Amnesia frame rate drops and LAG.

[Dr.Rumstain]

I run Amnesia on Windows 7 64 bit with a Intel® HD graphics, it's all fine and dandy until I reach a certain area where my frame rate drops and my game lags. I have put all the settings on low and turned off the SSAO, but still, there is lag. Oh and please don't say "Get a new graphics card" because I'm not. Any help will be great, thanks.

Edit: Yes I use that vertical sync thing, but still.........LAG.

[RawkBandMan]

Have you tried updating your video card drivers?

If so, and it still doesn't work, I'm sorry to say this, but...


You're gonna have to get a new graphics card.

[Dr.Rumstain]

Have you tried updating your video card drivers?

If so, and it still doesn't work, I'm sorry to say...

Okay, well I'm screwed, but there is one thing, I did not really turn Areo off (I believe.) You see when you right click on the icon, then go to properties, then go to comparability, then un-check the Disable desktop composition, that will turn off Areo, but since I run it on Steam, I made a new desktop and when I went to properties, the compatibly tab is gone. I know I'm asking much of you but please, if you can, please help me.

[plutomaniac]

attach hpl.log and update your intel hd drivers using the have disk method as said in the sticky guides.

[jens]

Possibly turn off world reflection and refractions for graphics, under advanced if I recall correctly. It is probably when you are in a level with water some where that you get the lag because of these effects.

[Dr.Rumstain]

Possibly turn off world reflection and refractions for graphics, under advanced if I recall correctly. It is probably when you are in a level with water some where that you get the lag because of these effects.

I turned that off, but there is still lag.

[plutomaniac]

do what I said before, we need the log

[Dr.Rumstain]

You mean post the hpl.log on this? Sorry, I'm a noob, I don't understand your computer lingo. Using Layman terms would be nice.

Spoiler below!

Version 1.20
-------- THE HPL ENGINE LOG ------------
Engine build ID 20101021192547

