flyimp Posted January 25, 2005 Posted January 25, 2005 hi i just did a defrag (getting ready for 1.1 release) . then i went to add some missions to lockon in the missions folder. and noticed that some dll an folder names were in blue font while others are black does black is normal does this mean my windows version is corrupt as they are normally black there are one or two in windows folder aswell but most are in ubisoft eagle dynamics. any ideas how to sort this or does it not matter to game or system stability :roll:
bflagg Posted January 25, 2005 Posted January 25, 2005 Re: help what does this mean hi i just did a defrag (getting ready for 1.1 release) . then i went to add some missions to lockon in the missions folder. and noticed that some dll an folder names were in blue font while others are black does black is normal does this mean my windows version is corrupt as they are normally black there are one or two in windows folder aswell but most are in ubisoft eagle dynamics. any ideas how to sort this or does it not matter to game or system stability :roll: You have files that are being automatically compressed by XP.. There is a setting (somewhere) to turn it off. Thanks, Brett
flyimp Posted January 25, 2005 Author Posted January 25, 2005 what do u advise bflagg thks for that. always thought . they were bad corrupt when they went blue. does it slow down game play or result in fps slow down . do i need to uncompress. and is it in the disk clean when i tick the compress old files. what is your advice. leave it or what. thks daz
bflagg Posted January 25, 2005 Posted January 25, 2005 I would stop compression since, XP now has to uncopmpress whenever that file is "touched", then recompress it afterwards... It becomes a performance hit... If you have a small drive this maybe a necessary evil until you can get a larger HD. Here's the skinny from M$ http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307987 To uncompress that driver/folder.... right click on desired object, choose properties. click advanced (general tab). It should be obvious from there.. Thanks, Brett
Kula66 Posted January 25, 2005 Posted January 25, 2005 Compression is a CPU/Disk trade off ... if you compress, you have to read less off disk, but then have CPU hit to decompress ... if no compression, you have to read more off disk, and that time can be significant ... so it depends of your setup ... Regards, James
flyimp Posted January 26, 2005 Author Posted January 26, 2005 compression understood thks thks all sorted now compression wont happen again. niceone .the guy who asked my specs also here they are hope to come online soon as i am practiceing in the f15 My specs. are, 1 boadband 1mg. on xp corparate sp2. 1 ati x800 pro. 1 gig of paired twin x pc 3200cpt. Av8 deluxe beta bios 10.03. xp 3500 7% ovclock. 2 sata promise raid 80 gig ibm/or is it maxtor = 154 gig free. spidif on a logic 3 digi decoder. plextor dvd burner. dvd drive hitachi. 4 case cooling fans 1 hard drive coolin fans . 550 power supply q.tec.hotas x52.lcd philips 1280x1024 :D
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