Technical issues: sometimes the demo gets unresponsive and the mouse is laggy

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SchlauFuchs

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Hi,

My computer is a Win7 64bit AMD Phenom system with a Geforce 8800GTX. My native resolution is 2560x1600. I reduced the graphics settings to work under that conditions, (no HDR, low shadows, 2x antialiasing). Under normal conditions the demo works as I would expect it to run. But I don't know why, sometimes the game switches into a mode where framerates drop to 1-3 seconds per frame. Even in the main menu it is stress to move the mouse to a button as I need to wait 3 seconds after each mouse movement to see where the cursor moved to. Sometimes (means 3 of 4 starts) the demo starts with this behavior, sometimes it runs smoothly into the tutorial and then something triggers this (i.e. clicking on a building ). As soon as the demo is in this mode I usually restart the game, but this doesn't always fix it. Alt-tabbing into Window and back didn't help. Switching into Windowed mode seems to work better, but after I changed the resolution to something that doesn't cover my task bar, it is now crashing right after start. I hope the full version I have ordered doesn't do the same.

I have Avira Antivirus and Comodo Firewall in the background running but this is usually not a problem.
 
Feb 6, 2011
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Someone suggested to me turning off antialiasing for the problem I was seeing - whenever a building or person was clicked, or the vehicle purchase screen was open the framerate would be massively reduced. Try turning off AA altogether and see if this fixes the issue.