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Graphic Intensive - Huge Mistake

XuGatorXuGator
edited March 2010 in Tales of Monkey Island
It seems like very few people are running this game without issue. Even the best computers with fast processors and souped up graphics cards are suffering from slow downs on this game. Its sad when people have to change the resolution and graphics settings to 3 or lower to get this to run properly. This is monkey island - the developers seemed to have lost focus as to what this game is truly about.
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  • jetpakjetpak
    edited July 2009
    I played this on Vista with a 1.6 dual core celeron, 2gb RAM, and a 9800GT 512mb nvidia card and had no slowdown what so ever.

    Oh this was on 1024x768 and graphics level 9 too.
  • jp-30jp-30
    edited July 2009
    I'm running it fine on a year+ old laptop. so, +1 here.
  • DuskDwellerDuskDweller
    edited July 2009
    What are you talking about?? :confused: The game runs perfect @1680x1050 and Graphics set to 9 with my Core2Duo E6750 and Radeon HD 3870, and both are far from being high-end.
  • GuineaGuinea
    edited July 2009
    jetpak wrote: »
    I played this on Vista with a 1.6 dual core celeron, 2gb RAM, and a 9800GT 512mb nvidia card and had no slowdown what so ever.

    Oh this was on 1024x768 and graphics level 9 too.

    Kinda this, just that my graphics card sucks balls. I could only play it on 640x480 and with details on 7, which I kinda expected, because as said, my gfx card sucks.


    Also:
    >This is monkey island - the developers seemed to have lost focus as to what this game is truly about.

    It is about playing it on hi-res with details on very high?
  • BaggeBagge
    edited July 2009
    No problems whatsoever here. Running the game in 1680 x 1050 resolution on graphics level 9.
  • HoppyDragonHoppyDragon
    edited July 2009
    XuGator wrote: »
    Even the best computers with fast processors and souped up graphics cards are suffering from slow downs on this game.
    Really? I didn't have a single slow down at all. Ran beautifully with graphics at level 9, resolution set to 1680x1050, anti-aliasing at 8x and ansitropic filtering at 16x, and my computer is almost two years old now.
    XuGator wrote: »
    IThis is monkey island - the developers seemed to have lost focus as to what this game is truly about.
    You're joking, right? First people complain the graphics aren't good enough, now they're too good?
  • ReluctantDMReluctantDM
    edited July 2009
    Runs fine on my computer and it's 3+ years old!
  • Jonasb78Jonasb78
    edited July 2009
    HoppyDragon wrote: »
    You're joking, right? First people complain the graphics aren't good enough, now they're too good?

    Huge difference between graphic intense and good graphics!
  • Toothbrush CreepwoodToothbrush Creepwood
    edited July 2009
    HoppyDragon wrote: »
    Really? I didn't have a single slow down at all. Ran beautifully with graphics at level 9, resolution set to 1680x1050, anti-aliasing at 8x and ansitropic filtering at 16x, and my computer is almost two years old now.


    You're joking, right? First people complain the graphics aren't good enough, now they're too good?

    People will complain about everything. Thats whar we do!

    And right now, im complaining about the complains! ARGH!
  • FishsnotFishsnot
    edited July 2009
    Runs fine @ 1680x1050 and Graphics set to 9 with my year old imac running in bootcamp with Vista.
    By the way Telltale, GREAT GAME. Thank you!
  • Chris1Chris1
    edited July 2009
    I've got mine with all of the settings tweaked up to their fullest.

    Oddly enough I've seen some stutter on the main menu which is probably the least graphic-intensive bit, but apart from that it's been fine.
  • Jerec84Jerec84
    edited July 2009
    Gonna be getting more RAM and a better graphics card soon from a friend. Hopefully that fixes me up.
  • ZoulzZoulz
    edited July 2009
    Quadcore 2,66ghz
    4gb RAM
    Nvidia geforce 9800 gtx+
    windows 7

    Runs smoothly at 1440x900. :)
  • HoppyDragonHoppyDragon
    edited July 2009
    Jonasb78 wrote: »
    Huge difference between graphic intense and good graphics!
    The graphics aren't intensive.

