Stuttering graphics?

[Steamdemon]

I have recently had a stuttering graphics problem when the thing skips a few frames. I assume it is to do with the DLS content, but I am not sure. I tested it on the hawes route, with twin renfe 550hp 044 shunters and a few coaches and it was stuttering. Is there anything I can do in the graphics settings to prevent this from happening? Do I need to turn something off?

 

[BobCass]

Steamdemon: You might want to check and if the shadows are Shut off..You do this by going through Options on your launch..You might also check your sliders, which controls your distance etc..I hope this works..

 

[Steamdemon]

Thanks. I am not connected to my external hard drive at the moment, but when I connect, then I can sort it out. I have TrainZ 2010 on my external hard drive and I got it off Steam.

 

[meatloaf747]

Thanks. I am not connected to my external hard drive at the moment, but when I connect, then I can sort it out. I have TrainZ 2010 on my external hard drive and I got it off Steam.

If you are running Trainz from an external USB 2 HDD then that's probably where your problem is !!! - Try transferring/copying your TS2010 onto a INTERNAL Sata 2 or IDE drive HDD and run it from there.

Read/write speeds are much slower if you are using a external USB 2 HDD.

Now, if it is a new external USB 3 HDD, you would be OK. (it's "real world" read/write speeds are about 4 times faster than USB 2). Simular to "Sata 2" speeds... USB 3 was suppose to be up to 10 times faster, but we are not seeing that in the latest benchmark tests when using a USB 3 card in a PCI slot...

Cheers, Mac...

 

[Steamdemon]

Ah. There is a slight hitch. I need to back everything up. This means, getting a new internal hard drive.... oh dear. 140GB hard drives are annoying...

I can tell you that it is a ST9160310AS ATA drive...
The external is a Hitachi XL500.
Once I have the cash, I will go search for a hard drive that is something around 320gb...

EDIT: crap. Oh wait, I have a eSATA port. Been wondering what that thing was....

Ohkay, I have found some eSATA Hard drives on Amazon and I am looking at the reviews to get a better Idea of what they think.

 

[fran1]

Hitachi deskstar 500gb sata £40 from PC world, I hate the place but it comes in handy.

 

[Steamdemon]

Hmm, maybe this? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Verbatim-4...2QVI/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1297980738&sr=8-5

 

[fran1]

Hmm, maybe this? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Verbatim-4...2QVI/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1297980738&sr=8-5

Note that it's still USB 2 not an internal drive.
WD caviar green internal 2 tb 79.99,

 

[Steamdemon]

uhhh.... what about this?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Dig...xternal/dp/tech-data/B0016M2824/ref=de_a_smtd

Bit pricy though.

the WD caviar looks good, but the problem is if it will fit my laptop...

 

[fran1]

uhhh.... what about this?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Dig...xternal/dp/tech-data/B0016M2824/ref=de_a_smtd

Bit pricy though.

the WD caviar looks good, but the problem is if it will fit my laptop...

Its a 3.5 inch internal hard drive, standard for desktops, 2.5 inch for laptops. Missed you had a laptop, sorry about that.

 

[fran1]

Hitachi travelstar £45 7200 rpm 320 gb. Slots straight in.
Missed a bit in 1 of your posts.

Back to your amazon 1. e-sata transfer rate 3 gbps. 7 times faster than below.
usb transfer rate 408 mbps.

Wait for someone to comment (meatloaf where are you) about the transfer rate.

 

[Steamdemon]

Just had a look at the one that you advised me and it looks good. had a look at the external and the reviews seem to be written by Apple mac fanboys... good god... oh wait, ok, they do say it is windows compatible.

 

[fran1]

I'm only throwing suggestions your way, the faster they spin the better and SSD is better still is the limit of my knowledge.

 

[JCitron]

Look at Western Digital or Seagate instead of the Hitatchi drives.

These used to be the IBM hard drives and those had a really bad reputation. Instead of solving the quality problems, IBM sold the drive division to Hitatchi. The old Desk Star and Travel Star were known as Deathstar drives because of their crashing without warning.

John

 

[Steamdemon]

So, darth vader wouldn't have been able to fly the deathstar if it kept crashing. (sorry, bad joke)

 

[fran1]

So, darth vader wouldn't have been able to fly the deathstar if it kept crashing. (sorry, bad joke)

At least you tried humour

 

[BLACKWATCH]

There's some good deals on Ebuyer at the moment, like this .............
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/153103

 

[Stationbeem]

Try this site ...I use it quite a lot when i buy upgrades...Just a thought..

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/components/harddrives-internal/

 

[meatloaf747]

the WD caviar looks good, but the problem is if it will fit my laptop...

I don't wish to appear rude in any way, but it certainly would have helped if you had mentioned in you first post that you where trying to run TS2010 on your "laptop" via a USB 2 external HDD !!!.

Even with a "new laptop HDD" your Trainz still might run like s__t, depending on the spec's of your laptop. (particularly if you laptop/notebook has "integrated graphic's" and st_ff all ram, and a crap cpu)...

If it's a low spec'ed laptop, my suggestion is read post 2 in your thread.

Cheers, Mac...

 

[JCitron]

At least you tried humour

And a good one at that!

But seriously though. I had to deal with those lousy POS drives for about 3 years. We'd get a dead one from a customer. I'd ship it back under warranty. We'd get a replacement, and I'd ship that DOA one back under warranty... Great quality drives!

The cycle continued until we used Quantum drives (Now Seagate). Even the IBM/Hitatchi SCSI drives were pretty bad too!

John