With the v2.09 betas I was so busy doing Ground Ops (it takes a long time to eliminate all the insurgents in the Sol system) that I never got into any big space battles. Well I finally got into one now with the v2.09 final and noticed that when several of the enemy turn on their EMD's and they start flashing, my computer comes to almost a complete stop. My frame rate will be in the mid to high 50's and then will plummet to 1 FPS (which I think is a generous 1). I am using a PII 350 with 128 mb Ram and Voodoo 3 card. While the frame rate will slow down somewhat in very heated ground battles it stays high enough that the controls are smooth and game play is no problem. With a couple of enemy activating their EMD's the frame rate drop and choppiness become so bad that I can barely track and hit a stormcarrier, let alone anything smaller. So the question is, since I really like the enemy being able to use advance tactics like activating their EMD, is their any way to disable the blinking/flashing effect that occurs and seems to kill my FPS? If there is no way to prevent the frame drop, then what system will I need to keep the frame rate up, especially with BCM on the horizon? Last question, just out of curiosity, what was the correct Forum for this topic? I couldn't decided if it belonged in Tech Support or New Version, so I wimped out and put it here. Guzzler "It is easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission."
