Fish Tales Video Mode Slowdown

[Klopek]

When you hit the extra ball within the Fish Tales video mode the performance can noticeably dip for a few moments. Controls, that being the launching of torpedoes, become somewhat unresponsive. The performance dip does not seem to be reflected within my frame rate read out.

I tried a couple of times and couldn't replicate this within TPA. I don't know the real machine.

Can anybody verify whether they've noticed this?

W10 Home (x64 Build 17134)
i7 8700K @ 4.7Ghz
Nvidia 1080ti (Driver 411.63)
16GB 3200MHz
Primary: 1440x2560 @ 120Hz (V-sync borderless window in portrait)
Secondary: 1920x1080 @ 60Hz (only used to send audio to a receiver)
In-game game graphics options maxed
Nvidia Control Panel pre-rendered frames = 1

[foofoorabbit]

When you hit the extra ball within the Fish Tales video mode the performance can noticeably dip for a few moments. Controls, that being the launching of torpedoes, become somewhat unresponsive. The performance dip does not seem to be reflected within my frame rate read out.

I tried a couple of times and couldn't replicate this within TPA. I don't know the real machine.

Can anybody verify whether they've noticed this?

W10 Home (x64 Build 17134)
i7 8700K @ 4.7Ghz
Nvidia 1080ti (Driver 411.63)
16GB 3200MHz
Primary: 1440x2560 @ 120Hz (V-sync borderless window in portrait)
Secondary: 1920x1080 @ 60Hz (only used to send audio to a receiver)
In-game game graphics options maxed
Nvidia Control Panel pre-rendered frames = 1

Yes, this happens on my PC also... I have pretty much the same spec as you except my video card is just a 1080.

I can always reproduce this. Hitting EB or BS will produce that slowdown, every time. And yes, it becomes almost impossible to time torpedoes correctly after that.

[zaphod77]

odd. that doesn't happen for me.

but i suspect it's related to the voice slowdown.

It's the EMULATION part that's slowing down and failing to skip frames. that's why you aren't getting an FPS drop.

i suspect increasing the emulation thread's priority would fix it.

[McLovin]

Thanks guys for the specs.

What a weird issue, there shouldn't be anything demanding there graphically.

I'll report it.

[McLovin]

Also, this happens if you get any extra ball on the table or it has to be the video mode one?

[foofoorabbit]

Only video mode extra ball.

[zaphod77]

it has to do with lighting effects.

as i said the table itself doesn't slow at all, but for some reason too many cpu cycles are stolen from the emulation, causing IT to double up on frames.

[Klopek]

Just to note that the issue remains within the officially released version.