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Phantasmagoria seriesChoppy cutscenes in Phantasmagoria 1(4 posts)(4 posts)
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Posted April 13, 2010
Certain cutscenes run choppy, while the rest play fine.
The best example would be the very beginning of Chapter 2 where it shows the exterior of the house. It runs very choppy until it zooms into the window and cuts to the scene where Don enters.
At first I thought this was how the game was, but then I found this youtube video of the same scene on DOSBox and it looks smooth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPySXmPULuA
I tried raising the CPU cycles and it didn't do anything. I also tried changing the rendering options (Direct 3D, surface, DDraw).
I run a 2.4Ghz AMD, ATI Radeon X800, and 1 GB of RAM. Also I'm on Windows 7.
The rest of the game runs great, so I don't think it's a hardware issue?
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Posted April 16, 2010
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sawyer: Certain cutscenes run choppy, while the rest play fine.
The best example would be the very beginning of Chapter 2 where it shows the exterior of the house. It runs very choppy until it zooms into the window and cuts to the scene where Don enters.
At first I thought this was how the game was, but then I found this youtube video of the same scene on DOSBox and it looks smooth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPySXmPULuA
I tried raising the CPU cycles and it didn't do anything. I also tried changing the rendering options (Direct 3D, surface, DDraw).
I run a 2.4Ghz AMD, ATI Radeon X800, and 1 GB of RAM. Also I'm on Windows 7.
The rest of the game runs great, so I don't think it's a hardware issue?

There is a graphics mode setup program in the phatasmagoria directory. Try switching modes. Other than that, it may be your hardware. I have a T7200 dual core 2 ghz laptop with ATI X1600 video running Win 7 64 bit and the video all runs fine.
There is a new legacy 10.2 driver for older video cards on AMD's website.
Posted April 17, 2010
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sawyer: Certain cutscenes run choppy, while the rest play fine.
The best example would be the very beginning of Chapter 2 where it shows the exterior of the house. It runs very choppy until it zooms into the window and cuts to the scene where Don enters.
At first I thought this was how the game was, but then I found this youtube video of the same scene on DOSBox and it looks smooth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPySXmPULuA
I tried raising the CPU cycles and it didn't do anything. I also tried changing the rendering options (Direct 3D, surface, DDraw).
I run a 2.4Ghz AMD, ATI Radeon X800, and 1 GB of RAM. Also I'm on Windows 7.
The rest of the game runs great, so I don't think it's a hardware issue?
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sgoshe: There is a graphics mode setup program in the phatasmagoria directory. Try switching modes. Other than that, it may be your hardware. I have a T7200 dual core 2 ghz laptop with ATI X1600 video running Win 7 64 bit and the video all runs fine.
There is a new legacy 10.2 driver for older video cards on AMD's website.

I have the 10.2 drivers and have tried all the video modes. I suppose it is my hardware then. Kind of shady as it meets the requirements listed on GOG to run it.
Posted August 17, 2010
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sawyer: Certain cutscenes run choppy, while the rest play fine.
The best example would be the very beginning of Chapter 2 where it shows the exterior of the house. It runs very choppy until it zooms into the window and cuts to the scene where Don enters.
At first I thought this was how the game was, but then I found this youtube video of the same scene on DOSBox and it looks smooth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPySXmPULuA
I tried raising the CPU cycles and it didn't do anything. I also tried changing the rendering options (Direct 3D, surface, DDraw).
I run a 2.4Ghz AMD, ATI Radeon X800, and 1 GB of RAM. Also I'm on Windows 7.
The rest of the game runs great, so I don't think it's a hardware issue?

I've played through Phantasmagoria a few times on different computers over the years. I know exactly what you are referring to. I have never seen that video run other than how you describe. I see what you are talking about in the YouTube video. I would really like to say that that (low frame rate when there's a lot to draw over a span of frames in a cut scene) is just how the game is. That's interesting how the YouTube video seems a bit smoother and I'm wondering if it isn't just perceived by us as smoother on YouTube... somehow... Can't be... It looks smoother in that video...
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