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3D Pnball definately does not like 64bit XP

 
 
Morituri-|-Max
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      06-06-2005
Whoa! Saw this in the games folder and ran it for fun.. whole system slowed
to a crawl and the mouse pointer stuttered around in extreme slow motion
until I was able to close the window.

Whew. Really funny considering that it comes "standard" with MS Windows.


 
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Andre Da Costa [Extended64]
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      06-06-2005
Did you try it full screen mode or restored window?
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"Morituri-|-Max" <> wrote in message
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> Whoa! Saw this in the games folder and ran it for fun.. whole system
> slowed to a crawl and the mouse pointer stuttered around in extreme slow
> motion until I was able to close the window.
>
> Whew. Really funny considering that it comes "standard" with MS Windows.
>
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R. C. White
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      06-06-2005
Hi, Max.

It works fine for me! I hadn't tried it until you mentioned it, but it
fired right up. I ran it full-screen and it seemd as fast as ever. I'm no
gamer, but I got over a million points in the first (and only) game I ran.
;<)

The only other game I've run in 64-bit is Solitaire - and it took me more
than a dozen games to win. But the program - mouse and all - seemed to run
just like in 32-bit.

RC
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"Morituri-|-Max" <> wrote in message
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> Whoa! Saw this in the games folder and ran it for fun.. whole system
> slowed to a crawl and the mouse pointer stuttered around in extreme slow
> motion until I was able to close the window.
>
> Whew. Really funny considering that it comes "standard" with MS Windows.



 
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Andre Da Costa [Extended64]
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      06-06-2005
Its probably some video driver issue or a one time glitch.
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"R. C. White" <> wrote in message
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> Hi, Max.
>
> It works fine for me! I hadn't tried it until you mentioned it, but it
> fired right up. I ran it full-screen and it seemd as fast as ever. I'm
> no gamer, but I got over a million points in the first (and only) game I
> ran. ;<)
>
> The only other game I've run in 64-bit is Solitaire - and it took me more
> than a dozen games to win. But the program - mouse and all - seemed to
> run just like in 32-bit.
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
>
> Microsoft Windows MVP
>
> "Morituri-|-Max" <> wrote in message
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>> Whoa! Saw this in the games folder and ran it for fun.. whole system
>> slowed to a crawl and the mouse pointer stuttered around in extreme slow
>> motion until I was able to close the window.
>>
>> Whew. Really funny considering that it comes "standard" with MS Windows.

>
>



 
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Morituri-|-Max
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      06-07-2005

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <> wrote in message
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> Did you try it full screen mode or restored window?


I believe it was in window mode, it definately wasn't full screen..
shudder...


 
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      06-07-2005

"Morituri-|-Max" <> wrote in message
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> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <> wrote in message
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>> Did you try it full screen mode or restored window?

>
> I believe it was in window mode, it definately wasn't full screen..
> shudder...


Note: Tried it in full screen and it worked good for a couple seconds, then
it started to slow down again, mouse stuttered around as I tried to move it,
then the screen went black and just sat there.. windows key no good,
alt-ctrl-del also didn't do anything.

Yikes

AMD 64 bit 3800+ CPU
ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe
Newest DirectX version
1 GB memory

Ah well.. I don't play it anyway.


 
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Jud Hendrix
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      06-07-2005
On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 00:12:53 -0500, "Morituri-|-Max"
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>windows key no good, >alt-ctrl-del also didn't do anything.


That doesn't always work. Did you try a Alt+TAB?

jud

 
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Andre Da Costa [Extended64]
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      06-07-2005
update your video card drivers, maybe thats what causing the problem.
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"Morituri-|-Max" <> wrote in message
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> "Morituri-|-Max" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>> Did you try it full screen mode or restored window?

>>
>> I believe it was in window mode, it definately wasn't full screen..
>> shudder...

>
> Note: Tried it in full screen and it worked good for a couple seconds,
> then it started to slow down again, mouse stuttered around as I tried to
> move it, then the screen went black and just sat there.. windows key no
> good, alt-ctrl-del also didn't do anything.
>
> Yikes
>
> AMD 64 bit 3800+ CPU
> ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe
> Newest DirectX version
> 1 GB memory
>
> Ah well.. I don't play it anyway.
>
>



 
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