Creating Engine Modules
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Creating graphics module
Creating system module
Creating resource module
Creating input module
Creating sound module
Creating physics module
Creating ai module
Creating gui module
Creating generate module
Creating haptic module
Creating scene module
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Initializing Resources Module
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Creating loader handlers
Creating resource managers
Adding loaders to handlers
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Initializing Graphics Module
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Init lowlevel graphics: 640x480 bpp:32 fs:0 ms:0 gpufmt:2 cap:'Amnesia - The Dark Descent - Loading...' pos-1x-1)
Setting video mode: 640 x 480 - 32 bpp
Init Glew...OK
Setting up OpenGL
Vendor: Intel
Renderer: Intel® HD Graphics
Version: 2.1.0 - Build 8.15.10.2622
Max texture image units: 16
Max texture coord units: 8
Max user clip planes: 6
Two sided stencil: 1
Vertex Buffer Object: 1
Anisotropic filtering: 1
Max Anisotropic degree: 16
Multisampling: 1
Texture compression: 1
Texture compression S3TC: 1
Auto generate MipMaps: 1
Render to texture: 1
Max draw buffers: 8
Max color render targets: 8
Packed depth-stencil: 1
Texture float: 1
GLSL Version: 1.20 - Intel Build 8.15.10.2622
ShaderModel 2: 1
ShaderModel 3: 1
ShaderModel 4: 0
OGL ATIFragmentShader: 0
ATTENTION: System does not support const arrays in glsl!
Setting up G-Bugger: type: 0 texturenum: 3
Adding engine materials
Initializing DevIL
Vendor String: Abysmal Software
Version String: Developer's Image Library (DevIL) 1.6.8pre Aug 12 2006
Version Number: 168
Adding engine post effects
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Initializing Sound Module
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Initializing OpenAL
Available OpenAL devices:
0. Generic Software on Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)(OpenAL default)
1. Generic Software on FUNAI TV (Intel® Display Audio)
Trying to open device 'Generic Software on Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)'... Success!
Number of mono sources: 32
Streaming setup: 4 Buffers x 262144 bytes each
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Initializing Game Module
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Adding engine updates
Initializing script functions
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User Initialization
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Game Running
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-------- Loading map 'menu_bg.map' ---------
Cache Loading: 1631 ms
Entities: 492 ms
Compilation: 2 ms
Total: 2142 ms
Meshes created: 26
Bodies created: 5
-------- Loading complete ---------
Setting profile: 'DrRumstain' Path: 'C:\Users\Senta\Documents/Amnesia/Main/DrRumstain/'
-------- BEGIN LOAD FROM C:\Users\Senta\Documents/Amnesia/Main/DrRumstain/AutoSave_WineCellar_2012_5_28_19_48_41_0.sav ---------
LOADING SAVE GAME!
-------- Loading map '05_wine_cellar.map' ---------
Cache Loading: 2008 ms
Entities: 1340 ms
Compilation: 66 ms
Total: 3873 ms
Meshes created: 221
Bodies created: 45
-------- Loading complete ---------
WARNING: Could not find player start node ''
ERROR: StartPos '' does not exist!
-------- END LOAD ---------
-------- BEGIN SAVE TO: C:\Users\Senta\Documents/Amnesia/Main/DrRumstain/AutoSave_WineCellar_2012_5_28_22_15_42_0.sav ---------
WARNING: particle system 0 in torch_static01_4 does not exist anymore!
WARNING: particle system 0 in candlestick01_2 does not exist anymore!
WARNING: particle system 0 in candlestick01_3 does not exist anymore!
WARNING: particle system 0 in candlestick01_4 does not exist anymore!
WARNING: particle system 0 in torch_static01_7 does not exist anymore!
WARNING: particle system 0 in torch_static01_8 does not exist anymore!
WARNING: particle system 0 in torch_static01_9 does not exist anymore!
WARNING: particle system 0 in torch_static01_10 does not exist anymore!
WARNING: particle system 0 in torch_static01_11 does not exist anymore!
WARNING: particle system 0 in candlestick02_1 does not exist anymore!
WARNING: particle system 0 in torch_static01_3 does not exist anymore!
WARNING: particle system 0 in candlestick02_3 does not exist anymore!
-------- END SAVE ---------
-------- Loading map 'menu_bg.map' ---------
Cache Loading: 1498 ms
Entities: 425 ms
Compilation: 3 ms
Total: 1941 ms
Meshes created: 26
Bodies created: 5
-------- Loading complete ---------
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Statistics
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Medium framerate: 17.124566
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User Exit
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Saving main config.
Saving user config.
Deleting game modules.
'LuxInputHandler'
'LuxHelpFuncs'
'LuxSaveHandler'
'LuxScriptHandler'
'LuxProgressLogHandler'
'LuxMapHandler'
'LuxMapHelper'
'LuxPlayer'
'LuxInsanityHandler'
'LuxDebugHandler'
'LuxEffectRenderer'
'LuxMusicHandler'
'LuxMusicHandler'
'LuxEffectHandler'
'LuxCompletionCountHandler'
'LuxGlobalDataHandler'
'LuxHintHandler'
'LuxPostEffectHandler'
'LuxPreMenu'
'LuxDebugHandler'
'LuxInventory'
'LuxJournal'
'LuxCredits'
'LuxLoadScreenHandler'
Deleting config files.
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Exiting Gui Module
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Deleting all sets
Deleting all skins
Deleting all gfx elements
Deleting all materials
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Exiting Generate Module
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Exiting Scene Module
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Exiting Input Module
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Exiting Sound Module
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Exiting Graphics Module
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Exiting Resources Module
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Done with fonts
Done with scripts
Done with particles
Done with sounds
Done with meshes
Done with materials
Done with Gpu programs
Done with images
Destroyed all textures
Done with sound entities
Done with animations
Done with ent files
All resources deleted
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Exiting Physics Module
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Exiting System Module
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Deleting game setup provided by user
- Deleting lowlevel stuff.
Physics
Sound
Input
Resources
System
Graphics
Haptic
HPL Exit was successful!

|--Memory Manager Report-------------------------------|
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| No memory leaks detected. Memory left: 0
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|------------------------------------------------------|

Okay, I will be back tomorrow, see you latter.

[plutomaniac]

If you have steam, do a file verification check (by right clicking the game I think). Did you by any chance started playing the game, then it updated and then you continued playing after some time? That's because old save games are not compatible with the latest Amnesia update of April 2011 (v1.2) and so this might cause issues.

[Dr.Rumstain]

Keep leaving me solutions though guys/gals, I REALLY appreciate what your doing for me, thanks again.