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Uplink is a great game and all, but 2 frames per second is, well, you get the idea. Anything i could do to make it run faster would be greatly appreciated (Mod's, this is where you come in)
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Maybe extract the graphics file to a folder? Perhaps the overhead of extracting graphics from compressed file will be eliminated.
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Originally posted by BigHead: **Maybe extract the graphics file to a folder? Perhaps the overhead of extracting graphics from compressed file will be eliminated.
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Wait a second, its a .dat file! You cant extract those if you dont have a format file for it.
(This message has been edited by Blueo (edited 06-13-2003).)
Originally posted by Blueo: Wait a second, its a .dat file! You can't extract those if you dont have a format file for it.
It's actually a zip-file. It seems that Uplink first checks a folder of the name graphics and then it looks inside the graphics.dat file. So you can expand it the dat-file or override it with a mod.
(This message has been edited by wfzelle (edited 06-13-2003).)
I beleive it runs faster in OS X than in 9.
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Originally posted by SlaVitiCkus: **I beleive it runs faster in OS X than in 9.
Quite true. Unfortunately, if you're running OS 9, there probably isn't much you can do to speed it up.
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Originally posted by mrxak: **Quite true. Unfortunately, if you're running OS 9, there probably isn't much you can do to speed it up.
Is there any reason why it runs slow? I mean, it is a really simple game with virtually no graphics whatsoever, seems like it would run fine on a 386...
Originally posted by SlaVitiCkus: **Is there any reason why it runs slow? I mean, it is a really simple game with virtually no graphics whatsoever, seems like it would run fine on a 386...
It is actually very OpenGL intensive, which means it does eat up a lot of CPU and a lot of your video card, too.
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Well, if i cant speed it up, id better go back to my original plzn for this game: reprogramming it to be a real CED hacking program
Originally posted by wfzelle: **It's actually a zip-file. It seems that Uplink first checks a folder of the name graphics and then it looks inside the graphics.dat file. So you can expand it the dat-file or override it with a mod.
(This message has been edited by wfzelle (edited 06-13-2003).)**
Ok, i extracted it but it still wont read the folder, and it wont run without the .dat file. Mabye someone (moderators-try this one) can write a plugin to make it use the folder?