Graal on Vista x64

[Programmer]

I'm trying to run Graal to assist a mate on his server, and I am simply unable to communicate to him in-game due to Graal incessantly lagging. It renders a few frames at a time, then simply freezes.

Data

Process information:
Name: graal.exe*32
CPU: 50
Working Set (Memory): 170,496 K
Priv. Working Set (Memory): 116,300k

System information:
Type: Alienware M17x Laptop
OS: Windows Vista SP1 x64
Memory: 4gb DDR3 RAM
Video: nVidia GeForce GTX 260M (1gb DDR3 VRAM) x2
Audio: IDT HD Audio
Network: nVidia nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet / Broadcom 802.11n Network Adapter

Log:

PHP Code:

Scanning folder structure of C:/Graal/...
Done.
Created DirectDraw object
Initialized Direct3D7
Initialized DirectDraw
CPU: 64 bit
Graphic Capabilities: 
  Hardware accelerated graphics: true
  Video Memory: 2675 Mbyte
  Drawing of alpha blended textures: true
  Textures with non-power-of-2 size: true
  3D Textures with non-power-of-2 size: true
  2D during 3D scene: true
  Use 32 bit alpha: true
Initialized Direct3D7
Graal has been activated!
Loading tile definitions for server Login
Connecting to the game server...
Done.
Loading tile definitions for server Login
Connecting to the game server...
Done.
File download: http://wiki.graal.net/images/c/c9/GraalKingdomsSpar11September2009.png (size: 96993) done
Loading tile definitions for server Games
Connecting to the game server...
Done. 


Note: Skills server is the only observable server so far with these issues. It also has had a lot of complaints recently by a great many of people... coincidence?

Any assistance?

PS: Also, I noticed that, apparently, you're using Direct3D 7. Perhaps it's time to update to Direct3D 9 or 10?

[xXziroXx]

Only thing that worked for me (other then changing to Windows 7 <3) was to disabled some settings for Graal.exe in nVidia's control panel (can't remember which) as well as running in OpenGL mode.

[Programmer]

Originally Posted by xXziroXx

Only thing that worked for me (other then changing to Windows 7 <3) was to disabled some settings for Graal.exe in nVidia's control panel (can't remember which) as well as running in OpenGL mode.

Thanks Ziro, I plan to update to Windows 7 soon. I have also fiddled with the application settings in nVidia CP as you have suggested, and it runs smoothly. Except for Skills. Oh well.

Thanks again.

[Deas_Voice]

Originally Posted by Programmer

Thanks Ziro, I plan to update to Windows 7 soon. I have also fiddled with the application settings in nVidia CP as you have suggested, and it runs smoothly. Except for Skills. Oh well.

Thanks again.

what did u fiddle with?
could help me lag less too, thu i'm 32bit.

[xXziroXx]

Originally Posted by Deas_Voice

what did u fiddle with?
could help me lag less too, thu i'm 32bit.

As I said, I don't know which specific option it was, I sort of disabled all of them for Graal.exe. I'd go back and experiment until I found out, but like I said, I'm on 7 and not Vista now.

[Deas_Voice]

Originally Posted by xXziroXx

As I said, I don't know which specific option it was, I sort of disabled all of them for Graal.exe. I'd go back and experiment until I found out, but like I said, I'm on 7 and not Vista now.

that's why i'd quote Ian instead of you

[sssssssssss]

anyone mind saying how to run graal in opengl? my graphics card didnt ahve an option to do that, and I cant seem to find out how anywhere.

I turned off all settings for graal in nvidia, but still freezing every 5 secs.

[Tigairius]

Originally Posted by sssssssssss

anyone mind saying how to run graal in opengl? my graphics card didnt ahve an option to do that, and I cant seem to find out how anywhere.

I turned off all settings for graal in nvidia, but still freezing every 5 secs.

Hold your windows key and press R. Type the path to graal, for example, "C:\Program Files\Graal\Graal.exe" then append "-opengl" onto the end, so you'd essentially be running:

"C:\Program Files\Graal\Graal.exe -opengl"

You can also create a shortcut to the exe file, then go to its properties, and it'll show "Target:" and you can just append "-opengl" inside of the quotes there.