Postal 2 Performance?

[Blytz]

1) What performance settings do you think are the best?
2) Fire lag. Am I the only one with this problem?

This game is quite old (but still be awesome), but some times it lag a lot... I have a Dual-Core, it's not the best but it do its job, but when I kill (expecially when I use the double shotgun) or I burn a lot of people it start to lag... Do you have any solution? I already set everything to low, but it still lag...

[PlayaOfGames]

i am havign some of these problems to even when choping alot of people witha syche or a machate i get alot of lag as well and fire as well

[LORD MJ]

Post your full system specs and the performance settings you are using right now. We will find what works best for you.

Also, Postal 2 doesn't care if you have a Dual-Core, Quad-Core or even Octa-Core. It will always use the first Core.

[Blytz]

Originally posted by LORD MJ:

Also, Postal 2 doesn't care if you have a Dual-Core, Quad-Core or even Octa-Core. It will always use the first Core.

So why there is an option called "Force One Core" if the game is already using One Core?

[PlayaOfGames]

Originally posted by Blytz:

Originally posted by LORD MJ:

Also, Postal 2 doesn't care if you have a Dual-Core, Quad-Core or even Octa-Core. It will always use the first Core.

So why there is an option called "Force One Core" if the game is already using One Core?

yah iwas going to say the same thing

[LORD MJ]

Because the game can run too fast on some systems, so that's a fix for players that have that problem.

[Shroomin' Truman]

Lag while firing an automatic weapon? I had that. This fixes it. I also recommend using vsync as well.

http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Postal_2#Low_performance_on_modern_PC

[Blytz]

Originally posted by Hungry Hungry Hippie:

Lag while firing an automatic weapon? I had that. This fixes it. I also recommend using vsync as well.

http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Postal_2#Low_performance_on_modern_PC

Thank you, I fixed the problem with the M16 and the MP5, but it still lag when I use the double shotgun... Also, in the guide you link me, there is a section where there is write "Change the number of prerendered frames" and the first point is "Go to NVIDIA panel", the only problem is that I don't use NVIDIA, but AMD... What can I do?

[LORD MJ]

Why don't you post your full system specs and performance settings you are using right now, like I previously asked?

[Blytz]

Originally posted by LORD MJ:

Why don't you post your full system specs and performance settings you are using right now, like I previously asked?

Sorry, I forgot it. There it is:

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP 1
Processor: AMD A6-4400 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
RAM: 6,00 GB
Grapichs: AMD Radeon HD 7520G + 7670M Dual Graphics

Perfomance Settings:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=250104530

[vakori]

Fire lag and smoke lag is pretty much on any system I have this problem too (on my laptop and my pc).

[PlayaOfGames]

i wonder if rws could fix it i mean i think this might have been happening back then when pcs werent so powerful but now they are they should fix it hopefully

[LORD MJ]

Originally posted by Blytz:

Originally posted by LORD MJ:

Why don't you post your full system specs and performance settings you are using right now, like I previously asked?

Sorry, I forgot it. There it is:

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP 1
Processor: AMD A6-4400 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
RAM: 6,00 GB
Grapichs: AMD Radeon HD 7520G + 7670M Dual Graphics

Perfomance Settings:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=250104530

I get an error, item doesn't exist. Your system seems powerful enough. Did you try to lower your resolution as well?

You could also make sure that the game is using your dedicated graphic card. It can sometimes happen that the game chooses the integrated one.

Originally posted by Top_Spiiiiiin:

Fire lag and smoke lag is pretty much on any system I have this problem too (on my laptop and my pc).

Not on my PC. I get lag only if I start a really massive fire, or if I set too many people on fire (and by too many I mean 10+).

Originally posted by PlayaOfGames:

i wonder if rws could fix it i mean i think this might have been happening back then when pcs werent so powerful but now they are they should fix it hopefully

It has nothing to do with how powerful the PCs are, although playing Postal 2 in Full HD on my new system is much more smoother than on the old one (my old CPU was a bit too slow). The problem is that the engine is too old. You can only do so much with, I'm sure they are trying their best, but don't expect miracles.

[Blytz]

Originally posted by LORD MJ:

I get an error, item doesn't exist. Your system seems powerful enough. Did you try to lower your resolution as well?

You could also make sure that the game is using your dedicated graphic card. It can sometimes happen that the game chooses the integrated one.

What do you mean when you write "I get an error"? I already tryed to set lower resolution, but it still lag...

Originally posted by LORD MJ:

Not on my PC. I get lag only if I start a really massive fire, or if I set too many people on fire (and by too many I mean 10+).

In fact it start to lag when I burn a lot of people (usually with Napalm Launcher), not when I burn just one...

[LORD MJ]

Originally posted by Blytz:

What do you mean when you write "I get an error"? I already tryed to set lower resolution, but it still lag...

In fact it start to lag when I burn a lot of people (usually with Napalm Launcher), not when I burn just one...

I get an error when I try to open the image you linked, Steam says that file doesn't exist. But you don't have to upload it again.

Burning a lot of people with the napalm launcher WILL cause lag like I said. There is no way to fix that. (except to not burn people, but where is the fun in that? :P)

[#SAVESFF]

I run Postal 2 on all high settings 2x Anistrophic and on 1600x900 res (native resolution) and when theres fire and giblets everywhere it runs fine