. I play mines at 800x600 using 4xFSAA and the game runs FULL speed.. Looks sweet too..

This setting will not show the lineup list correctly before you start a race.. But it may be faster.. I have mines set on "FULL" and "write\read".. Full effects with minimal slowdown on my comp.. I have a voodoo 5 and it runs nearly full speed for me.. Of course I have a more powerful cpu than you though...

 

[Zephon]

Lewpy's plugin doesn't have colour depth option because it already autodetects which video card you have and if it can do 32 bit depth. I have a voodoo2, so 16 bit is automaticaly used. As you have a Voodoo5, 32 bit depth is enabled by default. I don't think you can turn it off.