Slowing down old Games

npjnpj · 8 Aug 2011 at 13:21

Does anyone know a tool I could use for slowing down games under Windows 7-64 bit without using virtual PC or similar, just under native Win 7?

I just installed Commandos, and the game runs OK, but much too fast. I used to have the Slowdown and Moslo programs, but they can't cope with Win7.

Noel Gallagher · 8 Aug 2011 at 14:03

ScummVM or DosBOX? Or am I on the wrong lines?

npjnpj · 8 Aug 2011 at 14:16

Cheers, but I mean for non-DOS games.

Neil79 · 8 Aug 2011 at 14:24

http://cid-408ca931940d5e3c.office.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/FPS^_Limiter^_0.2.rar

Frame Rate limiter

http://www.simforums.com/forums/stutters-give-this-a-try_topic29685.html

Noel Gallagher · 8 Aug 2011 at 14:27

npjnpj said:
Cheers, but I mean for non-DOS games.

Ah, now I know what you mean

npjnpj · 8 Aug 2011 at 15:20

Thank Neil, but is this really a CPU slowdown utility? From what I've read it's a framerate limiter for FSX. Does it double for slowdown for other programs as well?

Neil79 · 8 Aug 2011 at 15:33

All DX games but doesn't work too well on DX 10-11

npjnpj · 8 Aug 2011 at 15:56

I must be doing something wrong somewhere. Created a batchfile (with and without the GUI as well as with all combinations of switches), but the message is always:
'FPS_Limiter.exe: Could not create game process.'
Logfile is also not created. I checked and no directories are write protected either. Any tips?

Kosmiche · 8 Aug 2011 at 16:39

Sometimes if you set core affinity to use only 1 core that makes the game run at normal speed.

Works with UT99 - run game, task manager, right click game process, core affinity, leave just 1 core checked.

HangTime · 8 Aug 2011 at 19:07

vsync can help for some games, although it depends on your refresh rate obviously.