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[The Fifth Horseman]

What are your machine's specs?

2.40GHz
512 RAM
ATI radeon9200, 128MB

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Oct 30 2006, 02:23 PM) [snapback]264344[/snapback]</div>

What do you mean with the compatibility option not showing up? After right-clicking go to [Properties], then there will be a tab labeled [Compatibility]
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Seriously, I used to have the compatibility tab but now it's gone (!) Even when I start "Program Compatibility Wizard" from the accessories Start Menu folder, it buggers up--The "back" "next" and "cancel" buttons have no text on them, and the only one that works is the cancel one, infuriatingly. Debugging doesn't do anything either. I guess it'll mean a reformat & rejigger of the whole XP kaboodle. Seems 1 or two other people on the old interweb have had this problem also, but no-one can recommend a cure for it.

Anyway, back to GTA. It played too fast with frame-limiter OFF, and too slow with frame limiter ON. (The F8 key) so what I did was download Turbo.exe which slowed down the Megawhackahertz cycles to 50% (my comp's an AMD 2600 ~2GHz speed processor) and kept the frame-limiter off. The slowed computer managed to tone down the sheer speed of frame-limiter being switched off to a comfortable, but occasionally fluctuating, speed.

1 other point: a quick way to get past the first level is do the first few easy missions without dying/getting busted so your multiplyer is at about x4, or even x3'll do. Then go hijack a train. Stop at (I think it's south-east Hackenslash area) anyway, the train station is HORIZONTAL - it's the station after the point where you start). Keep getting off and on & rehijacking (with the ctrl key) More and more pedestrian's will keep getting off. When there's a bustle on the platform, let loose with a machine gun, or if you have one, a FLAME-THROWER. Hell yes! The terrified passengers will flee on to the tracks and, as you may have guessed... Bzzzz! That's 1000 points for the first one to pop (or 4000 if your multiplyer's at 4x), and then it just doubles with each extra electrifying. Get 10 pedestrians all to fry at the same time, and you've got 4000 + 8000 + 12000+ 16000+ 20000 etc. etc. points in one go. It's enough to get 1,000,000 points in a few short minutes, and you get the satisfaction of hearing a million and one pedestrian-sprites fry. Plus, if you've got the right station, the cops just keep driving by without stopping, even though your wanted level will be 4 by this point.

Please note I do not condone the activity of frightening people at train stations with machine guns and/or flamethrowers and then watch them get electrocuted as they panic and scarper onto the train tracks. Although, in a computer game, it is very fun.

aha
It seems to me that you had the same problem, and you fixed it with Turbo.exe.

But is there a way to fix it without installing any Cpu killers and that kind of stuff?

Cuz I'm not in a position to install programs like this... I share the computer with other people
and i really don't want anything to go wrong.
(Another thing: i have also tryed Mo-slo and it was better but not good enough to play it for a long time
and enyoy it.)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(marley @ Oct 30 2006, 10:42 PM) [snapback]264431[/snapback]</div>

aha
It seems to me that you had the same problem, and you fixed it with Turbo.exe.

But is there a way to fix it without installing any Cpu killers and that kind of stuff?

Cuz I'm not in a position to install programs like this... I share the computer with other people
and i really don't want anything to go wrong.
(Another thing: i have also tryed Mo-slo and it was better but not good enough to play it for a long time
and enyoy it.)
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Yeah, I used to be worried about cpu killers, but nothing's ever gone wrong. It's simple with turbo. A thumbnail window comes up that says "CPU Speed 100%" and you just click on the % and change it to anything. Only when you put it below 20% does the slowdown become obvious. yet it never causes anything to crash, providing of course you're not running 1001 applications at the same time. You can just close it at the end, and there's no need to install anything, it doesn't take up a start-menu folder. Just put the turbo.exe in the gta folder and run 'em together. for a ~2Ghz cpu, 50% seems to be the ideal. Unfortunately you will notice the fluctuation of speed in the game, particularly when you're walking as your steps go 'tap tap tap tap tap taptaptaptaptaptaptaptap tap tap tap tap' etc. etc. But it definitely made the game playable.

Ok
I believe the computer will not will not crush because of one cpu killer,
but I still prefer softwares witch change speed of the specific application (or game) and not of the whole sistem.

So far i know only one - Mo'slo, witch slows down applications. But it didn't help very mutch.
(I slow down the game to 40% and play it with Frame Rate Limiter swiched off (fast mode). It makes the game runs at normal speed. So now the game is playable, but it steel not run smoothly.)

Now i'm looking for a software witch speedup applications. Maybe it will help.
(I would play gta with Frame Rate Limiter on (slow mode in my case) and speed it up with that software.)
I searched google for it, but i didn't find anything (yet).

I'll be very happy if anybody know it, or cuz gta1 is one of my favourite games and i wanna play it again.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Now i'm looking for a software witch speedup applications. [/b]

No such animal, bub.
Once ago I also thought that possible. But in reality no can do.

I love this game, but cannot figure out how to save it, can anyboby help me?

[Doubler]

Iirc, you can't. Or at least, not during a game.

[Morrin]

Oh man this game was awesome when it came out. Ahh, the memories, ahh the freedom! Though true classic, I liked the sequel more.