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LamppuAmppu Dec 9, 2015 @ 10:43am
Difference between Steam version and CD?
I have very low fps in this game (something like 10). I tried to find the solution and many people have said that the Steam version doesn't work as good as the CD version.
So what exactly is the difference between Steam and CD? And can I somehow make Steam version the same as CD version?
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76561198006416723 Dec 9, 2015 @ 1:20pm 
performance wouldn't change, biggest difference is the multiplayer, gamespy have shut down so you can't play mp on the cd version anymore, while here you can because it uses steamworks now - but the update that brough steamworks to the game, also created some issues that didn't exist before and some mods don't work on the updated steamworks version

but nothing that really affects the framerate and the performance was changed

system specs? what video settings are you using in-game?
Last edited by 76561198006416723; Dec 9, 2015 @ 1:20pm
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LamppuAmppu Dec 9, 2015 @ 2:03pm 
System specs: Intel Pentium quad core processor N3530 (up to 2.58 GHz),
Intel HD Graphics,
8 GB DDR3 L Memory,
Windows 10 64-bit

I'm using default video settings in-game, but have also tried lowest settings. It didn't make any difference.
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76561198006416723 Dec 9, 2015 @ 2:13pm 
if changing settings didn't affect the performance, check if the laptop is running on some kind of power-saving mode
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Jambie Lionheart Dec 10, 2015 @ 12:16am 
depending on when the retail version was made it's also more modable :D but newer versions are made more to suite newer computer OS'
Last edited by Jambie Lionheart; Dec 10, 2015 @ 12:33am
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LamppuAmppu Dec 10, 2015 @ 9:49am 
No, I'm not running my computer on power-saving mode.

But I have read that this game can use only one core. So I thought is there any way to make Rome: Total War the only program which can run on that one core? And all other programs would run on other three cores. Or would that even help?
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ya thang Dec 10, 2015 @ 10:01am 
To get your FPS back to normal levels; launch the game, then alt-tab and open Task Manager. Go to the Details tab and find Rome in the list. Right-click and select Set affinity. There you can choose which CPU Rome is allowed to use. I don't remember which one I chose but just experiment with it and when you select the correct one your FPS should go through the roof. This should allow you to have an average of anywhere between 20-50 FPS on both the campaign and battle maps. Two other solutions that may help are Large Address Aware (Google it) and setting the game's priority to High (in the same menu as the one where you select the CPU). Hope that helps.
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LamppuAmppu Dec 10, 2015 @ 2:11pm 
Originally posted by lazer.bear:
To get your FPS back to normal levels; launch the game, then alt-tab and open Task Manager. Go to the Details tab and find Rome in the list. Right-click and select Set affinity. There you can choose which CPU Rome is allowed to use. I don't remember which one I chose but just experiment with it and when you select the correct one your FPS should go through the roof. This should allow you to have an average of anywhere between 20-50 FPS on both the campaign and battle maps. Two other solutions that may help are Large Address Aware (Google it) and setting the game's priority to High (in the same menu as the one where you select the CPU). Hope that helps.

I actually have already tried all those three things - none of them worked...

But I'd like to know is there a way to make RTW the only program that can use the specific core?
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ya thang Dec 10, 2015 @ 2:18pm 
I don't know if that's possible. Are you using the integrated Intel card or do you have a second graphics card? You could also try adding the -cpuCount=1 launch option.
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LamppuAmppu Dec 11, 2015 @ 6:22am 
I am using the integrated Intel card.

And -cpuCount=1 didn't work.
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Person Dec 11, 2015 @ 1:53pm 
The cd version might run better due to not having steam run in the background
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LamppuAmppu Dec 13, 2015 @ 2:12pm 
Littlebples, I saw you played RTW and I'm just curious what are your system specs? Do you have milticore or windows 10?And can you run RTW fine?
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Varainger Dec 13, 2015 @ 3:53pm 
Do you have the non-Steam version still installed ?
I'd recommend to compare the preferences.txt files.

If you have a widescreen change that to 'Yes' and have battle and campaign resolution as your desktop and play in windowed by using the -ne command. Turn off shadows, stuff..

I suppose......I don't know.
It still seems to be slower than the non-Steam version, but it's okay for me.
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