I've somehow managed to eliminate all previous graphics problems I have had with my copy of Trainz by re-installing it onto a SANDISK 32gb flash drive and not again onto the PC's own hard drive. I've not altered in any way the Intel HD graphics settings nor tweaked the trainzoptions.txt file and now have the trainz options all at maximum (5000m draw distance, etc) with no loss of graphics re-drawing and no visual tearing / juddering as previously encountered. Frame rates and graphics re-drawing is controlled by the HDD's RPM and it's read/write times. * I have a 'Zoostorm' gaming PC with only 2.0Gb of ram and 788mb of graphics (virtual) RAM.
Installing Trainz onto my 32gb Sandisk took a lot longer to to do that straight to the HDD, so patience is a virtue. Just hoping that the service packs will also successfully install onto the flash drive with no problems.
As Trainz reads off the PC's Hard drive all of the time, this will cause visual tearing and poor frame rates, but running Trainz from a direct USB flash stick has none of these problems. I will have to further carry out full tests on the pros and cons of running Trainz straight off a USB flash stick and not off a physical Hard Drive. The only downside so far by running Trainz this way, pre-built routes and user routes will take a bit longer to load up than normal if Trainz is otherwise installed onto an HDD.
My Zoostorm has 2.0 USB ports and my Sandisk 32GB stick is also 2.0 ready. I won't have any more problems running Trainz this way than if I was to have it installed on my PC direct. I cannot guarantee that this way of running Trainz will work for everybody as it depends entirely on the type and make of USB stick used, its Gb capacity, its read/write capabilities and whether or not it and your own PC is 2.0 ready.
Andy.
Installing Trainz onto my 32gb Sandisk took a lot longer to to do that straight to the HDD, so patience is a virtue. Just hoping that the service packs will also successfully install onto the flash drive with no problems.
As Trainz reads off the PC's Hard drive all of the time, this will cause visual tearing and poor frame rates, but running Trainz from a direct USB flash stick has none of these problems. I will have to further carry out full tests on the pros and cons of running Trainz straight off a USB flash stick and not off a physical Hard Drive. The only downside so far by running Trainz this way, pre-built routes and user routes will take a bit longer to load up than normal if Trainz is otherwise installed onto an HDD.
My Zoostorm has 2.0 USB ports and my Sandisk 32GB stick is also 2.0 ready. I won't have any more problems running Trainz this way than if I was to have it installed on my PC direct. I cannot guarantee that this way of running Trainz will work for everybody as it depends entirely on the type and make of USB stick used, its Gb capacity, its read/write capabilities and whether or not it and your own PC is 2.0 ready.
Andy.
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