Full speed WQ while browsing!?!

WarrenWolfy - Sanctuary
WarrenWolfy - Sanctuary Posts: 1,686 Arc User
edited December 2009 in General Discussion
-EDIT-
(Unfortunately, this only seems to work in XP)
-/EDIT-

I'm not certain how many people know this already, but I sure didn't:

As I'm sure everybody who does World Quest already knows, if you minimize the game then it only runs at 1/2 speed. This makes sense, really.

The problem, though, is that there's a glitch that prevents the game from multi-tasking properly when you try to run it in windowed mode. If you try to have it running alongside your browser, Perfect World thinks it's minimized and switches to 1/2 speed, plus it also stops updating the graphics.

Here's the solution:

1) Run the game in windowed mode.
2) Whenever you want to switch tasks, minimize everything else except Perfect World.
3) Right-Click the Windows Taskbar and select "Cascade"
4) Right-Click the Windows Taskbar and select "Tile Horizontally"

Voila!

You can now select your web-browser / homework / spreadsheet / freecell / etc... and Perfect World will happily keep running in the background at full speed.

Plus, it keeps drawing the graphics, so if you position the game beside your browser you can see when you're arriving at WQ checkpoints.
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  • Olba - Sanctuary
    Olba - Sanctuary Posts: 1,776 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Much easier to run it off a second PC. Or browse on another PC.
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  • Alyyy - Sanctuary
    Alyyy - Sanctuary Posts: 3,165 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    i just always click what i wana do lol (internet ect) without minimizing it

    i newer would have guessed it goes to 1/2 speed xD
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  • Coraline - Lost City
    Coraline - Lost City Posts: 867 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    It doenst work for me...stupid vista b:angryb:cry
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  • AlbireoTwo - Lost City
    AlbireoTwo - Lost City Posts: 2,056 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Never knew it went to half speed when minimized. Always wondered why it took so long to reach somewhere while I was browsing the net. b:cry
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  • Alacol - Sanctuary
    Alacol - Sanctuary Posts: 120 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Coraline - Lost City wrote: »
    It doenst work for me...stupid vista b:angryb:cry

    ^ This :\...
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  • AlbireoTwo - Lost City
    AlbireoTwo - Lost City Posts: 2,056 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Alacol - Sanctuary wrote: »
    ^ This :\...
    If I get my laptop I'll be getting windows 7. b:cool
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  • WarrenWolfy - Sanctuary
    WarrenWolfy - Sanctuary Posts: 1,686 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Coraline - Lost City wrote: »
    It doenst work for me...stupid vista b:angryb:cry
    Phooey!

    Sorry, I forgot to mention I'm still using XP.b:surrender
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  • Qwin - Sanctuary
    Qwin - Sanctuary Posts: 31 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Sweet, Thank you for the info.
  • WarrenWolfy - Sanctuary
    WarrenWolfy - Sanctuary Posts: 1,686 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Olba - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Much easier to run it off a second PC. Or browse on another PC.
    Nah, the second computer is for my 24/7 cat-shop. b:laugh

    And if given a choice between 5 mouse-clicks or actual physical movement (even if it's just rotating in a chair), well shucks, I'm an MMORGP player, so the choice for me is obvious...
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  • KyubiiSonia - Dreamweaver
    KyubiiSonia - Dreamweaver Posts: 9 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Olba - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Much easier to run it off a second PC. Or browse on another PC.

    Not everyone has a second PC and/or the money to go buy another PC.
  • PartyAnimal - Harshlands
    PartyAnimal - Harshlands Posts: 693 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    It runs at 1/2 speed ? since when b:shocked
  • WaffleChan - Sanctuary
    WaffleChan - Sanctuary Posts: 2,897 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    does running the ingame xfire browser fix this?
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  • MagicHamsta - Lost City
    MagicHamsta - Lost City Posts: 10,466 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    WaffleChan - Sanctuary wrote: »
    does running the ingame xfire browser fix this?

    Xfire has an in game browser???

    also at the OP ty~!!!!
    now me fly full speed while playing 3 games at once.
    =D

    me prefer vertical splits.....ZMOG your method also works vertically.
    !!!!
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  • WaffleChan - Sanctuary
    WaffleChan - Sanctuary Posts: 2,897 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    lol but yeah, xfire does, i can browse the internet while in game, and cheat at guild trivia events lol, or have youtube up on it listening to music etc.
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  • Davester - Lost City
    Davester - Lost City Posts: 19 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    I've tested mine and it DOES NOT go 1/2 so i dont know what you are talking about
  • Vitenka - Dreamweaver
    Vitenka - Dreamweaver Posts: 4,125 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Yes, this "As everyone knows"... What you talkin bout, foo?
  • Aadi - Lost City
    Aadi - Lost City Posts: 4,449 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Davester - Lost City wrote: »
    I've tested mine and it DOES NOT go 1/2 so i dont know what you are talking about
    Vitenka - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    Yes, this "As everyone knows"... What you talkin bout, foo?

