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So I'm wondering if there's something about Windows 10 that makes Orbiter run at ridiculously low framerates?
Some background: After my good machine died about a year ago, I started running Orbiter on a cheap ($250) Acer machine. I bought the Acer kind of on a lark; my (then) current internet machine was nearing the end of its useful life, and the 'new' Windows 8 machines were about to hit the shelves and I much prefer having the last version of an operating system than the first. So I picked up the Acer, took it home, and put it in the closet.
Fast forward a few months and it was time to replace the old internet computer. And the Acer did ok...not good but not bad either.
Some time later, My Cyberpower died, so the Acer took over the Orbiter duties, and again, not great, not awful. My average framerate- about 25-30FPS...if in a moderately graphically intense area, say, sitting in an Arrow freighter parked at Niven Lunar base, I'd get about 9-12 FPS. Not good, but usable.
Now fast forward to last Sunday. I go to play Orbiter and, when I try to power up the Acer, it no longer accepts my password. Tried numerous times to no avail (I didn't know it but Windows 7 tells you the correct password after entering an incorrect one).
Funny thing is, if I boot into Safe mode, it still asks for the password, and actually accepts it.
Anyway, I'm two blocks from Office Depot and I really didn't like the Acer (Other than the Cyberpower, I've always owned HPs), so I went over to Office Depot and found a $250 HP. Now, being not only lazy, but also on a very tight budget, I employed the following logic: "If a $250 Acer does ok, then surely a $250 HP would do better."
Initially, I was pleased; OF members may remember an old Scott Manley video showing asteroid discoveries from 1980-2010. When trying to play this video on the Acer, it would begin to pause and pixelate not even halfway through. So this was the first video I tried on the new HP...and it played perfectly! No glitching, no pauses or pixelating at all.
Very pleasing.
So I tried Orbiter.
Set up the launchpad the same as I had it before, and started up my current scenario (Arrow freighter and Prelude base next to Niven Base) and...2 frames per second! I've tried windowed mode(no effect) and lowering the screen resolution (takes me to 3 FPS).
I seem to remember some discussion on the forum related to Windows 10, and I have tried searching 'windows 10'. Unfortunately, the OF search engine drops the '10' and ends up presenting me with several dozen threads. And in addition to hating Orbiter, Win10 also seems to have a serious dislike for wifi as well.
Now my wifi IS slow, but I've never seen it as slow as it is now. Literally, if I click on a thread here, it takes 40 to 90 seconds before the 'home' screen goes away and the 'thread' screen begins to build.
So I guess my question(s) are: Has anyone here had similar problems with Win10 and what remedies can be employed?
And, in regards to the Acer, barring a 'password recovery disk', which I don't have available, might there be any way around my password suddenly not being accepted (other than in Safe mode)?
Thanks very much for any replies.
Some background: After my good machine died about a year ago, I started running Orbiter on a cheap ($250) Acer machine. I bought the Acer kind of on a lark; my (then) current internet machine was nearing the end of its useful life, and the 'new' Windows 8 machines were about to hit the shelves and I much prefer having the last version of an operating system than the first. So I picked up the Acer, took it home, and put it in the closet.
Fast forward a few months and it was time to replace the old internet computer. And the Acer did ok...not good but not bad either.
Some time later, My Cyberpower died, so the Acer took over the Orbiter duties, and again, not great, not awful. My average framerate- about 25-30FPS...if in a moderately graphically intense area, say, sitting in an Arrow freighter parked at Niven Lunar base, I'd get about 9-12 FPS. Not good, but usable.
Now fast forward to last Sunday. I go to play Orbiter and, when I try to power up the Acer, it no longer accepts my password. Tried numerous times to no avail (I didn't know it but Windows 7 tells you the correct password after entering an incorrect one).
Funny thing is, if I boot into Safe mode, it still asks for the password, and actually accepts it.
Anyway, I'm two blocks from Office Depot and I really didn't like the Acer (Other than the Cyberpower, I've always owned HPs), so I went over to Office Depot and found a $250 HP. Now, being not only lazy, but also on a very tight budget, I employed the following logic: "If a $250 Acer does ok, then surely a $250 HP would do better."
Initially, I was pleased; OF members may remember an old Scott Manley video showing asteroid discoveries from 1980-2010. When trying to play this video on the Acer, it would begin to pause and pixelate not even halfway through. So this was the first video I tried on the new HP...and it played perfectly! No glitching, no pauses or pixelating at all.
Very pleasing.
So I tried Orbiter.
Set up the launchpad the same as I had it before, and started up my current scenario (Arrow freighter and Prelude base next to Niven Base) and...2 frames per second! I've tried windowed mode(no effect) and lowering the screen resolution (takes me to 3 FPS).
I seem to remember some discussion on the forum related to Windows 10, and I have tried searching 'windows 10'. Unfortunately, the OF search engine drops the '10' and ends up presenting me with several dozen threads. And in addition to hating Orbiter, Win10 also seems to have a serious dislike for wifi as well.
Now my wifi IS slow, but I've never seen it as slow as it is now. Literally, if I click on a thread here, it takes 40 to 90 seconds before the 'home' screen goes away and the 'thread' screen begins to build.
So I guess my question(s) are: Has anyone here had similar problems with Win10 and what remedies can be employed?
And, in regards to the Acer, barring a 'password recovery disk', which I don't have available, might there be any way around my password suddenly not being accepted (other than in Safe mode)?
Thanks very much for any replies.
