FTL Version 1.02.5 Live [YET ANOTHER UPDATE]

[Azihayya]

I read at Crashfixes.com under Problem #20; Faster Than Light (FTL) FPS Fix – Faster Than Light (FTL) Lags, freezes, or has poor FPS performance that tip 4. says "If you’re still using Windows XP, upgrade to Windows 7. Honestly, a lot of users have attested this to be the fastest solution they’ve tried." - I don't recommend you visit the site though, as it's littered with pop-ups & advertisement.

This capitulates the problems that I'm experiencing, where the game is extremely jittery and unresponsive.

Tip 1. states "Usually you can prevent Faster Than Light (FTL) from lagging or freezing by disabling vsync and antialiasing on the Faster Than Light (FTL)’s exe file via the AMD Vision Engine Control Center (AMD/ATI) or Nvidia Control Panel (nVidia)" -which I haven't tried because I don't know how.

and Tip 2. "Alternatively you can stop Faster Than Light (FTL) from lagging via your PC task manager. In Windows 7, press CTRL + ALT + DELETE and click on Task Manager, go to Processes, then right-click on Faster Than Light (FTL)’s respective exe file and set " - didn't make a difference on my performance.

there is also Tip 5. "For more advanced users, try enabling/forcing tripple buffering and V-sync using the D3DOverrider software. Check our Technical References page to download D3DOverrirder / RivaTuner."

so I only assume that terrible errors are associated with using Windows XP, but there appears to be no reprieve for my suffering.

[Matthew]

CrashFixes.com is not a reliable source for good information. That site will also list a bunch of stuff about updating DirectX, which FTL doesn't even use. They are just dumping generic fixes for video games onto their site to drive traffic to, as you pointed out, a ton of pop ups and ads.

Can you email me a dxdiag dump of you computer? Just go to Start->Run and enter "dxdiag." Then choose "Save All Information" and email me the resulting text file to zasdarq@ftlgame.com

[Matthew]

snakehips, a few more problems cropped up that needed to get fixed. I hope to release the patch very soon to everyone else, within the next day or so. Sorry about the delay.

[Azihayya]

Oh my God - I just tried the simplest thing and it worked.


FTL was having problems with my dual core processor,

so when I set it to one affinity, it smoothed out.

[omphaloskepsis]

I tried a couple of games at 1920 x 1200 and 1680 x 1050, with stretching on both. Worked great. Thanks for the update. I actually prefer windowed mode, but I like a little higher resolution than default

Thanks for the patch and a great game!

[Icehawk78]

Additional Game Settings:

• Within options you can enable paths to be drawn when hovering over a beacon.
• Dialog keys will now have a brief delay before they are active, this can be disabled within the options.

:O !

Awesome!

Can't wait to try this out.

[zarakon]

Show paths on hover is great

Should be on by default

[icepick]

Thanks Matthew!

[acqsen]

1.02.3 - game became unplayable for me - 10 sec lag. Was mostly ok before

Laptop
Tested resolutions 1200x800(built-in screen) and 1024x768 (additional monitor)
Windows XP
Ati Mobiliti Radeon X700
One core Pentium M 2.00GHz proc.
Settings tested: windowed1/0, vsync1/0, frame limit 1/0, streched, black borders: same choppyness

Settings.ini http://pastebin.com/FK7KGRwH
Stdout.txt - file is empty
Dxdiag - http://pastebin.com/awKcPAya
Screenshot from my menu screen - http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/37/ftlchoppy2.png/
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All now solved with 1.02.4 - thank you

[licker]

Awesome work there (though I suffered none of those issues, it's great to see them addressed).

Now...

Any word on a speedup setting to just make various 'tedious' combats resolve faster?