Well, I never took the time to look at Setup and just now realized Shaders. :P

So yeah, I went and set Shaders to 1, along with Transparency and Cell-shading, but for some reason, whenever I set Shaders to 1 my game just goes to non-responsive at the menu, and I have to close it up.

Anyone have any idea why? My specs should be fine..

http://forum.toribash.com/showthread.php?t=27975

please use the search button also

Still unsure of my problem.

System Information:


Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
System Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
System Model: OptiPlex GX260
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.00GHZ
Memory: 1022MB RAM
Page File: 788MB used, 1669MB available
Windows Dir: CWINDOWS

Display Devices:


Card name: RADEON 9600 SERIES
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor AGP (0x4150)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor: Dell M993s
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6698 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 5/17/2007 21:57:53, 268288 bytes


I'll assume that's all the info you need to diagnose this problem... And more. :P

It is freezing, but waiting doesn't help, after 10 seconds - 5 minutes the program becomes non-responsive, and if I leave it for a while I get asked if I want to debug it.

Hmm.. should be able to run shaders with that graphic card

maybe the fan on the card is busted?

Well that wouldn't make much sense, I'm thinking it's more something wrong in my game settings than anything, because my computer can run shit like TF 2 and CoD 4 easily, doubt it's overheating due to TORIBASH. :P

I appreciate the help you're giving me though, seeing as I'm such a noob.

Your welcome and hmmm

try running with

shaders 1
fluid blood 0
reflections:0
softshadows: 0
transparency:0
ambient occlusion:0
cel-shadding:0

so pretty much just turn shaders on
and everything else under shaders off

frameskipping 1 too

Yay, it works, but I wouldn't mind having all those other goodies work too.

E:// Ooo nevermind, it works if I do everything 1 by 1, that's really strange, guess my computer doesn't like big changes at once. :P

Thanks again!!


E2:// Grr, I'm lagging really bad with fluid blood and Soft Shadows / Cell-shading make me crash. That shouldn't happen with my specs should it? Ideas?

turn fluid blood and soft shadows off and cel-shading obviously just barely is supported on your card so yeah they wont work

Ive noticed cell-shading is quite a bit more laggy than normal shaders, also ambient occlusion as it says decreases fps quite at times