Game freezing with high settings

[Ysblokje]

Hi,
Since this is a game from the early 2000s I decided to see just how far I could up everything and still have a functioning game.

Well everything except one combo (I'll get to it) can be pushed to its maximum! This is both the config from VP and in game! Great stuff!

Now the thing that makes the game freeze : set visibility to 5000 and terrain detail to VERY HIGHT. It might look like the game keeps working just fine but after a few moments the froze on both machines I tried this on.

One machine was running with mesa-git on AMD and the other was running NVIDIA with the latest drivers.

VP thx for the port but can you look into this?

Regards,
Ysblokje

PS Also the mouse sensitivity in the menus is horrible! In game it's fine though.

[Mad_Bert]

Hi,
I doubt they can do much with it, it does the same also on Windows, the terrain detail seems pretty performance demanding (while all it does is just more bumps on the terrain, which isnt that important for almost anything, it can even ruin some mission when set on very high), I doubt there will be any pc that can handle 5k view distance & very high terrain detail anytime soon, but you can try how much your pc can take, just put view distance on minimum (500) and set terrain detail to very high, and then try increasing your view distance to the point where fps is unbearable.

[DasCapschen]

I'm pretty sure that's an engine and not a computer problem. As ArmA 3 I can run at high settings with more fps than this game.

[George]

I've been playing OFP/CWA since 2001 and have never been able to play with terrain and view distance on high as they absolutely kill performance. The game is 16 years old and it's just not able to take advantage of modern hardware.

[Pudding knaap]

i noticed its even a problem running the game on a 5800x3d and rx7800xt. my system is top notch especially for unoptimized games like this with the 3d cache on the cpu. 5000 dousnt work 1500m or 2500m on normal is the max it creates some slug lag delay between aiming if its set too high its a engine limitation not hardware. the hardware has no issues cranking 180fps 1440p

[mindedie]

Game engine can't handle, unoptimized for high or very high terrain detail or draw distances (higher than default 900m start to break game missions/AI too) or something. Launching into controller layout tool (or editig ColdWarAssault file), advance setting, lowering terrain, object texture, effects, LOD, etc should help with perfomance, but for me do not make a difference.
Mouse feels bit better on 4:3 aspect ratio.