Game is lagging

[rogg]

Hi there!

I have just purchased a copy of SoW and I can´t wait to start. The game however won´t fluently.

First of all, the clouds above the map in the single player scenario selection screen stutter.

When I turn around the map the camera view stutters from time to time. I can play it, however it is kind of annoying.

I hope someone can help me!

[rogg]

It´s strange, the Pike Creek Scenarios work perfectly well!

[Garnier]

On the normal scenarios, try pressing the 'T' key twice, to hide all the wheat and corn. This should make it run a lot smoother if your graphics card is the problem.

[Little Powell]

Also adjust your graphics settings to find a happy medium between visuals and performance. Trees can be a big killer, so try reducing them to 80% or lower. Also try reducing the site distance for objects, troops, terrain. Basically just play around with the performance options until you find the happy medium.

[rogg]

I have just read that an onboard graphic card, like the one in my notebook, isn´t too good for the game.... :laugh:

Is there anything I can do about it?

[Little Powell]

See my last post. I tested the game for a year on an 8 year old machine with an onboard graphics card, and I was able to get good frames. At one point I had the trees down to 30% for the large scenarios. Yeah you don't get all of the eye candy, but the game can run on practically any machine if you adjust the graphic settings accordingly.

[born2see]

Let me second what LP says. I have a 4 year old laptop with an integrated graphics card and it runs the game fine with the settings he outlined.

B