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  • neodarkmagicianking
    FFR Player
    • Jun 2004
    • 53
    #1

    The Performance is Killing it for Me

    I've been playing FFR for quite a long time, and have been looking to get back to playing some more, but this game is just too full of stuttering to make it playable. It's smooth as butter sometimes, then it'll drop to what seems like 5fps at others. It makes FCing a 20 difficulty song a challenge, and makes improving my skill nigh impossible.

    This isn't a new problem for me, I've had problems with lag as long as I can remember... but even on my newest rig (6 core amd fx 6300 @ 3.5ghz / radeon 7870) the game lags.

    I've tried literally all of the standalones, and various engines. The standalones do have less problems than in-browser, but not enough to make FFR an enjoyable experience.

    I've tried this game most recently on both Win 7 and 8. Win 8 removed the ability to turn off some features (namely, aero), and on Win 7 I didn't notice any improvement with the classic theme. Also tried enabling/disabling flash HW acceleration.

    I have more stable FPS playing Bioshock Infinite than FFR!
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    • Jonlovesddr
      h
      • Sep 2008
      • 1631
      #2
      Re: The Performance is Killing it for Me

      set the priority of whatever you're running it on to high in task manager

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        • Fission
          no
          FFR Simfile Author
          • Jan 2004
          • 1850
          #3
          Re: The Performance is Killing it for Me

          i don't see how you could have done all of that and still be lagging unless you are trying to run 30 programs at the same time

          EDIT: check and make sure your cpu isn't being maxed out. just run standalone and look at what task manager says
          Last edited by Fission; 07-3-2013, 04:56 PM.

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            • Pseudo Enigma
              ごめんなさい　(/ω＼)
              • Aug 2012
              • 2290
              #4
              Re: The Performance is Killing it for Me

              FFR is the most unique game I've seen, where it runs better on shittier computers than it does on good ones.

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                • Untimely Friction
                  D6 Challeneged
                  • Aug 2012
                  • 1267
                  #5
                  Re: The Performance is Killing it for Me

                  Go to my Multiplayer guide in the Multiplayer Plaza, it covers 95% of the methods you can use to improve your performance and applies to more than Multiplayer. Good luck!

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                    • TC_Halogen
                      Rhythm game specialist.
                      FFR Simfile Author
                      FFR Music Producer
                      • Feb 2008
                      • 19376
                      #6
                      Re: The Performance is Killing it for Me

                      Originally posted by neodarkmagicianking
                      [...] (6 core amd fx 6300 @ 3.5ghz / radeon 7870) the game lags.
                      I've heard from a few people that setting their processor affinity for Flash Player to 1 core helps for FFR (for some stupid reason). If you're not aware of how to do this, open Flash Player, hit Ctrl+Alt+Delete, and go to whatever the process of the Flash Player is (sa_flashplayer_9.exe, flashplayer_11.exe, etc), right click, and click on Set Affinity. From there, set it so that only one of your cores is used with Flash Player.

                      It's an absolutely non-sensical thing to do, but it has worked for some people...

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                        • omega_grunt666
                          Nescio quid faciam
                          • Jul 2004
                          • 894
                          #7
                          Re: The Performance is Killing it for Me

                          Couple things that might make a difference:

                          - If you're running chrome, check chrome://plugins to see if you have more than one copy of flash. There is an NPAPI and PPAPI (out-of-process) version by default) and sometimes they conflict. You can see by clicking the [+] Details at the top right. Disable PPAPI and try again.

                          - Right-click on the game and check your flash settings, Hardware Acceleration and Local Storage limits might do it. (I generally run Off + Unlimited) (Noticed you mentioned that...)

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                            • DarkAngelKanna
                              FFR Veteran
                              • Jul 2008
                              • 51
                              #8
                              Re: The Performance is Killing it for Me

                              Originally posted by Pseudo Enigma
                              FFR is the most unique game I've seen, where it runs better on shittier computers than it does on good ones.
                              An age old mystery.
                              Do you bury me when I am gone? Do you teach me while I am here? Just as soon as I belong, then it's time I disappear.

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                                • TheSaxRunner05
                                  The Doctor
                                  • Apr 2006
                                  • 6144
                                  #9
                                  Re: The Performance is Killing it for Me

                                  My computer still lags when the song gets dense, and I've tried all the usual suggestions.


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                                    • top
                                      Banned
                                      • Apr 2012
                                      • 1907
                                      #10
                                      Re: The Performance is Killing it for Me

                                      takes crap to run crap. you can't set something that's not meant to be on something unless it can handle it.

                                      ffr just can't handle it. *shrugs* at least until it gets a really decent upgrade to today's tech.

                                      sorreh fiffer you're just old and fairly obsolete fufufu~

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                                        • V-Ormix
                                          Banned
                                          • Aug 2008
                                          • 4677
                                          #11
                                          Re: The Performance is Killing it for Me

                                          Originally posted by Jonlovesddr
                                          set the priority of whatever you're running it on to high in task manager
                                          this is actually one of the more helpful ones :V

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