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DirectX 8.0 and up have Direct Sound debugging on by default, which eats up CPU cycles, and causes some sound conflicts.And since debug is for techs who help you find/fix problems,why have it on if you never send a debug report to a tech.</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#A6CAF0" FACE="Verdana" ><B>You can also improve the sound versus video situation by setting hardware acceleration to "none" in control panel/multimedia/audio/playback/advanced properties/performance.</B></FONT></div> <div> <B> Download this utility to </B><B>C:\Windows\system</B><B>, then go to control panel, and open the new DirectX applet. Go to the Direct Sound tab, and slide the debug value all the way left to turn it off.  Or just drag and drop it in to your C:\Windows\System and double click the file go</B><B> to the Direct Sound tab Enjoy!!  <a href="HTMLobj-1514/dxapplet.zip"><u>dxapplet.zip</u> </a>  download.</B></div> <div> <B> <img src="HTMLobj-1513/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="396" height="22">  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Having lag trouble?</B></div> <div> <B>In order to get the best performance out of your high end Flight Simulation (specifically Janes F/A-18), you need to make sure your system is configured properly. A fast internet connection is only part of the puzzle. The following information will help you investigate and define what settings you can change and how to do them. WARNING! This section is only for those that know their machines and how they work. I take no responsibility for any problems caused from instituting the fixes and/or configuration changes found in these pages. I am NOT a computer guru, I am however, an avid reader and over the years I have come across many tips and such from magazines, books, swap meets and friends who are gurus. Good luck and have fun, if it starts smoking, it ain't my fault so don't send me e-mail on it. lol...</B></div> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-186/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="396" height="22">  </div> <div> <B> How to make F/A-18 run smootheron your machine:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Jane’s F/A-18 requires a great deal of your systems resources. In order to get most resources available, you need to close all unnecessary programs.You say: Yeah? But I got a PIII 900Mhz with 256 mb RAM.Well, it doesn’t matter, if you want eye candy in the game, you put everything to maximum and this eats up the resources! Luckily for you, we can help you. What you need to do is:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1. Make sure you go to the properties of all programs that launches on start-up and make them NOT launch on start-up. This could be ICQ,MSN Messenger, Virus checkers, downloading utilities and lots of other programs.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>2. Check that there are no programs in the   Start/Programs/Start Up/ folder.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>3. Go to Start/Run and type: msconfig This will show a window of what is starting up as windows loads. Click on the tab to the right called Startup,Uncheck the programs that are not necessary for Windows as it starts. You need at least SystemTray your videocard and maybe your joystick application. This will require a reboot, but after you have loaded windows, check your resources available {right click on my computer go to properties click perfomance}.</B></div> <div> <B>You may feel sceptical about not having your virus checker running, but if you want to play on-line, and not make everyone you play against furious, because you’re warping as bad as it seems like you fly the SU-35 instead of the SuperHornet, it is necessary. The reason for this is that the virus checker stops and checks everything you receive and that makes a certain delay for information travelling through the net. Why not just make a shortcut for your virus checker on the taskbar or on the desktop, so you can activate it when you are surfing the internet.</B></div> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-181/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="396" height="22">  </div> <div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#A6CAF0" FACE="Arial" ><B>  Disk compression settings set to none for the fastest speeds for opening files</B></FONT></div> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-182/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="396" height="22">  </div> <div> <B><U>Error Control</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This can be found at Control Panel > Modem > Modem Properties > Advanced, now un tick the box for error control. It's as easy as that, remember to change it back when you surf the net. The reason for this is that when playing on-line the servers send big data chunks across quickly, and error control delays this, so in effect the latency (This is the delay from when you press a button to when the server receives this command and executes it on-screen) or lag as we call it increase's. However on some modems it doesnt seem to improve performance, for instance supaexpress modems perform better with this on.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-1108/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="396" height="22">  </div> <div> <B><U>Data Compression</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Go to Control Panel>Internet Connections>Connections> The connection you use>Settings>Properties>Server types, now un tick the box with data compression to give you even less lag.