Update: (Solved) Game running at 2x speed for some reason

[LiquidCrest]

Okay so i'm writing this on my friend's behalf.
He has a Acer Nitro 5, and for some odd reason the game sometimes runs at almost double the speed. I have a mid-end laptop and it runs perfectly even with an abundance of mods in comparison.

The speed doubling during gameplay happens way too often for him and we're not entirely sure how to fix it, if there's anyone able to help that would be much appreciated.

Update: It's been fixed as of right now, thanks again to those who've commented!

[Asurilm]

Hi! So this is because of the framerate, if your friend is playing at an fps higher than 60, it'll most likely go faster than usual, also being on fullscreen also affects (sometimes), one question, does your friend have a GTX or RTX Card on his laptop?

[Asurilm]

So, I gotta go to sleep in a few mins, so I'll write a fix rq:

1. Go to NVIDIA Control Panel

2. Go to the second option beneath "3D Settings", it should be called something like "Control the 3D settings" (or something like that).

3. Go to "Program Settings"

4. Select "Add", and the add "sonic2app.exe" if I remember correctly.

6. Go to "Max Framarate", and set it to 60.

Then after that just save the settings, launch the game again, and you're good to go!

I wanted to answer to you as quick as possible, 'cause I had to go through the same pain that your friend is going, so yeah!

Have a nice day!

[LiquidCrest]

Awesome thanks!

[LiquidCrest]

I'm not sure what the card is as of right now since he's not online at the moment but i'll post a quick update when i can. Thanks again!

[Asurilm]

No worries! And, thanks! I'll answer to you as soon as you post an update!

[Underdog]

From my experience, the game seems to ignore GPU programs for capping FPS. You may need to do this instead, but I understand some people don't like downloading things, so surely try that first:

For the game running too fast, you need to limit your FPS to 60. You can either manually change your monitor's refresh rate to 60 FPS every time you play the game (and subsequently change it back every time you exit), or download this by clicking "d3d9.zip":

https://github.com/ThirteenAG/d3d9-wrapper/releases

Then put d3d9.ini and d3d9.dll into your Sonic Adventure 2 folder

Then open d3d9.ini in a notepad type application, and set FPSLimit = 60

[Asurilm]

Originally posted by Underdog:

From my experience, the game seems to ignore GPU programs for capping FPS. You may need to do this instead, but I understand some people don't like downloading things, so surely try that first:

For the game running too fast, you need to limit your FPS to 60. You can either manually change your monitor's refresh rate to 60 FPS every time you play the game (and subsequently change it back every time you exit), or download this by clicking "d3d9.zip":

https://github.com/ThirteenAG/d3d9-wrapper/releases

Then put d3d9.ini and d3d9.dll into your Sonic Adventure 2 folder

Then open d3d9.ini in a notepad type application, and set FPSLimit = 60

Mhm! That could be a fix! Whichever works to you, it doesn't matter!

[Sylveon™]

easier fix:

1-Download msi afterburner + Rivatuner

2-Open Rivatuner

3-fps limit = 60

Fixed.

[Asurilm]

Originally posted by Sylveon™:

easier fix:

1-Download msi afterburner + Rivatuner

2-Open Rivatuner

3-fps limit = 60

Fixed.

Thing is, doesn't that app set every game at 60 fps?

[LiquidCrest]

Hey! Update - So I've just learned that he has the Nvidia GeForce GTX card
we've yet to fix the problem because he's not on his laptop as of yet, but we will definitely give those options a try when he returns! Thank you all once again !

[Asurilm]

Originally posted by LiquidCrest:

Hey! Update - So I've just learned that he has the Nvidia GeForce GTX card
we've yet to fix the problem because he's not on his laptop as of yet, but we will definitely give those options a try when he returns! Thank you all once again !

Oh, thanks for the update! Be sure to update us on how it went! Greetings!

[Underdog]

Originally posted by AbrahamSTH:

Originally posted by Sylveon™:

easier fix:

1-Download msi afterburner + Rivatuner

2-Open Rivatuner

3-fps limit = 60

Fixed.

Thing is, doesn't that app set every game at 60 fps?

Rivatuner doesn't set every game to 60 FPS, you have to manually enter which game/.exe you want to be set to 60 FPS. But Rivatuner does need to be active and running all the time for the changes to take effect, which can be pretty annoying if you forget to open it, or it crashes/closes for some reason, etc. I used to use Rivatuner for certain games before I discovered the little .dll program I posted above. Of course, if the GPU settings don't work. I'm not really sure why some games ignore the GPU settings, but Sonic CD and SA2 both ignored the GPU settings for me (AMD Radeon)

[Asurilm]

Originally posted by Underdog:

Originally posted by AbrahamSTH:

Thing is, doesn't that app set every game at 60 fps?

Rivatuner doesn't set every game to 60 FPS, you have to manually enter which game/.exe you want to be set to 60 FPS. But Rivatuner does need to be active and running all the time for the changes to take effect, which can be pretty annoying if you forget to open it, or it crashes/closes for some reason, etc. I used to use Rivatuner for certain games before I discovered the little .dll program I posted above. Of course, if the GPU settings don't work. I'm not really sure why some games ignore the GPU settings, but Sonic CD and SA2 both ignored the GPU settings for me (AMD Radeon)

Oh! Thanks for the clarification!

It's weird that for you, SA2 and CD, ignored the GPU settings for you, for me it didn't (NVIDIA GPU), that's why I recommended just changing the GPU settings, because his friend (the one with the problem), has as NVIDIA GPU, and apparently it works with NVIDIA, so, yeah!

Thanks anyways!

[LiquidCrest]

Update: it's fixed as of right now, all of your advice has been extremely appreciated, thanks so much!

[Asurilm]

Originally posted by LiquidCrest:

Update: it's fixed as of right now, all of your advice has been extremely appreciated, thanks so much!

No problem! I'm glad all of us were able to help!