Low framerate

[Multibocks]

Hey all,

Looking for a little help on why WoW runs like crap when I use ISXboxer. I am unable to figure out where I enter the info for multiple wow folders, so currently it is attempting to run WoW from one folder (I think...) I run an i7 comp with lots o ram, fast cpu, 2 vid cards, etc etc. I figure if keyclone could run this at 60fps on the main and 20 on the slaves, so can ISX. I am just not sure what I did wrong, or havent done yet. I watched all 3 videos of setting up ISX and ISXboxer and my config files are all set up to go, just need to get some playable wow now...

edit: figured it out, WoW max'd my video effects (not multisampling) by default and reducing these to lowest made it very playable.

[PerzianPenguin]

Multisampling makes a difference, Just letting you know.

[Crucial]

This thread was officially Penguinjacked.

[moosejaw]

Hey all,

Looking for a little help on why WoW runs like crap when I use ISXboxer. I am unable to figure out where I enter the info for multiple wow folders, so currently it is attempting to run WoW from one folder (I think...) I run an i7 comp with lots o ram, fast cpu, 2 vid cards, etc etc. I figure if keyclone could run this at 60fps on the main and 20 on the slaves, so can ISX. I am just not sure what I did wrong, or havent done yet. I watched all 3 videos of setting up ISX and ISXboxer and my config files are all set up to go, just need to get some playable wow now...

edit: figured it out, WoW max'd my video effects (not multisampling) by default and reducing these to lowest made it very playable.

To make Isboxer use a different directory for the slaves, you need to setup another profile for the game in Innerspace. With IS running, right click it in the tooltray and select configuration. Select the games (or similar) tab and select your game. Explore your configuration to see how it works. You can create multiple profiles to point at different game directories here. Now when you restsart ISboxer it will read the Innerspace game configuration file and you can select the new profiles. You can change each character's game profile via the drop down list.

Good luck and have fun.

[zanthor]

Another thing you can do is Virtualize your config.wtf files in the ISBoxer config, this allows you to have seperate settings for 1 copy of wow vs 5 copies of wow, etc...

[moosejaw]

Another thing you can do is Virtualize your config.wtf files in the ISBoxer config, this allows you to have seperate settings for 1 copy of wow vs 5 copies of wow, etc...

Yep, I forgot about that.

/Shuffles away in shame

[wendalf]

I had a similar issue when using IS for WoW, so I talked to Lax and here is what he said. I was using a window layout with swapping enabled as he assumed.


Me: I am having a massive drop in performance when running IS instead of Keyclone. I have been a keyclone user and box 4 sometimes 5 instances of wow on my main box with little problems. I have been attempting to use IS again (used it long ago with ISXWOW and whatnot) because of some of the features I like more than keyclone. When I use IS however I am having severe performance issues to where it is virtually unplayable. Is this common or is something just wrong possibly? Just curious if there is a reason IS would require more resources than Keyclone.

Lax: I assume you're using a window layout with swapping enabled. What you are noticing is that with Inner Space, all windows run at the full resolution. With KeyClone and Maxicrapper, the smaller windows run at a smaller resolution. The tradeoff is that swapping is instantaneous for IS, whereas it is slow as molasses for KeyClone. If you didn't want swapping, you could un-check the box in ISBoxer, and all windows would be considered a "main" window, and run at the given size. But, if I had to guess just based on what you're saying about unplayable, I would guess that you have a resolution in WoW with multisampling higher than 1x. Make sure that's not the case. As described on the ISBoxer page:

Slow performance can be expected when running multiple sessions on one PC if the "multisample" setting is higher than 1x. To improve performance, find the Multisampling drop-down in the World of Warcraft video options (click Resolution on the left, and the Multisampling box will be in the upper right), and select an option that includes 1x multisample (for example, 24-bit color 24-bit depth 1x multisample).
Lax: Then you really want to play with PERFORMANCE video settings rather than QUALITY. All of my video settings are as low as they can go, except for the view distance on my first session. Hope this helps.