Perfect Cherry Blossom... frame rate issues

rtw · Post by **rtw** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:21 pm

I used to play this on my old PIII but when I fired it up on my new machine (XP SP2, P4, 3Ghz, ATI Radeon...) I'm getting 600-700fps. This is slightly too fast

I tried playing with the "custom.exe" but even though I've tried all the options the speed stays the same.

Anyone have any tips on how I could get it down to a normal 60fps ?

rtw

howmuchkeefe · Post by **howmuchkeefe** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:35 pm

Have you tried snooping around at shrinemaiden.com?

it290 · Post by **it290** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:40 pm

I don't know if it matters, but maybe try forcing vsync on?

rtw · Post by **rtw** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:38 pm

it290 wrote:I don't know if it matters, but maybe try forcing vsync on?

I've been snooping at shrinemaiden but found nothing which solved the issue.

vsync sounds like a good idea but how do I enable it ? I have tried all the settings in "custom.exe" and I have gone through all my graphics card settings.

rtw

it290 · Post by **it290** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:50 am

On ATI cards it's something like display properties -> advanced -> 3D -> direct3d -> vertical sync -> 'always on'. This is using the control panel, I don't know about the ATI control center thing (don't use it).

On my machine though, I have vsync set to 'application preference' I believe, and PCB runs at 60 anyway. I think it probably turns vsync on by itself, so perhaps you have it set to 'always off' or something.

elvis · Post by **elvis** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:59 am

Try MoSlo

http://www.hpaa.com/moslo/

superhitachi4 · Post by **superhitachi4** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 1:25 am

Yep. Try what it290 said. Vsync will cure that.

rtw · Post by **rtw** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:25 am

it290 wrote:On ATI cards it's something like display properties -> advanced -> 3D -> direct3d -> vertical sync -> 'always on'. This is using the control panel, I don't know about the ATI control center thing (don't use it).

Thank you for all your tips! I managed to find the "vsync" setting on my ATI card but it made no difference if it was on or off.

I have however managed to discover what was wrong

. I was trying the English patch so naturally I was running th07.exe from the command line. Turns out there is some hidden feature here. If I execute th07.exe without any arguments the game is insanely fast. If I append some text after the executable it runs at normal speed or if I click on the shortcut it will run at normal speed!

th07.exe -> insane FPS
th07.exe foo -> 60 FPS

Thank you for all kind assistance!

rtw

Post by **system11** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:39 am

I have an odd problem with the game too. On the Touhoucab, Scarlet Devil and Imperishable Night both maintain a rock solid 60fps. PCB always hovers just below, 59.8 or so. I'm assuming it's a program bug, very odd as the machine isn't being stressed at all.