Fallout 2 slow fade-out problem

[Gynvael Coldwind]

Hi

I've bought a week ago Fallout 2, installed it on my girlfriends laptop (1,4ghz p3 + some intel gfx card, winXPsp2), and all worked OK.
Then i've got home, where I have:
- Celeron 800 MhZ (p3)
- 256 mb ram
- Radeon 9250 gfx card (newest drivers)
- Windows 98 SE
- DX 9.0c
I've installed fallout 2, and after running it, all worked fine EXCEPT for the fade-in/fade-out effects. Well it worked but it was VERY slow. And since the effect is "played" every time i heal, or do something that takes time, it gets VERY annoying.
I've tried some basic tricks like disableing the Hardware Accel, changing bits per pixel setting, resolusion, instaling new drivers, instaling new DX, or even playing with the config file. But nothing works.
The other thing i've found out is that in 1 on 100 runs, everything works great! (even the fade-in/fade-out efect).
Btw i have Fallout 2 1.02D Polish Version, maximum instalation.

Any hints what can i do with this ?
Thanks in advance ;>

 

[Lord 342]

I've never been able to figgure this one out. Some machines fade very quickly, others slowly. Some seem to have no fade-out at all. I think the fade-effect is very CPU-hungry, so I'd try turning off programs that eat a lot of clock. That's all I can think of.

 

[Silencer]

Use Task Manager (ctrl+alt+del) to kill all processes. Well, except Windows-critical, anti-vir and firewall, naturally. Then, run Fallout.

 

[Mysticbran]

I have the same problem. Not too sure what you, or we, could do about it.

Concerning Fallout and system resources, I find it fantastic that Fallout "buffers" areas.
If something is sucking up CPU and out-of-game programs run quite slow, Fallout does take even that 2 seconds longer to load a new map; but everything within runs extremely well.
Ahh, none of that Faerun bullshit where everything would slow down.