On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Astor wrote:

>
> If the bard class problems with monster attraction, song fizzles and
> everything else on the Concert Hall Bard Petition were never fixed, I would
> still be estatic if we got an automatic song weaver. Its very hard for me
> (33.6 modem) to weave 3 songs at once, even when I'm having a great day in
> regards to ping/pl, and if I'm getting anything but the best conn my isp
> can offer, then it becomes impossible, sometimes making it hard to weave 2.

There's one other factor that's under your control. If you
bought a winmodem because it was cheaper, you may want to go
buy a real modem. Winmodems use the computer's CPU for the
analog-to-digital and vice versa conversions. That leaves
fewer CPU cycles for the game graphics, and it introduces
about 100-200 ms of lag. Both of these will kill your ability
to switch songs.

Another thing I noticed is that oddly enough, with a Voodoo3
card, the refresh rate is faster using DirectX than using
glide.

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John H. Kim
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