Splinter Cell Double Agent (PC)

[bagman]

Hi there
I thought I would post my settings for the game as it may assist some people.

Using the following, I get between 25-50fps with an average in the mid-30's.
1280x1024
HDR: off
Soft Shadows: off
AF: 8x
Shadow Resolution: Medium
Trinlear: On
High Quality Textures: on
V-sync: off
60hz refresh rate
Hardware Shadow mapping: on
Environment details: High
High Detail shader: on
AA 4x
91.47 nVidia drivers

I created a game profile using both the SCDALauncher and the SplinterCell4.exe. They both show up in Manager 3D settings but changes to one is enabled in both.
Driver settings are High Quality and no optimizations. Supersampling is enabled in Transparency filtering and Gamma correct AA is On. I am using alternate frame rendering 1 for the Multi-GPU Performance mode.
I also set affinity to CPU "0" when the game launches, though I must confess that I see no difference when both CPU's are enabled.

Touch wood, but after various crashes to begin with, the above seems to work for me.

I should add that I am in the very early stages of the game ( Geothermal Plant) so there is plenty of time yet for something to go wrong , but hope that the above may help some of you

cheers

[rewt]

Originally Posted by bagman

I have found what appears to be the SplinterCell4.exe to use when making your own Game Profile.
Can any of yu guys confirm I have the correct .exe file.

yeah, I think thats it. Just add that .exe to the SplinterCell4 profile that already exists. Why nvidia added a profile only for online exe, who knows...

Originally Posted by bagman

I am using alternate frame rendering 1 for the Multi-GPU Performance mode.

Try AFR2 (2404409)

That is the profile in more recent drivers. 95.xx + I think

[pg_ice]

Originally Posted by bagman

though I must confess that I see no difference when both CPU's are enabled.

so the game is NOT optimized for X2s.
Ubi Soft talks bull then.

what about Core2s? do they get the FPS to move in SCDA??

[bagman]

Originally Posted by pg_ice

so the game is NOT optimized for X2s.
Ubi Soft talks bull then.

what about Core2s? do they get the FPS to move in SCDA??

I just re-ran the game again

When running with my FX-60 there is a small FPS difference between both cores and single core.
Single core runs a few FPS faster i.e. about 5-10FPS depending on where in the map you are. I do notice that as you turn Sam around the FPS can vary by about 10FPS. Similar situation exists with Oblivion

I also tried AFR 2. No good for my 91.47's....as I exit to desktop I get a Windows message "SplinterCell4.exe has ecountered a problem and must close "

cheers

[pg_ice]

Originally Posted by bagman

Single core runs a few FPS faster i.e. about 5-10FPS

as i said
something is wrong with this game
"optimized för dual CPUs" does that mean that you can run the game with dual core without crashes.
great Ubi Soft! you sure can program games..LOL

[Knot3D]

The AMD dual core optimizer patch works for this game.

Also, i get the impression Ati's do better than NV's in this game.

alas, i abandoned the PC version anyway and i got the XB360 version
which features better and more stable framerates and better ingame
assets like higher poly models and slightly better textures.

The latter issue in the PC version also causes the game to look way too bright
where you should be able to hide in 'darkness'.

I'm lovin' SC DA on Xbox360, but i'm hating it on PC.

[pg_ice]

Originally Posted by Knot3D

The AMD dual core optimizer patch works for this game.

works?
what do you mean works?

[rewt]

Originally Posted by stncttr908

There are gamepads for PC you know.

So you're saying your version of Double Agent supports gamepads? Mine doesn't. And I even updated to 1.01

I had to use Joy2Key to set up every key on my gamepad. It works, but my left analog stick (the one I use to move Sam around) is not nearly as precise as they were with Chaos Theory. It's pretty annoying..

I'm rather disappointed about the game's poor stability and performance as well. No wonder why Knot3D plays it on the xbox

[crainger]

Originally Posted by rewt

So you're saying your version of Double Agent supports gamepads? Mine doesn't. And I even updated to 1.01

I had to use Joy2Key to set up every key on my gamepad. It works, but my left analog stick (the one I use to move Sam around) is not nearly as precise as they were with Chaos Theory. It's pretty annoying..

I'm rather disappointed about the game's poor stability and performance as well. No wonder why Knot3D plays it on the xbox

If you have a 360 controller for PC (i.e. wired 360 contoller) you can use it with DA on PC with no configuration needed. Just plug it in and all the buttons and sticks are mapped the same as the 360 version. More proof the PC version is a direct port of the 360 version I say.

[rewt]

Thanks.

So the game does have gamepad support. Maybe its just a matter of modding the ini to work with my PS2 controller instead.

I don't personally wish to go out and buy an xBox controller just for this game, if you know what I mean.

[nekrosoft13]

Originally Posted by rewt

Thanks.

So the game does have gamepad support. Maybe its just a matter of modding the ini to work with my PS2 controller instead.

I don't personally wish to go out and buy an xBox controller just for this game, if you know what I mean.

its pretty much a direct x360 port, just with slightly better textures. that explains the larger size of the game

[crainger]

Originally Posted by rewt

Thanks.

So the game does have gamepad support. Maybe its just a matter of modding the ini to work with my PS2 controller instead.

I don't personally wish to go out and buy an xBox controller just for this game, if you know what I mean.

I dunno if .ini modding would work. I think the gamepad support is through Xinput. Right now only 360 controllers have a Xinput driver.

Still I guess it is more or less the same engine as Chaos Theory, and it supported gamepads.

On another note. I still can't get over the fact they restricted mouse button rebinding!

Originally Posted by nekrosoft

its pretty much a direct x360 port, just with slightly better textures. that explains the larger size of the game

Yup. Any game where I see a "next-gen" option (in other words 360 port) sets off alarm bells. Wouldn't be so bad if the ports actually worked.