Battlezone 1

Hello,

I've searched the forums but I haven't found anyone having a bug like that so I'm posting here
I have a problem with FPS in BZ - when I start the game I have 200+ FPS (or 60 using V-Sync ON) and it works well for some time (like 5 minutes). But after that it starts to gradually become less and less and it ends up at even 15 FPS :/ It doesn't matter if I play the game or just stand in one place - I have 10 minutes of good framerate and then it drops to 15-20 :/

...BUT...

If I hit escape and then return to game I get 200+ FPS AGAIN, even in the middle of biggest battle! But again only for 10 minutes :/

I'm using:
nVidia GeForce 7900 GTX
Core 2 Quad 2,66
2 GB RAM
Win XP SP3
190.38 Drivers for GeForce

I was trying everything, old winets, new winets, v-sync on/off, every resolution and it's always the same, framerate goes all way to 15 FPS after 15-20 minutes of gameplay. Does anybody know what's going on and could help me? I would be very grateful

Hello and thanks for posting.

What you're dealing with is a known NVIDIA memory leak problem, some call it yellow screen.

There's no general fix for it, cause the problem is in NVIDIA drivers. For some, older drivers were helpful, for others the newest. Try 175.16 just as a test, it's a driver from May 2008. Then try 190.62, from August 2009.

Those who have not yet found a working driver, have to press ESC before "yellow screen" happens. That prevents it. I even heard that ESC doesn't work for everybody, those have to ALT TAB to stop it or, if they are lucky, to prevent it (every 10 mins or so).

There were some reports that shadows OFF is BZ options helps the problem.

Only guaranteed "fix" is turning 3D card OFF in BZ options, but that will lower your graphics quality... Running BZ in a window probably works too, but you will only have 640x480 resolution available.

You have to keep new winets2.dll, it is Windows NT fix for BZ. You're on XP so you need it. Also, keep Vsync ON. OFF won't fix yellow screen, it will only create more problems.

Thank You Mr. Spock for help but actually none of the solutions work for me - I've tried both drivers and the effect is the same - also turning shadows off doesn't work. I don't want to check every possible driver so I guess I'll have to press esc from time to time to get the framerate back to normal But I've never had the 'yellow screen', just the framerate drops

Now I'm playing The Red Odyssey and the problem seems to be less annoying here - framerate stops at 25-30, not 15 like in original Battlezone

Anyway, thanks for your help again