</B></div> <div> <B>There are lots of tweaks out there for modems, but at the end of the day there are 3 main factors, your modem, phone line and ISP. Most PC's come with bog standard 56kers, there fine for surfing the web, but for online gaming its best to get an external modem like 3com, Supra Express etc.</B></div> <div> <B>A basic fact is that a lot of people have a lot of differant opinions about lag and how to improve it, try some settings out yourself, you could write down what you change and perform a test, remember you can always change it back. It wont damage anything</B></div> <bR> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-1109/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="396" height="22">  </div> <div> <B>Restart your computer and run the program again. </B></div> <div> <B>When you quit a program but don't restart your computer, the program might not return memory{RAMS}resources to the system. Restarting your computer releases the system resources.</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#A6CAF0" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-183/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="396" height="22">  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#A6CAF0" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>From Janes Combat Net </B></div> <div> <B>Here's the Theory: </B></div> <div> <B>Modem or TCP/IP: If you have a slower modem or internet connection, you can decrease the rate at which packets are sent, thus decreasing the message traffic between machines which may increase performance and reliability. Please note that the "Data" field indicates time between packet sending in milliseconds. Thus, slower connections should use a higher number. The default time between packet transmission is 50 milliseconds. Again, note that when entering values, text is case-sensitive so enter the values exactly as they appear.</B></div> <div> <B>Here's the Instructions: (For FA-18 do the following:) </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>a. execute the Windows command: START/RUN/Open: enter "regedit" , then OK the field. </B></div> <div> <B>b. select: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE </B></div> <div> <B>c. select: SOFTWARE </B></div> <div> <B>d. select: Janes Combat Simulations </B></div> <div> <B>e. select: F18 </B></div> <div> <B>f. put mouse in the right frame of the registry window under VALUE/DATA and hit the right mouse button and select: NEW/STRING VALUE </B></div> <div> <B>g. rename the NEW VALUE #1 = "NetRate" (which is the new value name)</B></div> <div> <B>h. double click on the NetRate value name and modify or set the Value Data = "75"</B></div> <div> <B>The end result is you have a new entry in the F18 registry as:</B></div> <div> <B>Value         Data </B></div> <div> <B>NetRate      75</B></div> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-184/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="396" height="22">  </div> <div> <B>Memory Leaks and Win 9X.</B></div> <div> <B>Have you ever noticed your machine slowing down after you have been online for a while, either playing the game, or jawjacking at Hyperlobby. If you look at your System Properties dialog and click on the performance tab, you will see that when you just booted up, the resources will be higher than they will be if you check it after you've been online for a while. Well, more than likely, you have a memory leak. Believe it or not, this is considered a normal condition for Windows. Windows 95/98 doesn't dynamically allocate memory for its apps, instead opting for the app itself to determine its needs and then free up the memory it used when the app closes. </B></div> <div> <B>Memory leakage occurs when an app fails to close out all the system resources it used. Sometimes, Windows 98 itself is responsible for it's own memory leakage. In any case, this is an ongoing condition, if anyone figures out the best way to handle it, let me know, but for now, the only thing I can offer is a free utility called Rampage(look in utilities). </B></div> <div> <B>Rampage enables you to gain control over your RAM. You can allocate and free any specified amount of memory, which makes Windows 95/98/NT operating systems swap out unused programs and DLLs. The effect is that you get more free RAM, which makes working a lot smoother. It also displays the amount of free physical RAM you have on your system. This is a freeware program. I have place it in the utilities section of this site go give it a try it's a very small download</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#A6CAF0" FACE="Arial" ><B>. </B></FONT></div> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-187/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="396" height="22">  </div> <div> <B>Hard Drives.</B></div> <div> <B>First things first, if you have a drive that is larger than 512 megabytes, convert it to FAT32. Thats all I have to say on that subject. </B></div> <div> <B>Most of the newer PC's have two IDE controllers. The primary controller is normally attached to the system's PCI bus, while the secondary is attached to the much slower ISA bus. Attach your primary hard disk to the primary controller. Each controller has 2 connections, so you can chain a second Hard Drive off the primary controller. CD-ROM's, on the other hand, are much slower so attach them to the secondary controller. </B></div> <div> <B>The new Ultra DMA drives are capable of burst transfers at more than 33MB a second! That is more than double the rate of a standard IDE drive. In windows 95 and 98, this option is disabled by default. To enable the DMA option, go to START / SETTINGS / CONTROL PANEL and open the SYSTEM folder. Once there, select the DEVICE tab, then expand the DISK DRIVES branch of the device tree, highlight the corresponding drive icon, then select PROPERTIES. Now click on the SETTINGS tab and check the box labeled DMA. Close all the dialog boxes and restart your system. If your system is UDMA capable, you will notice a marked increase in your HD access times. Only do this if you have a UDMA drive. </B></div> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-188/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="396" height="22">  </div> <div> <B>Perform System Maintenance.