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Avernum runs too fast


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Many years ago I became a fan of the Exile series. Recently out of the blue I decided to Google Spiderweb software and see what was new. I was delighted to see that Exile had been upgraded and was now the better than ever Avernum. Unfortunately I am having a little trouble with the gameplay. Everything moves way too fast! Even if I go to the preferences and set the speed to "quite slow", my cursed foes move about in a maddening flurry that I can't begin to keep track of. In addition, whenever I try to move my party around with the mouse, each click causes my party to move 2 or 3 steps. I've tried a couple "slow down" programs with no luck.

 

I am running Windows 7 on a Toshiba Satellite laptop. It has a 1.86 GHz single core Intel processor and 2GB ram.

 

Please advise, I am eager to relive my adolescence. Thanks!

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Originally Posted By: Tyranicus
In Avernum 1, a left-click will move you forward 2 steps
Oddly enough, I've never had this problem.

For the fast enemies, you can usually outrun most of them by running away if you're not in combat mode.
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OP is right though: when compared to Exile, Avernum positively whizzes along and you miss all the action. One suggestion is to try running in a virtual machine with the amount of processor available throttled... Also, run iTunes in the background to hog some more system resources.

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Or for something practical, run BOINC while you play.

 

If that's not an option, you said you were using Win7...maybe running it in the XP mode emulate-a-tron will slow it down some?

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