Combat Flight Simulator Loads Very Slow!

I'm not sure where else to post this, but I know MS folks cruise it
regularly so any help appreciated.

Combat Flight Simulator CFS1 loads VERY slowly - especially when it says
"Please wait while mission loads".

Now, I'm running a Celeron 600 on a CUSL2 MOBO w/ 512 Meg ram & 32 meg
GeForce 2 video card.

I'm running WinME with all the latest video drivers, direct x 9, windows
updates etc.

I've scanned & defragged, run MSConfig & shut down all but Explorer to no
avail.

I've disabled the intro movie & edited the .exe file with a hex editor to
not require the CD to run it, so the cdrom won;t be a choke point.

I've monkey'd with the Swap file & system.ini file : here are the various
snippets:

[386Enh]
ebios=*ebios
woafont=dosapp.fon
device=*dynapage
device=*vcd
device=*vpd
device=*int13
display=*vdd,*vflatd
mouse=*vmouse, msmouse.vxd
EMMExclude=C000-CFFF,C000-CFFF,C000-CFFF
PagingDrive=C:
MinPagingFileSize=1024000
device=*enable
MaxPagingFileSize=1024000

[vcache]
MaxFileCache=524288


I also tried & removed this line:
ConservativeSwapFileUsage=1

Nothing really seems to make any difference - except the vcache causes the
menu screens to react much better.

Is there some hardware or driver compatibility issue here? Is directx9
trying to emulate directx6 and takes a while to do some kind of conversions?
The hard drive isn't going nuts while this is loading either.

Mike
Wed Sep 22 06:44:31 CDT 2004

Microsoft staff rarely visit this newsgroup
(microsoft.public.windowsme.general) so you might instead want to try
posting to the microsoft.public.windowsme.games newsgroup where a couple
of MS staffers do occasionally check and try to help those having games
related problems.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2004]
mcmaltby@hotmail.com


anon <anon@anon.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure where else to post this, but I know MS folks cruise it
> regularly so any help appreciated.
>
> Combat Flight Simulator CFS1 loads VERY slowly - especially when it
> says "Please wait while mission loads".
>
> Now, I'm running a Celeron 600 on a CUSL2 MOBO w/ 512 Meg ram & 32 meg
> GeForce 2 video card.
>
> I'm running WinME with all the latest video drivers, direct x 9,
> windows updates etc.
>
> I've scanned & defragged, run MSConfig & shut down all but Explorer
> to no avail.
>
> I've disabled the intro movie & edited the .exe file with a hex
> editor to not require the CD to run it, so the cdrom won;t be a choke
> point.
>
> I've monkey'd with the Swap file & system.ini file : here are the
> various snippets:
>
> [386Enh]
> ebios=*ebios
> woafont=dosapp.fon
> device=*dynapage
> device=*vcd
> device=*vpd
> device=*int13
> display=*vdd,*vflatd
> mouse=*vmouse, msmouse.vxd
> EMMExclude=C000-CFFF,C000-CFFF,C000-CFFF
> PagingDrive=C:
> MinPagingFileSize=1024000
> device=*enable
> MaxPagingFileSize=1024000
>
> [vcache]
> MaxFileCache=524288
>
>
> I also tried & removed this line:
> ConservativeSwapFileUsage=1
>
> Nothing really seems to make any difference - except the vcache
> causes the menu screens to react much better.
>
> Is there some hardware or driver compatibility issue here? Is
> directx9 trying to emulate directx6 and takes a while to do some kind
> of conversions? The hard drive isn't going nuts while this is loading
> either.

B
Wed Sep 22 10:08:53 CDT 2004

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:44:31 GMT,"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> penned
this whopper in microsoft.public.windowsme.general

> Microsoft staff rarely visit this newsgroup
> (microsoft.public.windowsme.general) so you might instead want to try
> posting to the microsoft.public.windowsme.games newsgroup where a couple
> of MS staffers do occasionally check and try to help those having games
> related problems.

I can say that GeForce 2 doesn't like DirectX9, so you might have a problem
there. I don't know that game, but if it is MS, it is probably using the
latest DX tricks. I had to roll my son's back to 8.1 - short of new
hardware, there was no other fix I could find.

--
"Time will bring to light whatever is hidden;
it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor."
Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet.