</B></div> <div> <B>Perform regular maintenance on your system. Use the maintenance wizard in START / PROGRAMS / ACCESSORIES / SYSTEM TOOLS to keep your HD in peak operating form. Keeping your drive defrag'd, cleaned of temp files and properly scandisk'd. This is MOST important for flight sims as data transfer speeds that slow down can seriously lag your game. </B></div> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-189/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="396" height="22">  </div> <div> <B>Stop Modem Time-outs.</B></div> <div> <B>If your modem times out while you are lollygagging at janes, or during long delays or file transfers, you can reset the timeout variable. Go to START / RUN / type regedit and click OK, then go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / System / CurrentControlSet / Services / Class / Modem / (Modem Number) / Settings. Double click on INACTIVITY TIMEOUT and change the number in brackets to the amount of minutes you want the inactivity timer to allow. For example, enter S19=<25> for a 25 minute toleration before timing out. WARNING! messing with your registry can be disastrous if you don't know what you are doing. ALWAYS backup the registry before you make any changes to it so you can recover if you screw up. </B></div> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-190/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="396" height="22">  </div> <div> <B>Check Your Connection.</B></div> <div> <B>Troubleshoot your ISP connection with a powerful utility called TRACERT.EXE. Tracert traces every hop a packet takes (router on the internet) to reach it's destination giving the path and the time it takes between each. </B></div> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-191/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="396" height="22">  </div> <div> <B>The MaxMTU setting.</B></div> <div> <B>MTU stands for Maximum Transmission Unit. In TCP-IP networking, this setting defines how many bytes are in each packet that moves across the network. Idealy, each packet flows smoothly from one stop to the next on the Internet. However, if any portion of the network (routers, ethernet cards, etc. etc.) uses physical frames that are smaller than the incoming packets, those packets will be chopped up like Tuna en route and reassembled at their destination. This will cause performance slowdowns. </B></div> <div> <B>By default, the Windows 95 MTU is 1500, which is appropriate for Ethernet based networks. On the other hand, when you dial in to an ISP, your data goes through a router that uses the Internet standard MTU setting of 576, The mismatch in settings guarantees that your 1500 byte packets will be fragmented into smaller packets of 576 bytes or less, resulting in less than optimal performance. You can change this setting in Windows 95 manually, and their are dozens of pages on the internet with step by step instructions for making the change. But, as I stated before, messing with your registry is risky business. The best way to change these settings is to use a program called TweakDun.</B></div> <div> <B>Windows 98, on the other hand, does a far better job than its predecessor of optimizing TCP-IP transmissions, and it also lets you change the setting without hacking the registry. By default, all PPP connections at speeds below 128k use an MTU of 576. At higher speeds, Windows 98 uses an MTU of 1,500. To adjust these settings, go to START / SETTINGS / CONTROL PANEL / and open the NETWORK folder, select DIAL UP ADAPTER / PROPERTIES / ADVANCED / then select the IP packet size entry in the property list. The automatic settings shifts MTU size to match the connection speed. You can choose LARGE to set the MTU setting to 1500, MEDIUM to set the MTU setting to 1000, or SMALL for 576. </B></div> <div> <B>NOTE: The new cable modem connections available now may cause the automatic setting to shift to a larger packet size. Try setting the packet size to small and see what happens, you may dramatically increase your already flaming Internet speeds. </B></div> <div> <B>NOTE #2: Changing your MTU setting does not affect your connection speed, if you connect at 48k before you adjust it, you will connect at 48k after. It just makes the packet transfer process more efficient. </B></div> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-192/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="396" height="22">  </div> <div> <B>Turn Off Call Waiting.</B></div> <div> <B>Those background beeps caused by call waiting are enough to bounce you right out of your game and slam your connection to boot. Turn call waiting off by typing *70 before the number you dial your ISP with (in some areas, the turnoff code is 1170) Call waiting is automatically restored when you disconnect.. </B></div> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-193/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="396" height="22">  </div> <div> <B>The ICQ Blues.