    Confirmed here: http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=1954482&postcount=26

    It only applies to fullscreen mode. If you're windowed it doesn't make a difference one way or the other.
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  • Pepper - Lost City
    Pepper - Lost City Posts: 161 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    WQ b:spit
    GV ftw b:mischievous
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  • Miugre - Heavens Tear
    Miugre - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,390 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    I've done plenty of WQs where I was simply running in windowed mode - none of this cascade/tile stuff. It seems to run at full speed for me... and the comp I play PWI on runs Vista.

    Just remember you might "bug out" when switching to and from window mode, so if you bug out once, log back in and try again. Usually you don't bug out when you've just (re)started the game... it's a memory issue, most likely.
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  • Kagusa - Sanctuary
    Kagusa - Sanctuary Posts: 125 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Alacol - Sanctuary wrote: »
    ^ This :\...

    This what? what about it?
  • screwnickslol
    screwnickslol Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    there's a real way to get it to run at full speed while in the background, but that involves editing the client b:chuckle


    there's a reason it does this, it helps with the memory issues the pwi client inherently has
    (or that's my thought anyways)
  • WarrenWolfy - Sanctuary
    WarrenWolfy - Sanctuary Posts: 1,686 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    WaffleChan - Sanctuary wrote: »
    does running the ingame xfire browser fix this?
    XFire likes to either crash the game outright, not work-in game, or crash the game randomly, depending upon which computer I'm using. b:sad
    Davester - Lost City wrote: »
    I've tested mine and it DOES NOT go 1/2 so i dont know what you are talking about
    *Does a quick check*

    Well shoot, you're right! Don't I feel silly!

    I remember testing this way way back when the whole topic came up and confirming the game switched to 1/2 speed any time it wasn't the active window/screen. So either things got changed during some past patch, my testing procedures way back when were flawed, or I'm just plain losing my mind!b:victory

    Still, it's nice to be able to now surf and see what's happening. That alone helps WQ a ton.
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  • MissEbil - Heavens Tear
    MissEbil - Heavens Tear Posts: 369 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    I used to be a die-hard full-screener, but now I've switched to windowed, there's less lag and it does work fine while I'm browsing. The only thing that bugs me is the blast of deafeningly loud music when I re-activate the window >.>
    I hate the PWI music.
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  • _DarkSeph_ - Sanctuary
    _DarkSeph_ - Sanctuary Posts: 2,294 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    It's always run at full speed for me O_o I usually watch you-tube and troll the forums while I WQ.
  • AlbireoTwo - Lost City
    AlbireoTwo - Lost City Posts: 2,056 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Kagusa - Sanctuary wrote: »
    This what? what about it?
    It's an awesome sign? ^ pwns. Get two and you can make a face. ^^
    Plus it can point at things like an arrow. For example-
    ^ Look at that. That means you look up. Awesome sign, right? Much better than &. Or # or %. It's equal to @. Since two @.
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  • LloydAsplund - Sanctuary
    LloydAsplund - Sanctuary Posts: 3,899 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    iirc, windowed mode allows flight to be at normal speed. Only fullscreen mode makes you move at 1/2 speed.
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  • Azura - Lost City
    Azura - Lost City Posts: 2,281 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    WarrenWolfy - Sanctuary wrote: »
    -EDIT-
    (Unfortunately, this only seems to work in XP)
    -/EDIT-

    I'm not certain how many people know this already, but I sure didn't:

    As I'm sure everybody who does World Quest already knows, if you minimize the game then it only runs at 1/2 speed. This makes sense, really.

    Wait, what do you mean it runs at half speed. Do you mean the FPS or something else runs at 1/2 speed, or do you mean that is your character flying at half the speedb?
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  • SerraYoshara - Heavens Tear
    SerraYoshara - Heavens Tear Posts: 34 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Cool, this works great for WQ. Now I can Web surf on foreground pane and still see whats going on the client in the background pane.

    As soon as you click on the Client (which brings it to the foreground), this feature is canceled.

    On my computer, to get it to work again, you must resize the client window, minimize all other applications again and reapply "Cascade Windows".
  • WarrenWolfy - Sanctuary
    WarrenWolfy - Sanctuary Posts: 1,686 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    SerraYoshara - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    On my computer, to get it to work again, you must resize the client window, minimize all other applications again and reapply "Cascade Windows".
    Yes, that's why I do "Cascade", then "Tile Horizontally". It's the quickest way to re-size the window and then put it back in place.
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