Vice City Q&A.. A lot of at least...

[S!X]

alright thanks night wolf for the help ill try it out ...

[S!X]

hey nightwolf im running XP Home Edition i dont know how to change my videocard mode to VSYNC plz help!

[johnnytightlips2]

my advice is to use the frame limiter and decrease the draw distance and when ur playing shut off the radio when ur in a vehicle, the thing is these help it go faster for me but it could be diffrent for everybody else so try it out but if it doesnt work well.... there could be other ways.

[Nightwolf]

Originally posted by mofos@23 July 2003 - 14:48
o sorry i have 256mb of ram and a kenora 650 videocard

I never heard of that video card. It might be time to upgrade to a Geforce. Even a cheap model would probably be better than what you have now.

As for Vsync, I'm not sure how to get there in XP, but in 98 you would go to Control Panel and open your Display properties. Click on the Settings tab, then on the Advanced button. There should be a tab there with the name of your video card on it. Look for Open GL settings (assuming your card supports Open GL ), then look for Vertical Sync and turn it On.

[Nightwolf]

Originally posted by johnnytightlips2@23 July 2003 - 20:34
my advice is to use the frame limiter and decrease the draw distance...

If you have a slow video card, decreasing the draw distance should help. But in some cases it might actually play better if you increase it. For instance, I have a 64MB Geforce4 but only a 550Mhz Pentium 3 processor. Since my GPU is more powerful than my CPU, I get the best performance with the draw distance all the way up.

Also, for most Geforce cards the optimal resolution is 1024 x 768 with 16 bit color.

[Neo 721]

Another problem could be your CD drive if it runs slow it could cause significant lag in the game try a NO-CD patch and run it from your Hard drive, and tghere could be a difference.

[infamous]

thx alot for that guys

[Nightwolf]

Excellent point, Neo. I forgot he said he's using the "real" version of the game, so it's probably loading files from the disc while playing. When you install the game, it asks if you want to copy all the audio files to your hard drive. It takes like 1.5 GB, but if you have the room it's worth it. Then simply go to megagames.com or gamecopyworld and download the version 1.0 English No CD patch.

[Guyver]

well these are both great games!! nothing more fun than running over poeple with cars!! but which is better?
i personaly think gta is a better, i dont know y i just like it ...whats ur favorite?vice?orGTA#?

[gbfan]

well they are both gta, so I agree gta is the best one