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07-26-2005, 12:38 PM
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Folding and Games don't mix...I think??
I was trying to play Age of Mythology but it kept exiting out of the window automatically....when I quite Folding it was fine.
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07-26-2005, 03:58 PM
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yea, it doesn't always drop cpu use when it should
I can not play starwars battle front online with folding running in the back ground.
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07-26-2005, 04:59 PM
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if you are using the text-only version you shouldn't have a problem with games.
when i used the graphical client i would even get errors when the screen saver would open! now have text-only and have had zero problems!
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07-26-2005, 05:48 PM
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 I have graphical client. I was told to DL the Graphical client...I will wait until I am done with this 400 framer (227/400) and then DL the text-only.
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07-26-2005, 05:53 PM
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Foldin' For PCMech!
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you should be able to download the textonly and drop it right in the fah folder and it will start working right where your at now.
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07-26-2005, 06:02 PM
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see that might be a little too complicated for me at the moment...I am at a crucial part in Harry Potter and would like to soon finsih the book. So i will just wait.
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07-27-2005, 01:38 AM
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The graphical client uses OpenGL as many games do, thats why you are getting the conflict. Whenever I used to game I would just close F@H and start it again when I was done.
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07-30-2005, 05:37 PM
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Not complicated at all. All you have to do is download the text client, put it in your F@H directory, close the graphical client, and run the text client. And if you like, you can make the text client run as a service (more involved than just opening it up, but not too difficult). You can click the image in my sig and it will take you to the F@H Info To Know thread where you can find the link with instructions on how to run F@H as a service.
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08-04-2005, 12:33 PM
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I run the text client as a service, but I still like to shut it down whenever I play games, it seems a little smoother to me. So, i placed a couple of batch files on my desktop, one to stop the service, and another to start it again. In case anyone is interested, the commands in the batch files are "net stop Folding" and "net start Folding". (assuming Folding is the name of the service).
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08-04-2005, 06:17 PM
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Folding For PCMech
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I really like that idea Mike. In fact, I may have to steal it from you
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08-04-2005, 06:23 PM
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Thats what I did as well, I had a BAT file that closed my Firewall, AVG, F@H and MSN that I would just double click before gaming, then another that opened them for when I was done.
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