UFO framerate drop in Windows 7.

[lumber_of_the_beast]

Exactly what it says in the topic. My framerate tanks for no readily apparent reason. I know it's not a hardware issue; this computer is easily powerful enough to run the game at full speed. It still says it's going at a smooth 60fps in the game, and the game doesn't actually slow down. It just has fewer frames.

[AM]

Do you have frameskip on?

[lumber_of_the_beast]

Nope.

Further details: It's intermittent, mostly happening on spellcards.

[lumber_of_the_beast]

Even further details: The problem doesn't occur nearly as much if I'm not playing in the windowed mode granted by the vsync patch, even if I'm using the patch in a different way.

[Momiji]

Spellcards, huh?  I wonder if the game does some weird I/O during spellcards, and it's catching some bottleneck in your system (hardware or software).

I'm curious, do you have any of the fancy user-interface visual effects enabled?  Like whatever the Aero theme equivalent is for Win7?  Also, even if it's not an issue, what're your system specs?

[Zengar Zombolt]

Like whatever the Aero theme equivalent is for Win7? 

Actually it's still Aero, just upgraded.
Anyways, I just suspect this may be a spec issue, since I can play UFO nicely.

[Aisha]

Is your DirectX 9c up to date? I remember when MoF came out, I skipped the DirectX update provided with the game installer and had framerate drops during spellcards, or rather, during certain effects.

[lumber_of_the_beast]

I'm curious, do you have any of the fancy user-interface visual effects enabled?

Yes, although disabling didn't help. (I'll be sure to give it another go, though.

Also, even if it's not an issue, what're your system specs?

I can actually give you a link, since it was a bundle deal. Here you go~

Is your DirectX 9c up to date?

This is a question I can't answer, since I'm not actually sure how to check. I've been running the games off of a portable HD.

And, one more detail: I was playing PCB this morning with the vsync patch's windowed mode, and I only noticed a bit of the weird framerate drop at the very start of my run. And I made it all the way to Yuyuko's second spellcard on Normal. Seems to be mainly plaguing EoSD.

[Momiji]

I've been running the games off of a portable HD.

Ding ding ding!!

Try moving them onto your local drive.