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      I installed FW on my new Mac G4 dual 1Ghz, and can't get it to run at normal speed -- the moves are about twice as fast as they were on my PowerPC. Any chance of slowing it down or do I have to keep using the old machine?

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      Did you try messing around with the preferences? Uncheck "Reduce Frame Rate", set Graphics to "High Detail" and set effects to "Enhanced", check "Allow Background Tasks", and all that?

      Also, try to launch a bunch of high-memory Classic apps as well as Ferazel's Wand, that should slow things down a bit in Classic.

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      Also, try to launch a bunch of high-memory Classic apps as well as Ferazel's Wand, that should slow things down a bit in Classic.

      That sounds like one of the silliest things ever. I am not saying it is a bad idea or that it won't work. It just sounds silly and makes me chuckle.

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      Originally posted by Emperor Ent:
      **That sounds like one of the silliest things ever. I am not saying it is a bad idea or that it won't work. It just sounds silly and makes me chuckle.

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      ? What's silly about it?

      I'm confused (but not using the confused smilie because it gets messed up :)).

      I'm not the first to say this, anyway. I believe Thok said something about doing this in OS 9 when he fought Xichra because it gave him an advantage.

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      Originally posted by PCheese:
      **I believe Thok said something about doing this in OS 9 when he fought Xichra because it gave him an advantage.
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      Nope. Whenever I play a real time game, I rarely have ANYTHING else open on purpose. Must be thinking of someone else.

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      Originally posted by PCheese:
      **? What's silly about it?

      I'm confused (but not using the confused smilie because it gets messed up :)).

      I'm not the first to say this, anyway. I believe Thok said something about doing this in OS 9 when he fought Xichra because it gave him an advantage.

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      I don't know exactly, it just struck me as funny. Trying to slow down your machine and all that jazz. Its just funny izal. No offense was meant by it.

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      Originally posted by Emperor Ent:
      **I don't know exactly, it just struck me as funny. Trying to slow down your machine and all that jazz. Its just funny izal. No offense was meant by it.

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      I think I know what you mean! We go from computer to computer trying to get the fastest and most efficient. The other day someone here fond an old game we used to play on system 7.5! Not only does it not work on system 9, but it would take a major rewrite to get it slow enough to work on a G4 - so if we want to play it we would have to resurrect an old 6200.

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