    I have no sympathy for people if they don't bother to make sure their computer is capable of running a game. It's not like it's a new concept to make sure your computer meets the requirements for a game. When you're setting the graphics level lower, you're mostly just disabling the shaders and using a lower texture quality. Really, going down to level 3 is not a bad thing. I played on level 1 for a few minutes and the difference wasn't so huge that someone playing at a low graphic level should feel that they're really lacking a whole lot from the game.

    If graphics truly aren't important, as the OP seems to be saying, playing on level 1 shouldn't be a problem.
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited July 2009
    I have a middle-of-the-road PC with a low-end graphics card, and I'm running it at full settings. Perhaps the issue is on your end?
  • ShaleShale
    edited July 2009
    I'm running a two-year-old PC with a Geforce 7900 (i.e. not exactly state of the art) and got only mild choppiness at maximum resolution and graphics quality. Dropped the resolution back to 1024x768, and it runs like a dream. A piratey, porcelain-filled dream.
  • LorithLorith
    edited July 2009
    What are you talking about? The game ran smoothly, and I don't have a computer to brag about!
    Loved it.
  • xChri5xxChri5x
    edited July 2009
    XuGator wrote: »
    the developers seemed to have lost focus as to what this game is truly about.

    Monkeys?
  • laryslarys
    edited July 2009
    i have a laptop with vist 2Ghz intel 2 duo cpu and 3GB ram and Nvidia geforce 9600 gt. with resolution 1280X800 and some slow downs occur but not freguently.
  • GaryCXJkGaryCXJk
    edited July 2009
    Ran it, got slowdowns on the title screen, wished my lappy was fixed, closed the game.

    Windows XP, Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU, Radeon X1300/X1550 Series, with 2 GB of RAM.
  • jp-30jp-30
    edited July 2009
    So you didn't bother to go past the title screen?

    ???
  • Duran72Duran72
    edited July 2009
    I don't know why but after visit the town i go to the forest then i go back to the town i will have a 25/30fps!! i don't understand why this change? it usually go to 60fps... i have the latest drivers and i have a very good PC to run the game!

    Intel Dual Core 6600 2.4, 8800GTS (OC), 4Gb

    I'm playing at 1680x1050 quality level 9 (the first time i play it all run at 60fps with no problem....)

    Any helps?

    Thanks!
  • DjNDBDjNDB Moderator
    edited July 2009
    HoppyDragon wrote: »
    Really, going down to level 3 is not a bad thing.
    Exactly. I only have a 7600GT and had to play in level 3 at 1920x1200. I'm glad i could play well in that resolution at all.
    After playing through the game i made some screenshots of Level 9 and Level 3 for comparison.
    It doesn't look different in a way that would really matter to me. It seems to be mainly some lightning and Antialiasing.
    Before i played it i considered buying a new Graphic Card, because i wanted to play in level 9 and saw how it ran in the W&G demo. However for now i am fine with my passively cooled 7600GT.

    Just for amusement: Besides that really slow GPU i have a Phenom II X4 420. I usually don't play other games than Telltales Adventures.
  • DougaldDougald
    edited July 2009
    Nope. No problems playing the game here at all.

    Only issue I had was the game refuses to start from a shortcut for some reason, but I'm putting that down to the fact I'm running Windows 7, which isn't even out yet
  • OzzieMonkeyOzzieMonkey
    edited July 2009
    HoppyDragon wrote: »
    The graphics aren't intensive.

    I have no sympathy for people if they don't bother to make sure their computer is capable of running a game. It's not like it's a new concept to make sure your computer meets the requirements for a game. When you're setting the graphics level lower, you're mostly just disabling the shaders and using a lower texture quality. Really, going down to level 3 is not a bad thing. I played on level 1 for a few minutes and the difference wasn't so huge that someone playing at a low graphic level should feel that they're really lacking a whole lot from the game.

    If graphics truly aren't important, as the OP seems to be saying, playing on level 1 shouldn't be a problem.

