Movie Lagging Issues, OMG PLEASE HELP! >_<

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » 01 Aug 2006

(On Silent Hill 3 for the PC) When I load up the game, it goes through the Konami screens and the "Game May Contain blah blah blah" screen, and then it goes to an FMV sequence. HERE'S WHERE THE PROBLEM COMES IN! The only way to describe it is this - "It's like watching a DVD movie with some annoying kid constantly pressing pause and then play repeatedly". I feel like slamming my head through the wall just to have something else to do, I have no clue what int he world is wrong. I have a 128MB Graphics card as listed, and am above almost all RECOMMENDED requirements. Everything in the game plays out absolutely perfect, just fine. But as soon as it hits an actual FMV sequence it goes into seizure mode again as described above. What in the world is wrong with this and how can I fix it??

Post by **amphreded** » 01 Aug 2006

Sounds like a frame lagging issue. I'm no IT technician so I'll give you a simple idea to try out. Did you install SH3 onto your HD? If so, try inserting SH3 disc so the FMV plays off the disc instead of your harddrive.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » 01 Aug 2006

Thanks alot for the reply. *sighs* Well, yes, I did do a full-install which was basically just adding the movies on as optional which I did and yes, they are actually playing off of the first disc which would be the "Play" disc as it were. Any other thoughts?

***Message Edit***

I know more what you mean now, sorry I'm tired. Yes, I tried actually removing the movies from my HD and playing them straight from the disc. Noppers, it's still doing the same gawd-aweful play&pause repeating. Umm...any other thoughts?

Post by **amphreded** » 01 Aug 2006

Hmm... then try messing around with the in-game video options. Like try reducing the resolutions or turn down something that might help improving the performance.
If that doesn't work, then I can't further help you. I have no knowledge beyond that

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » 01 Aug 2006

Okay, I took it down to the lowest possible resolution. Didn't work, no go. I have no idea or clue what to do next. Does anyone else have any ideas??

Post by **Blacklabel** » 01 Aug 2006

maybe you need newest video drivers. download them in official nVIDIA or ATI homepage

Post by **Figurine** » 01 Aug 2006

There is always asking:
http://www.konami.com/gs/email.php
Konami Tech Support

Post by **Cybil** » 02 Aug 2006

I advice you to play Silent hill 3 on PS2 because in PC its hard and it have A LOT of problems ><"

Post by **amphreded** » 02 Aug 2006

When I played SH3 on PC it was really smooth though. I think the problems arise because of certain settings or PC performance issues.

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