Mike

anonymous
Thu Sep 23 02:08:35 CDT 2004


>-----Original Message-----
>I'm not sure where else to post this, but I know MS folks
cruise it
>regularly so any help appreciated.
>
>Combat Flight Simulator CFS1 loads VERY slowly -
especially when it says
>"Please wait while mission loads".
>
>Now, I'm running a Celeron 600 on a CUSL2 MOBO w/ 512 Meg
ram & 32 meg
>GeForce 2 video card.
>
>I'm running WinME with all the latest video drivers,
direct x 9, windows
>updates etc.
>
>I've scanned & defragged, run MSConfig & shut down all
but Explorer to no
>avail.
>
>I've disabled the intro movie & edited the .exe file with
a hex editor to
>not require the CD to run it, so the cdrom won;t be a
choke point.
>
>I've monkey'd with the Swap file & system.ini file : here
are the various
>snippets:
>
>[386Enh]
>ebios=*ebios
>woafont=dosapp.fon
>device=*dynapage
>device=*vcd
>device=*vpd
>device=*int13
>display=*vdd,*vflatd
>mouse=*vmouse, msmouse.vxd
>EMMExclude=C000-CFFF,C000-CFFF,C000-CFFF
>PagingDrive=C:
>MinPagingFileSize=1024000
>device=*enable
>MaxPagingFileSize=1024000
>
>[vcache]
>MaxFileCache=524288
>
>
>I also tried & removed this line:
>ConservativeSwapFileUsage=1
>
>Nothing really seems to make any difference - except the
vcache causes the
>menu screens to react much better.
>
>Is there some hardware or driver compatibility issue
here? Is directx9
>trying to emulate directx6 and takes a while to do some
kind of conversions?
>The hard drive isn't going nuts while this is loading
either.
>
>
>.start,settings,taskbar and start menu/advanced/the
other advanced/
programs/cut and hack through them i usually put them back
in their folders in My Documents/ or delete them (usually
copys with arrows anyway.)

Look at Reboot. anonymous Sept 22,2004 11:22 P.M. page #2
for MS DOS tools method
unhook and kill zip drive its your slowest drive
maybe A: Drive also ??? its slow could be a bottle
neck ????
your only as fast as your slowest drive
try a blue laser reader

change your 33 ATA ribbon cables up to the the round ones
they are ATA 100 or faster
bigger HD with a faster seek time
cable or sat modem ,different board, faster bridges, gigs
of ram , the list goes on and on



:>) Randy

B
Sat Sep 25 19:43:19 CDT 2004

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 07:08:35 GMT,<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
penned this whopper in microsoft.public.windowsme.general

>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I'm not sure where else to post this, but I know MS folks
> cruise it
>>regularly so any help appreciated.
>>
>>Combat Flight Simulator CFS1 loads VERY slowly -
> especially when it says
>>"Please wait while mission loads".
>>
>>Now, I'm running a Celeron 600 on a CUSL2 MOBO w/ 512 Meg
> ram & 32 meg
>>GeForce 2 video card.
>>
>>I'm running WinME with all the latest video drivers,
> direct x 9, windows
>>updates etc.
>>
>>I've scanned & defragged, run MSConfig & shut down all
> but Explorer to no
>>avail.
>>
>>I've disabled the intro movie & edited the .exe file with
> a hex editor to
>>not require the CD to run it, so the cdrom won;t be a
> choke point.
>>
>>I've monkey'd with the Swap file & system.ini file : here
> are the various
>>snippets:
>>
>>[386Enh]
>>ebios=*ebios
>>woafont=dosapp.fon
>>device=*dynapage
>>device=*vcd
>>device=*vpd
>>device=*int13
>>display=*vdd,*vflatd
>>mouse=*vmouse, msmouse.vxd
>>EMMExclude=C000-CFFF,C000-CFFF,C000-CFFF
>>PagingDrive=C:
>>MinPagingFileSize=1024000
>>device=*enable
>>MaxPagingFileSize=1024000
>>
>>[vcache]
>>MaxFileCache=524288
>>
>>
>>I also tried & removed this line:
>>ConservativeSwapFileUsage=1
>>
>>Nothing really seems to make any difference - except the
> vcache causes the
>>menu screens to react much better.
>>
>>Is there some hardware or driver compatibility issue
> here? Is directx9
>>trying to emulate directx6 and takes a while to do some
> kind of conversions?
>>The hard drive isn't going nuts while this is loading
> either.
>>
>>
>>.start,settings,taskbar and start menu/advanced/the
> other advanced/
> programs/cut and hack through them i usually put them back
> in their folders in My Documents/ or delete them (usually
> copys with arrows anyway.)
>
> Look at Reboot. anonymous Sept 22,2004 11:22 P.M. page #2
> for MS DOS tools method
> unhook and kill zip drive its your slowest drive
> maybe A: Drive also ??? its slow could be a bottle
> neck ????
> your only as fast as your slowest drive
> try a blue laser reader
>
> change your 33 ATA ribbon cables up to the the round ones
> they are ATA 100 or faster
> bigger HD with a faster seek time
> cable or sat modem ,different board, faster bridges, gigs
> of ram , the list goes on and on
>
>
>
>:>) Randy
>
>
>
>
>

The A drive should not affect this, as it is a separate bus.

--
"Time will bring to light whatever is hidden;
it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor."
Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet.

Mike