    I'm running it on 2.00ghrz CPU 4 gb 256 mb nvidia 8200 MG and I'd runs perfectly on gfx quality 1 and 1280 by 800, and it looks beautiful! I don't see the big deal, so yeah I agree with you
  • harlequ1nharlequ1n
    edited July 2009
    Well I'm playing on my 2006 iMac (Core2Duo, 2GB RAM, ATI X1600 256MB) and it plays wonderfully.
  • RyekatcherRyekatcher
    edited July 2009
    Intel Q6600, gf gtx 285, 4 gigs ram, Windows 7 x64, all settings on max, 1920x1200, no performance issues.
  • lparcshinodalparcshinoda
    edited July 2009
    jp-30 wrote: »
    I'm running it fine on a year+ old laptop. so, +1 here.

    I'm running fine ;)
  • GaryCXJkGaryCXJk
    edited July 2009
    jp-30 wrote: »
    So you didn't bother to go past the title screen?

    ???

    I don't bother since I don't plan on finishing it on my desktop anyway.

    Also, navigating with 15 FPS isn't fun at all.
  • thin029thin029
    edited July 2009
    I runned it with Q6600 Core 2 Quad 2,6. geforce 9600 512 video. 4 gb memory and it had no slowdowns at all.
  • MotoxMotox
    edited July 2009
    I'm playing on a Thinkpad T60, dual core, ATI X1300 and i had to lower the detail to 3 to play smooth, the X1300 isnt very fast ( most games i need to tweak the details ) but perhaps there's an issue with ATI chipsets ?

    Whats' the difference between the level of details ? Am I missing something playing at a lower detail ?
  • DjNDBDjNDB Moderator
    edited July 2009
    Motox wrote: »
    Whats' the difference between the level of details ? Am I missing something playing at a lower detail ?

    Here you go:
    DjNDB wrote: »
    After playing through the game i made some screenshots of Level 9 and Level 3 for comparison.
    It doesn't look different in a way that would really matter to me. It seems to be mainly some lightning and Antialiasing.
  • rhaithrhaith
    edited July 2009
    Running fine on all my computers. Maybe you should remove all the malware on your computer and stay away from the free porn downloads.
  • Dark ByteDark Byte
    edited July 2009
    It ran fine on my vista 64, 12GB ram, 295GTX at 1680x1050 at level 9 , did have borders at the top and bottom (for no reason since the game could easily have rendered the missing spots) but that's the only 'graphical' annoyance
  • SANAFABICHSANAFABICH
    edited July 2009
    I played the demo and had no problems with a 1.9 ghz x2 dual core cpu, 2 GB RAM and a radeon x1950pro.
  • rhaithrhaith
    edited July 2009
    Dark Byte wrote: »
    It ran fine on my vista 64, 12GB ram, 295GTX at 1680x1050 at level 9 , did have borders at the top and bottom (for no reason since the game could easily have rendered the missing spots) but that's the only 'graphical' annoyance

    These borders are maintaining the aspect ratio of the window. 1680x1050 is a 16:10 resolution. The borders are maintaining the 16:9 ratio. A lot of games these days that come out for console and PC are developed with a TV screen in mind and most, if not all, consumer TVs are 16:9.
  • KordKord
    edited July 2009
    No, no, no, no, no...

    Monkey Island is ALL about graphics! Yes, graphics, in all its 16-colour EGA wonder! And what do you need a m-o-u-s-e- for? There's nothing that beats typing LOOK ROOM, OPEN DOOR, KILL DRAGON...(oh, wait, that was King's Quest!)

    :p
  • Forrest_GIMPForrest_GIMP
    edited July 2009
    Dark Byte wrote: »
    It ran fine on my vista 64, 12GB ram, 295GTX at 1680x1050 at level 9 , did have borders at the top and bottom (for no reason since the game could easily have rendered the missing spots) but that's the only 'graphical' annoyance

    LOL, I would hope so!
  • GaryCXJkGaryCXJk
    edited July 2009
    Small bump, but protip, don't make the title screen more graphic intensive. I almost literally had to throw my keyboard out of the window each time I tried to save.

    All that thick jungle could have also worked with transparent DDSes.
  • TacobobTacobob
    edited July 2009
    I'm running a heavily upgraded 3 year old computer with Windows 7..It ran perfectly..Loaded quickly. Not a single problem.
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