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  1. Listen up you idiot, I tested this more than once (YES ON YOUR SERVER!!)and I have enough of this forum and its lies. It does not work, what's the next thing you're going to tell me? That there is a hidden game speed bar aside from the one in options? (because someone already beat you to that). you clearly never ever tested it out and just assumes it works because it works in sp, don't you? Fucking moron, I'm not gonna fall for the same bullshit twice! This is my final response, for other people having this problem please see my findings on page 1 (reply #20) which boils down to: "there is no solution"
  2. Don't be so hardheaded. Just test it with one of your friends, set both your game speeds to 1 and you'll see it won't make a difference. That will be way easier than us trying to meet online. As a side note maybe one of the patches broke the game speed in mp?
  3. We tried, you can't. Our gamespeed is set to 6 and it never changed except once when we set it to 1.Go ahead try it out. (What the hell makes you think that's not the first thing we tried?)
  4. It won't help. Instead of bashing you I'll try a different approach and explain why for a change. Like I said before it's the game speed, which is always set to 8 (instead of user configurable) Now, being a game programmer myself let me explain how that works. this is the formula to move a unit "pixelsToMove = timeBetweenFrames*velocity" the variable timeBetweenFrames (an integer) is calculated as follows: time = timeGetTime(); // normally we use processor tics instead of system time (also an integer) //Do all graphical drawing timeBetweenFrames = timeGetTime() - time; As you can probably tell the faster the computer the LOWER the value in timeBetweenFrames. The variable velocity (a float) has 8 different values per unit in dune which could be: velocity = 0.0012f; //game speed 1 (f for making sure it will be a float) velocity = 0.0024f; // game speed 2 etc velocity = 1.0f; // game speed 8 variable pixelsToMove is a float. Now the smart among you figured out that with this formula you can keep speed constant on every computer on the planet. When a computer draws a lot of frames the distance moved every frame becomes very small and the game runs fluently, on very slow computers the distance is quite big which gives a stuttering effect.(yes, that's where stuttering comes from) And that means that your advice won't work because you would just lower the value in "timeBetweenFrames" with enabling Vsync or other such things adviced here. You want the adjust the value in "velocity" but that's just not possible because it's coded in the executable and that's why there is no solution to the way too fast speed in multiplayer.
  5. Already done, seeing as every other RTS out there is slower it was not that hard =). Keep in mind that I'm not bashing you guys for liking the super fast speed.(never did!)
  6. For crying out loud, you CAN'T. That's the problem you CAN'T adjust the game speed settings, and btw I would prefer speed 6. speed 2 or 3 is ofcourse way to slow. Same as speed 8 is way too fast for a lot of people. (hence this reoccuring thread)
  7. Look at your forum Voodoo. How many "bad password" threads have to pop up for you? Like answered there it's probably because you can only create six accounts per OFFICIAL serial (not a generated one!!! I tested that). And because people are not going to buy this game (if that's even still possible)your community misses out on a lot of people. LAN over Hamachi does not have that problem, you will still need unique serials but a keygen takes care of that and it's less complicated then xwis(which crashes after a game has been played).
  8. Oh I like this game, it's the speed in mp I don't like. And it IS a matter of preference, I completely accept that. And your right I need to relax, but it irritates me beyond believe that after 7 years it is not common knowledge that you can't adjust the speed in multiplayer. Just FYI the post above is not really directed at you. It's to make very clear what the problem is and what will not help to solve it. In our 2 player matches online we didn't have any slowdown what so ever, we had a few lag spikes though, but I don't call stuttering a slower gamespeed (which will probably also be the effect of cpugrab).
  9. Ok, this post is ment for all players who think Emperor for dune runs to fast because I'm not happy with the advice I was given by the staff of this forum. - The game is ALLWAYS on maximum speed in multiplayer, no matter HOW (xwis, LAN, hamachi)you try it. There is NO way too change that. I repeat NOOOOOO WAAAAAAAAY to change that in game (see below) - There is NO multiplayer speed adjustment bar(you know who I'm talking too), there is only ONE in options->game and it does NOT work in multiplayer. - This has NOTHING to do with patches, firewall settings or anything, it's a stupid decision on Westwood's part and after nine patches they still stuck by it (stupid fuckers). - The advice on this forum to play online because it would decrease game speed is worthless, don't bother! More even lag is almost non existent and when it happens it doesn't slow down the game it LAGS, there IS a difference! - The advice to set your graphics on max is worthless as well. This game is six years old and it's VERY likely your PC is just perfectly capable to run in on max settings. And if it can't the result won't be a nice slowdown it would stutter, there IS a difference! - If you are like the guys on this forum and like it way too fast, don't bother installing xwis, you didn't bought dune and I didn't and it's to crappy to buy + you do NOT need xwis AT ALL, use hamachi. You'll have no shit with serials (oh btw here is free login: hoerens pw: kak12345 for who wants to bother anyway) and it changes absolutely nothing. - A game that fast takes away most strategy(and fun!), at least for me, if you want a slower speed try cpugrab (attached below). I didn't tested it and I won't because the results will probably suck and suck hard, let us know though. cpugrab.zip
  10. As kind of last resort I'm willing to try xwis (already installed it but my mate didn't have the time), but my gut tells me it won't solve a thing. I'll keep you posted though voodoo.
  11. Sorry for the late reply, but the conclusion is is that there is no solution. And yeah, all settings are on max, and yes I tried via hamachi, same problem. Westwood just didn't add adjustable speed, in contrary to their other games. So it's always on 8. Meester, cpugrab might work, I downloaded it from this forum on voodoo's request. Have not tested it though, but like you said it's not a likeable solution. Guess that solves the "why is emperor so unpopular?" question, doesn't it?
  12. Hmm, time to dig deep in this forum then and/or try out xwis and see if that solves the problem. However I'm kind of pessimistic about it because you said you tried LAN. Which probably means you like the way too fast setting. If you have the time,would you like to tell me which speed is set in your options? Because most people prefer speed 6 instead of 8. And thank you for answering, your help is greatly appreciated. I really want to solve this, it's a very common problem and keeps people from playing this great game.
  13. Intresting, I tried LAN (at home) and LAN via hamachi AND tried numerous computers (laptops, desktops) all different configurations. Every game goes way to fast (like single player speed 8 ). And yes we tried setting it to 1, it makes no difference (we are all on 1.09). That leaves only one option, are you playing via xwis by any chance? And did you ever try a LAN game? (His reply is still completely out of place, it has absolutely nothing to do with the issue, if he actually read the posts he would have known)
  14. "Test to game on game speed 6 in single player to make sure you aren't just having that game speed in multiplayer.Don't forget to have both games patched to the latest version. While playing in LAN, disable the firewall to avoid sync issues." What kind of LAME advice is that? Did you actually EVER played Emperor in multiplayer?!? Like the guy above us said it defaults to the speed of the slowest computer wich is of course WAY to fast these days. So what the hell is your reply supposed to be? Some standard tech response? I'd suggest trying a program that slows down your pc, like moslo or turbo. I'm gonna try it out now, will keep you posted (If I'm not banned by then :D)
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