Only the default (TGN Light) theme for now. Dark them is also coming back soon. Then CSN. Then Wrestlin' Nation. A lot of WIP stuff right now. There are a couple of things still not working either. Sorry.
buy another 1GB stick of ram. Not to sound like a broken record, but everyone that complains of poor performance in the game but doesn't have 2GB of memory should just buy more ram. It really does solve nearly all problems, I say nearly all because the net connection makes a difference as well, along with the entire PC in general. People that have really nice comps like you have but only run 1GB of ram just need the upgrade. Ask anyone who upped their memory what kind of difference it made. Everyone I know that did this have seen night and day differences.
My system is only basic with an AMD 3000+ and a 128mb 9800 pro but i run 2 gig of ram and have no probs with any map with all settings on med and res at 1028 x 764
that definately doesnt work. i turned my sound to software and the game was virtually unplayable with lag. now i have returned it to hardware and played with the vid settings, its fine. the game definately clashes with some systems. this was the case with vanilla when it was released and some older ati cards, they clashed. everyone will play with there settings and eventually sort it out or change components to do so. a few screens would have been thrown at walls due to a rushed release date.:hmm:
I think rombaft has given the best explanation so far for the lag on those two maps. It also explains why not everyone is experiencing it.
The combination of players with weak machines on high settings & and a poor rendering engine are causing lag for everyone. Sounds like the solution is to play on servers with less people, as there would be less a chance of having a high prevalance of players causing the ****ty rendering to lag everyone to death.
Look at my system specifications.....and I have lag too!!
Anyway, thats why I don't play SF anymore. If EA doesn't fix it, then I don't play SF, period. If EA releases another expansion, I will wait next time and see what the feed-back and reviews are. If it turns out its a piece of crap like SF then I wont buy it. Sooner or later EA will get the pictire when sales are not what they expect.
I run all high settings on my machine with no lag on any map in BF2 or SF, I did have lag on Darqin Oilfields but then I changed my Apeture size in bios from 128 (default) to 256 and since doing that everything runs fine.
My System:
Amd XP3000+ Barton
2gig 3200 DDR
Galaxy Glacier 6800GT 256 AGP
2x80 Gig Sata HDD
Pioneer 8x8DVDrw
Onboard Soundstorm audio
450Watt Enermax PSU
1024x786 x4AA all settings on high.
I've only got a 9800 pro, and a athlon 2600, but warlord runs perfect for me in 32, and very well in 64. Maybe you guys might turn your settings down before complaining?
Let me explain something to all you guys that say to quit complaining about the game. I used to say the same thing. I would get so mad at the people that would constantly complain about bugs, "noobs" (what a stupid term), fill-in-the-blank whores, etc. But when the SF expansion came out I started to experience some real issues. Where people have gotten really disappointed is that the Battlefield 2 RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS included in the packaging say that a system with an Nvidia 6800 video card or higher can run this game on its highest settings. That's not me making it up. It says it right there on the Nvidia insert in the package. It also recommends 1 GB of RAM. You'll see in my sig that I have a highER end machine that meets the RECOMMENDED requirements, not the MINIMUM requirements.
Yes, I'm starting to realize that you need more power than the recommended requirements to run this game. That's not even the point. The point is that there are people with a lot more power in their PC's that have trouble on the Warlord and Iron Gator maps too. Next time you're in one of these maps, ask everyone if they have lag issues. You'll be surprised at how many people say "Yes, especially in the buildings." People are disappointed because they thought their top of the line machines would run this game correctly and they don't. Some of them are mad because they built new machines in anticipation of this game and still can't run it correctly.
I am not one to complain about having to blow a bunch of money on a PC. I love building PC's, and I love having more power. The one I'm on now isn't even a year old, and I'm in the midst of building a new one. (Not because of this game, but because I am a computer geek.) But the fact that you have to have a PC that's a generation ahead of the minimum system requirements to run this game is absolutely absurd.
The fact of the matter is that this game was sloppily coded, and EA/Dice aren't going to do much about it. If this game were made on something like Valve's Source engine, Id's Doom 3 engine, or the Unreal 3.0 engine, it would not have the problems that it does. I ran Half Life 2 flawlessly on my old PC that had much less horsepower than this one, and it was a better looking game. There is absolutely no excuse for this except for the fact that the game wasn't tested enough, and was rushed out the door. Believe me, I know how to build a PC for gaming, and Special Forces should run better on the current generation hardware that meets or exceeds the system requirements. Case closed.
For those of you who are having technical difficulties when you go into the palace and some other places on the Warlord map, I just wanted to let you all know that EA either doesn't know about it or doesn't care. They will only refer you to their support forums, which we all know are useless.
Every time I play Warlord, I ask everyone in the server if they have lag issues on this map, and a lot of people answer yes. With the system that I list in my signature, I have issues on this map, even after a reformat and fresh install of XP, fresh install of the game, and all the most up to date drivers and BIOS. I've had to turn some settings down just to make this map playable, and that is completely ridiculous.
I used to get angry when people would complain so much about the bugginess of this game, but the bugginess has finally touched my life as well. So much in fact that I might wait until next month when I have my new gaming PC to even try it again. Warlord always slows down to a crawl, and sometimes even crashes my system. If any of you are having this problem, PLEASE COMPLAIN TO EA!!!!!!
And again, the point has been missed. I know, I should have another gig of RAM. I will have a new machine by the end of the month with a 7800 GTX and 2 GB of RAM. That's NOT the issue. The issue is that I shouldn't have to buy another gig of RAM, and neither should anyone else. I can run F.E.A.R. on all settings maxed out, the same with Half Life 2. Both are better looking games than this one.
I have been building PCs for a long time, so the "noob" comment is unnecessary. In fact, the people that use that stupid f-ing word are usually the biggest noobs in the game.
The bottom line is, as has been mentioned on this and other threads, is that DICE decided to add lots of interior without modifying their exterior-"optimised" 3D engine. The result is as you see on Warlord and Iron Gator... *crrrrunch*. Perhaps another stick of RAM will solve the issue, whether or not that's correct on principal would be the subject for another thread.
For those of you who are having technical difficulties when you go into the palace and some other places on the Warlord map, I just wanted to let you all know that EA either doesn't know about it or doesn't care. They will only refer you to their support forums, which we all know are useless.
Every time I play Warlord, I ask everyone in the server if they have lag issues on this map, and a lot of people answer yes. With the system that I list in my signature, I have issues on this map, even after a reformat and fresh install of XP, fresh install of the game, and all the most up to date drivers and BIOS. I've had to turn some settings down just to make this map playable, and that is completely ridiculous.
I used to get angry when people would complain so much about the bugginess of this game, but the bugginess has finally touched my life as well. So much in fact that I might wait until next month when I have my new gaming PC to even try it again. Warlord always slows down to a crawl, and sometimes even crashes my system. If any of you are having this problem, PLEASE COMPLAIN TO EA!!!!!!
not enough RAM in that system of yours. Remmber, you only lag in the temple because there is so much action in that 1 area of the map ( temple) so upgrading your RAM will reduce lag greatly so it can load everything thats going on wuicker instead of sending the memory straight to your harddrive. set yourself up with 2 gigs and mose of the lag will dissapear.
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