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Hi everyone,

First of all, let me really, really thank you for this game! IT'S probably one of the best games I have ever played so far (and I played a lot of games).

While it is running smoothly on my desktop at home, I'm not able to play it on my laptop - even if it has some very good specs:

Intel i7-2620 @ 2.7 Ghz
8 GB of RAM
Intel HD 3000

The most annoying issue is the mouse lag, probably due to low FPS.

All drivers are up to date obviously

Any help?

Turning vertical-syncronization off by enabling 'Asynchronous Filp' fixed this on my laptop. (Though my machine is a 1.8GHz Centrino-GMA900 w/ 1GB ram.)

I was already using alternative drivers from http://9xxssf.info/, so your results may vary.
These other drivers handle most of the missing-memory buffer situations that Intel's GPU/Memory Controller doesn't, so white text/sprites and most of the overlay textures appearing as white blocks in other games (like Minecraft) are fixed.

Instructions (XP)

1. Note: These images have been intentionally desaturated and blurred to better highlight areas of intrest in orange.
2. Open the Intel Graphics [s]Media Accelerator for Mobile control[/s] panel by selecting Graphics Properties from the context menu summoned by
   1. Right clicking on the 'Intel(R) Graphics Accellerator for Mobile' icon in the task-bar notification area.
      • --OR--
   2. Right-clicking on your desktop.
      
3. From the [s]Intel[/s] Graphics panel open the '3D Settings' dialog by left-clicking.
   
4. Left clicking on the 'Asynchronous Flip' item in the list should summon a combo-box with the options {'on','off'}.
   Click 'on'.
   
5. Click OK (or) Apply and test to see that this has worked.

Links:

• Intel.com: Disable vsync (synchronize to vertical retrace)
• 9xxssf.info: Helpdesk

thanks for the reply: any instructions for Windows 7?

I've quoted the relevant section of the Intel Support page linked above, with extra formatting for readability.

On Microsoft Windows Vista* and Windows 7*:

1. Start
2. Control Panel
3. 1. Personalization
      • --or--
   2. Appearance and Personalization)
4. 1. Display Settings
      • --or--
   2. Display
      • Adjust resolution
5. Advanced Settings
6. 1. Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver
      • --or--
   2. Intel(R) Graphics and Media Control Panel tab
7. Graphics Properties... button
8. select Advanced Mode (if prompted to select an application mode)
9. 1. select OpenGL
      • --or--
   2. 3D Settings
      • --or--
   3. 3D
      • enable Custom Settings

Note:
To disable vsync on older Intel® graphics products, set Asynchronous Flip to On and click Apply.
With newer Intel graphics products, set Vertical Sync to No and click Apply.

Snow_Cat wrote:I've quoted the relevant section of the Intel Support page linked above, with extra formatting for readability.

On Microsoft Windows Vista* and Windows 7*:

1. Start
2. Control Panel
   1. Personalization
      • --or--
   2. Appearance and Personalization)
   1. Display Settings
      • --or--
   2. Display
      • Adjust resolution
3. Advanced Settings
   1. Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver
      • --or--
   2. Intel(R) Graphics and Media Control Panel tab
4. Graphics Properties... button
5. select Advanced Mode (if prompted to select an application mode)
   1. select OpenGL
      • --or--
   2. 3D Settings
      • --or--
   3. 3D
      • enable Custom Settings

Note:
To disable vsync on older Intel® graphics products, set Asynchronous Flip to On and click Apply.
With newer Intel graphics products, set Vertical Sync to No and click Apply.

Thanks for the reply - but I actually do not have that Intel Graphics tab

Probably because my laptop manufacturer is Sony?
I do not have the Intel software installed by default on my system...

Sorry I should have done more research.
http://communities.intel.com/message/148721 (and many other threads on that forum) indicates that for all Intel HD cards V-Sync is application controlled and should remain off unless activated once; and since ATi/AMD cards require it, FTL might be activating it by default.

I'll post again in an hour after I've had a chance to search for a solution.


http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/cs-030506.htm (maybe?)

YouTube ???

• right-click on desktop
• "properties" from context menu
• "Settings" tab from "display settings" window
• "Advanced..." button from "color quality" pane
• "Intel(R) Extreme Graphics" tab from ??? window
• "Graphics Properties..." button from ??? driver like tab-pane.
• "Open GL" tab from Intel ??? Graphics Properties window.
• "Asynchronous Flip" from "Open GL" tab
• "On" from combo box

CTRL+ALT+F12 from desktop???


Unfortunately I cannot find any driver specs for an Intel Mobile HD 3000, so I cannot reccommend an alternative driver.

And I've not found a Vista/Win7 GLWrapper/Debugger that can change the VSYNC behaviour.

This OpenGL wrapper may be able to help - but I can't reccommend something I've not used.
http://titaniumgl.tk/