railworks framerates

[houndog1372]

Hi all of a sudden my railworks framerate has droped.Can anyone help me my laptop is a acer aspire 5551-A thats all i know about it thanks.

[woorzel]

A quick Google search found your laptop specs...

http://www.simplyacer.com/Acer_Aspire_5551_966951.html

You say it's suddenly dropped - have you installed/uninstalled anything on the laptop recently? What framerates are you getting now, and what were you getting before?

I tend to be suspicious of laptop graphics, as they are not always cut out for gaming.

[Chock]

I'd see if the Task Manager is showing up any processes that you don't need running, which can happen if you install something and it automatically configures as a start up item. Check the system tray and open up the Task Manager with Control+Alt+Delete and then click on the processes tab (which will show you everything that your PC is currently running). Check the CPU usage as well in Task Manager.

Al

[gptech]

Folowing on from Chock and woorzel's posts, have you installed anything recently, any Winows updates applied?

[houndog1372]

No i havnt updated anyting resently i ususaly get a fps of 14 when in a bulit up area also i have nothing running i only have alot of reskins and addones for railworks thanks.

[LoneWolfDon]

It could be time to defrag your hard drives perhaps, which can help the performance of RailWorks.

[houndog1372]

How do i defrag my hard drives?

[AndyUK]

Assuming you're running some version of Windows type defrag into your operating system's Help facility search box and it will lead you through step by step.

Andy L

[houndog1372]

Hi it gives me a list of disks to defrag which one is it if its railworks then it is not apearing in the list.

[AndyUK]

If you let RailWorks install to the default location then the disk you need to defrag wil be "c". You can check where RailWorks is installed by right clicking on its desktop shortcut and then clicking on 'Properties'. Make sure the 'Shortcut' tab is selected on the window that pops up and the location of RailWorks will be shown in the box marked 'Target'.

Andy L

[ashgray]

You would need to defrag the drive on which you installed Railworks - only you will know which drive on your system this is.

Ash

[LoneWolfDon]

Typically RailWorks would be on the same hard-drive that you have your Steam-client installed on.
Also, defragging all of the hard-drives on your computer can generally help improve overall system performance.

A good time to do this would be when you're not going to be be using your computer for a while (going out, having a nap, etc..), as defragging hard-drives can sometimes take a while (depending on factors such as how big is the hard-drive, how many files and folders, how badly fragmented it is and such).

[gptech]

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11 ... aintenance might help you.

[houndog1372]

Hi can anyone help me out i have defraged me hard drive but my framerates havnt got any beter can anyone help me . My railworks is more and more slower and its slowly getting unplayerble .At the moment i cannot make a depot with trains in it because my framerate will drop to 14.

[woorzel]

I recall from your previous posts that you had an Acer Aspire 5551

http://forums.uktrainsim.com/viewtopic. ... 1&t=116854

This has an integrated graphics chipset, so is never going to give you particularly great framerates (in my opinion).

What settings are you using for detail & textures in Railworks? If they are set to HIGH, then I suggest that you try setting them lower and see how that affects the framerate. Turn procedural flora off aswell.

Martin