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Xeonzs Jan 25 @ 12:36am
New windows update makes the game stutter?
Anyone else experience this?
Unfortunately microsoft forced this ♥♥♥♥ on me, but now it micro-freezes in the menus when I try to click something.
Any fixes?
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Originally posted by Kulcsos12:
Originally posted by GlitchDot:
Adding dgVoodoo2 x86 dlls in game folder fixed the issues for me, at least on SupCom1.

Well, this is works!

Originally posted by Hollow:
Originally posted by GlitchDot:
Adding dgVoodoo2 x86 dlls in game folder fixed the issues for me, at least on SupCom1.
How'd you guess or find out that this would fix it ? Where did you get the files from ? I guess with "game folder" you mean the \bin sub-folder instead of the main folder ?

dbVoodoo2 is a game emulator for old game or something I don't know but works
1. Dowload it from here: https://github.com/dege-diosg/dgVoodoo2/releases
2. Copy these 5 files into the bin folder:
dgVoodoo.conf, dgVoodooCpl.exe
D3D9.dll, D3DImm.dll, DDraw.dll (from MS\x86 folder)
3. Run the dgVoodooCpl.exe to remove the watermark or make some adjustments.
Old YT tutorial for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVbZ0NZzadE
4. Set the SupremeCommander.exe compatibilty to WinXP SP2
5. Run the game as administrator
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Xeonzs Jan 25 @ 2:01am 
I just deleted the gas powered games folder in appdata/local and it works again, yea I had to make a new profile, set mods again and set display settings, but hey I can play the game again.

Nvm that only fixed for the first match, on restart the game has the same issue again, also when it needs to load voice/videos of the campaign.
Last edited by Xeonzs; Jan 25 @ 5:26am
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Seven7 Jan 28 @ 4:15am 
W 11 24H2 - right? :lunar2019crylaughingpig:
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Xeonzs Jan 28 @ 8:36am 
Originally posted by Seven7:
W 11 24H2 - right? :lunar2019crylaughingpig:
Probably, it was fine on windows 11 before, but I feel like one of the more recent updates made it deal with this game poorly.
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OnxTincT Feb 1 @ 4:45pm 
And I was wondering what the hell happened ! I have the same issue , even uninstall and reinstall and no success.
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Xeonzs Feb 1 @ 5:46pm 
Originally posted by OnxTincT:
And I was wondering what the hell happened ! I have the same issue , even uninstall and reinstall and no success.
Yea I tried some things like disabling fast boot, changing the sound quality / bitrate (even though I didnt have that particular issue), compatability modes, etc.
Sometimes it works fine, sometimes it doesn't and I don't know what the trigger is.
Whatever the trigger is, it's pretty new cause as I mentioned and now you as well, it was fine before on the same OS and hardware.
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OnxTincT Feb 8 @ 3:20pm 
It's clearly a windows update that did the damage . I tried reinstalling , DirectX drivers update, Nvidia update and change some settings . Nothing works . The game freeze for several seconds each time dialogue occurs or looped video/cutscene happens . Even clicking on menus can freeze for several second . And changing the graphic settings and Resolution is an issue .
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Xeonzs Feb 8 @ 3:38pm 
Originally posted by OnxTincT:
It's clearly a windows update that did the damage . I tried reinstalling , DirectX drivers update, Nvidia update and change some settings . Nothing works . The game freeze for several seconds each time dialogue occurs or looped video/cutscene happens . Even clicking on menus can freeze for several second . And changing the graphic settings and Resolution is an issue .
Yeap, EXACTLY the same thing here, it's very unfortunate.
I'm on windows 11 willingly, but with the way how microsoft is pushing people to move from windows 10 to 11 it's just a matter of time till this happens to more people.
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Pinafal Feb 12 @ 12:08pm 
Same issue. I tried setting compatibility back to windows 7 which did improve it but still causes the delay. frustrating issue.
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Xeonzs Feb 12 @ 4:22pm 
Originally posted by Pinafal:
Same issue. I tried setting compatibility back to windows 7 which did improve it but still causes the delay. frustrating issue.
Yeap, did you do the bug windows update that released yesterday?
it apparently fixed 55 bugs in windows 11, but I haven't bothered to retry since then.
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Pinafal Feb 13 @ 10:54am 
better but not perfect. still stutters before every dialogue
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Xeonzs Feb 13 @ 3:32pm 
Originally posted by Pinafal:
better but not perfect. still stutters before every dialogue
Shame :(
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Phenomenon Feb 14 @ 11:57am 
Was going to play these games this weekend because I really do enjoy playing them... Just to come across this stupid issue. What did the stupid developers at Microsoft due to Windows to cause it to make this great game fail to work properly? *sigh* I just wanted to play my old time favorite. I really hate developers. Always trying to "Fix" things that aren't broken, and in the attempt breaking it.
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Xeonzs Feb 14 @ 2:33pm 
Originally posted by Phenomenon:
Was going to play these games this weekend because I really do enjoy playing them... Just to come across this stupid issue. What did the stupid developers at Microsoft due to Windows to cause it to make this great game fail to work properly? *sigh* I just wanted to play my old time favorite. I really hate developers. Always trying to "Fix" things that aren't broken, and in the attempt breaking it.
I know right, it sucks :(
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OdinDKami Feb 15 @ 2:30am 
Try and change affinity to 4 cpu cores.

Either start task manager and change affinity for the game there to use 4 cores or what works for you (must do it every start of the game).

Or change the shortcut with [C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c start "" /affinity F] (the F is code for 4 cores)

Will look like [C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c start "" /affinity F "D:\Games\FAF Client\faf-client.exe"] if you use FAF.
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Xeonzs Feb 24 @ 3:00am 
Originally posted by OdinDKami:
Try and change affinity to 4 cpu cores.

Either start task manager and change affinity for the game there to use 4 cores or what works for you (must do it every start of the game).

Or change the shortcut with [C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c start "" /affinity F] (the F is code for 4 cores)

Will look like [C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c start "" /affinity F "D:\Games\FAF Client\faf-client.exe"] if you use FAF.
Tried this today as I wanted to do a bit of skirmish, but it doesn't help.
Tried disabling only thread 0 (this helps in many other games)
Tried letting the game run only on threads 1, 2, 3 and 4 but also didn't work.

Thee freezing in the menus is also really annoying when trying to setup a skirmish game, to the point where I don't even want to play anymore.
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