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Arcooda Cab Views 2 to 4 play in Slow Motion. View 1 fine - Build 1.70.18 (5th June)
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<blockquote data-quote="SilverBalls" data-source="post: 273532" data-attributes="member: 340"><p>Sure - here you go. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://vpforums.org/imghost/79/taskmgr_sb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>One odd observation which might help your devs.</p><p></p><p>I took a photo of the screen to get a true image of the processor while the ball was moving in slow motion at 30FPS in view 3. The lights also flicker in slow motion.</p><p></p><p>1/ I launched the Task Mgr Perf Monitor on my backglass before I ran the TPA Cab version. The taskmgr remained 'On Top' all the time so I did NOT need to Alt-tab to it (this is a key point as you will see later)</p><p>2/ I ran TPA and played the Doctor Who table. I START the game and launch the ball, and as I mentioned before when cycling through the views the Flat View 4 gives 60FPS, and the views 1-3 give 30FPS.</p><p>3/ The computer is not running anywhere near fullspeed, and as the taskmgr shows TPA is using 11-13% of the CPU consistently. When the screenshot was taking the ball was in play in View 3.</p><p>4/ <strong>I now Alt-Tabbed to the TaskMgr (just for the hell of it). As I did the framerate went up to about 55FPS and stayed there</strong>, and the task mgr showed TPA using 25% now. The ball became faster but still stutterly. </p><p>5/ I closed TPA, closed the Task Mgr, and then Launched TPA Cab again from Steam</p><p>6/ I started Dr Who in View 3 and again it was running at 30FPS. I simply Alt-Tabbed to TPA again, and the FPS went up to 55 FPS and stayed there. The process was at 25% for the TPACab EXE.</p><p></p><p>I don't think this is the solution but it may give a clue to the devs as to the cause. Even with the higher FPS there is too much stuttering - the ball is not fluid. As a reminder I get full 60FPS for TPA DX11 in all views and also with the FreeCamMod, etc. and my hardware should easily provide a full 60 FPS.</p><p></p><p>It seems to me that TPA is somehow limiting itself and an Alt-Tab makes it take more CPU time. Still not enough though to keep completely fluid ball movement.</p><p></p><p>I had desktop composition ON for this in Windows 7 64-bit. As a test I disabled desktop composition in the EXE properties and when doing this, the Alt-Tab trick did NOT increase the FPS at all, and it remained at 30FPS.</p><p></p><p>Will be interesting to see if Alt-Tab helps others see an increase in the FPS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SilverBalls, post: 273532, member: 340"] Sure - here you go. [IMG]http://vpforums.org/imghost/79/taskmgr_sb.jpg[/IMG] One odd observation which might help your devs. I took a photo of the screen to get a true image of the processor while the ball was moving in slow motion at 30FPS in view 3. The lights also flicker in slow motion. 1/ I launched the Task Mgr Perf Monitor on my backglass before I ran the TPA Cab version. The taskmgr remained 'On Top' all the time so I did NOT need to Alt-tab to it (this is a key point as you will see later) 2/ I ran TPA and played the Doctor Who table. I START the game and launch the ball, and as I mentioned before when cycling through the views the Flat View 4 gives 60FPS, and the views 1-3 give 30FPS. 3/ The computer is not running anywhere near fullspeed, and as the taskmgr shows TPA is using 11-13% of the CPU consistently. When the screenshot was taking the ball was in play in View 3. 4/ [B]I now Alt-Tabbed to the TaskMgr (just for the hell of it). As I did the framerate went up to about 55FPS and stayed there[/B], and the task mgr showed TPA using 25% now. The ball became faster but still stutterly. 5/ I closed TPA, closed the Task Mgr, and then Launched TPA Cab again from Steam 6/ I started Dr Who in View 3 and again it was running at 30FPS. I simply Alt-Tabbed to TPA again, and the FPS went up to 55 FPS and stayed there. The process was at 25% for the TPACab EXE. I don't think this is the solution but it may give a clue to the devs as to the cause. Even with the higher FPS there is too much stuttering - the ball is not fluid. As a reminder I get full 60FPS for TPA DX11 in all views and also with the FreeCamMod, etc. and my hardware should easily provide a full 60 FPS. It seems to me that TPA is somehow limiting itself and an Alt-Tab makes it take more CPU time. Still not enough though to keep completely fluid ball movement. I had desktop composition ON for this in Windows 7 64-bit. As a test I disabled desktop composition in the EXE properties and when doing this, the Alt-Tab trick did NOT increase the FPS at all, and it remained at 30FPS. Will be interesting to see if Alt-Tab helps others see an increase in the FPS. [/QUOTE]
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