Commandos for PC, running to fast...

[the_morbidus]

hello guys!!
i decided yesterday to open a box with many of my old games cause i was bored with the new ones and i came across one of my all time fav. games called Commandos:Behind enemy lines, now the problem that i face just like many other guys with old games and new computers is that its running at at least 3 times its normal speed.

i would like to find a way to slow it down, any help??

Processor:amd athlon 64 x2 dual-core 3800+
memory:1gb ddr
hard drive: 250gb 7500rpms
graphic card:nvidia geforce 6200

hope that is enough info to help you guys to figure something out, thanks for all the help and please dont flame.

[industrian]

It's probably because you have a dual core processor (the same as mines). Some old games have issues with them.

Make a backup of the main game exe (just incase) and download this file. Then open a Command Prompt, and change to the folder where you unzipped imagecfg.exe and and enter this into the command prompt "imagecfg -a 0x1 c:\path and file of the game exe" and it should produce the following:

c:\gamefolder\gamename.exe contains no configuration information
c:\gamefolder\gamename.exe contains a Subsystem Version of 4.0
c:\gamefolder\gamename.exe updated with the following configuration information:
Process Affinity Mask: 00000001

That will lock it to one of the processors on your PC and it should work fine.

[Metalmurphy]

If that doesn't work try enabling Vertical Synch. That happens alot on my laptop. Outrun 2006 ran so fast that on online games i would beat the "stage swich" and enter the matrix xD

[the_morbidus]

thanks guys, btw where do i go to enable Vertical Synch??

[industrian]

Originally Posted by the_morbidus

thanks guys, btw where do i go to enable Vertical Synch??

There might be the option for "V-Sync" in the Video settings.

EDIT: A quick check on one of my games reveals that V-Sync won't help if it's an issue because you have a dual core processor.