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Windows 8 Meter Issues

• BeachedMulligan 1,238 Posts

  Thu, Nov 15 2012 10:23 AM

  Thanks G and Bug. I did some research last night about the Aero theme as I know about the issues on Win7. They did away completely with "Aero" in Win8 as that was one of the main complaints people had. I will still look for some tweaks in the themes to "dumb it down" a bit. I have 16gb of Ram so I would think it could handle the themes, but anything is possible. 

  Will try all of the above tonight after work. :)

  Thanks

  BM

   

• genorb 1,255 Posts

  Thu, Nov 15 2012 10:36 AM

  BeachedMulligan:

  I have 16gb of Ram so I would think it could handle the themes, but anything is possible. 

  I have a brand new computer (less than 2 months old) with 8gb of Ram, and it cannot handle it...

  Regards

   

• PRIESTESS 10,728 Posts

  Thu, Nov 15 2012 10:44 AM

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  genorb:

  It looks silly as a solution but it really make a difference. If I play with the default theme (with aero, transparent windows etc), I cannot ding at all (even if the meter is smooth). The meter always stops a tad later after I click and I miss late. But if I change the theme (I use windows classic, similar to XP), it works as expected.

  Exactly Gen gen,On some machines Windows 7 Aero especially on the transparency theme will have a delay on click,you need to trim the Aero look as much as possible even go to control panel and Adjust for best performance,

• Spammage 694 Posts

  Thu, Nov 15 2012 11:08 AM

  PRIESTESS:

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  genorb:

  It looks silly as a solution but it really make a difference. If I play with the default theme (with aero, transparent windows etc), I cannot ding at all (even if the meter is smooth). The meter always stops a tad later after I click and I miss late. But if I change the theme (I use windows classic, similar to XP), it works as expected.

  Exactly Gen gen,On some machines Windows 7 Aero especially on the transparency theme will have a delay on click,you need to trim the Aero look as much as possible even go to control panel and Adjust for best performance,

  I figured all of this out also and made those changes - and it helped me to get a smooth meter.  I didn't get rid of the click "lag" though until getting the new mouse with adjustable polling rate.  

  ps - I am also working with 16gb RAM.

• Buggyyy 1,963 Posts

  Thu, Nov 15 2012 11:11 AM

  I really dislike the fact that this game is so dependent on technical specifications. I wish WGT had more stable connections with their servers.

• WGTpizza 1,656 Posts

  Thu, Nov 15 2012 11:24 AM

  Buggyyy:

  I really dislike the fact that this game is so dependent on technical specifications. I wish WGT had more stable connections with their servers.

  What about the fact that, if you have a WGT account, you can access it on nearly any machine, anywhere with no need for occupying HD space due to it being a flash-based, browser game?

  That is the trade off. That is the model our business follows.

   

  Stay classy,

  -WGTpizza

• genorb 1,255 Posts

  Thu, Nov 15 2012 2:30 PM

  WGTpizza:

  What about the fact that...

  And what about giving an answer to those two threads?

  http://www.wgt.com/forums/t/137345.aspx

  http://www.wgt.com/forums/t/137402.aspx

  Thanks,

  Regards

   

• 783 Posts

  Thu, Nov 15 2012 2:39 PM

  hi e1 im getting over run on my meeter aswell i have been using same mouse same browser and flash version for months now also when i miss a ding with my level 88 r11 driver its going way of line im talking about slight missed dings nothing to worry about now there gone miles off line???

• Richard4168 4,309 Posts

  Thu, Nov 15 2012 3:01 PM

  You have to exit out of your anti-virus during game-play or any downloaded Windows utilities. You can turn your anti-virus back on from the desktop icon.

  I had the very same issue when I installed 'Fix-it' utilities. I shut it down (clicked exit) and all worked great again. The utility functions still work, it just doesn't perform any background scanning.

• andyson 6,415 Posts

  Thu, Nov 15 2012 3:30 PM

  WGTpizza:

  What about the fact that, if you have a WGT account, you can access it on nearly any machine, anywhere with no need for occupying HD space due to it being a flash-based, browser game?

  Right, you might be able to access it but can you play it without stutter and lag?  You can't always do diligent maintenance and tweaking on a different PC.