</B></div> <div> <B>If you are having trouble with your ICQ bouncing you out of your game. You can make a few minor changes to your preferences can help alleviate some of the ICQ headaches. Click on the ICQ button, then PREFERENCES, then STATUS. Make sure there is a checkmark in the DISABLE ONLINE ALERT MESSAGES in AWAY, DND, NA and OCCUPIED. Then take the check out of the box next to the SHOW MESSAGES IN TRAY IN ALL STATUS MODES, then go to the CONTACT tab, and take the check out of the POPUP CONTACT LIST UPON INCOMING EVENT box. This should prevent any messages from interrupting your flights. </B></div> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-1529/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="396" height="22">  </div> <div> <B>Get the BEST Browser!</B></div> <div> <B>I am a hard and fast fan of IE4 & IE5. they are more complete, faster loading, and contrary to popular belief, JAVA works better in Internet Explorer. The most important reason though is the new IE5's grasp of CSS. I am so steadfast in my decision about this that I no longer have any Netscape browsers on my machine. Not even for testing purposes. BUT, If you use IEx, You need PowerToys. Period. These seven little tiny utilities improve your search capabilities, let you view framed pages in separate windows, zoom in for a closer look at web pages, adds a toolbar button that toggles graphics on and off (very cool by the way, I use it all the time) and tons more. It is a free download from Microsoft</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>To limit the amount of memory Windows 98 uses </B></div> <div> <B>Click Start, then point to Run. </B></div> <div> <B>In the Open box, type Msconfig, and then click OK. </B></div> <div> <B>On the General tab, click Create Backup to back up your current system configuration files with System Configuration utility. </B></div> <div> <B>Click the Advanced button. </B></div> <div> <B>Select the Limit memory to checkbox and specify a reduced amount of memory for Windows to use, then click OK. </B></div> <div> <B>At the prompt to restart your computer, click OK. </B></div> <div> <B>Warning</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The minimum memory requirement for Windows 98 is 16 mb. Limiting Windows to less than 16 mb may prevent it from loading normally. Start Windows 98 in Safe mode and increase the amount of memory available to Windows if this occurs. </B></div> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-197/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="396" height="22">  </div> <div> <B>Does your computer have defective memory chips? </B></div> <div> <B>Faulty memory chips can cause the following problems: </B></div> <div> <B>Parity errors </B></div> <div> <B>Fatal Exception errors </B></div> <div> <B>Himem.sys load failures in normal or safe mode </B></div> <div> <B>Random lockups </B></div> <div> <B>Computer stops responding </B></div> <div> <B>Note </B></div> <div> <B>Some memory-checking programs won't detect defective memory chips because the programs don't test RAM in the way that Windows 98 uses RAM. </B></div> <div> <B>To determine whether your computer has defective memory chips </B></div> <div> <B>Remove or replace the memory chips and check whether the problem is solved.</B></div> <div> <B>For information about how to remove or replace memory chips in your computer, consult the computer's documentation or manufacturer.</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#A6CAF0" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-198/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="396" height="22">  </div> <div> <B>To change the visual settings for your desktop to open the Display Properties dialog box. </B></div> <div> <B>Click the Effects tab. Under Visual effects, click the item you want to change. </B></div> <div> <B>Notes:</B></div> <div> <B>You can also open the Display Properties dialog box by clicking Start, pointing to Settings, clicking Control Panel, and then double-clicking Display. </B></div> <div> <B>Displaying large icons requires more memory than displaying small icons. If you notice a decrease in your computer’s performance, click to clear the Use large icons check box. </B></div> <div> <B>To see only the window outline when you move a window, clear the Show window contents while dragging check box. Also, clear this check box if you want to see what is behind a window as you move or size it. </B></div> <div> <B>Using all possible colors to display icons requires more computer memory, and Windows may take longer to refresh your desktop if you are using a 486-based computer. If you want to improve performance, clear the Show icons using all possible colors check box. </B></div> <div> <B>If you are using a 486-based computer and you want to increase performance, clear the Stretch desktop wallpaper to fit the screen check box. </B></div> <div> <B>One Final Note.</B></div> <div> <B>I have just touched the tip of the iceburg here, I have many many other tips that will eventually be included in my site, but I think this is enough to get you started. In order to be a serious flight simmer, you MUST spend the time to learn your machine, the net, and how to properly fire an AIM 7. HaHa, </B></div> <div> <B>   </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > <img src="HTMLobj-202/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="396" height="22">  </FONT></div> <div> <B>This was a collection of tweaks I found on the NET!!</B></div> <div> <B>   </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > <img src="HTMLobj-201/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="396" height="22">  </FONT></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="2106a510.jpg" border=0 width="618" height="81" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> </td> </tr></table></body>