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C++ headers for Star Wars Republic Commando
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Game not using dedicated graphics card #20

Closed larsschellhas closed 2 years ago

larsschellhas commented 2 years ago

Hey @Leon280698, I know this is probably not of any interest for you or your fix, but maybe you have an idea how to solve this. At least I saw you commenting on Steam that your fix once solved this issue for someone: Whenever I start RC it doesn't use my dedicated GPU, but always falls back to my integrated Intel chip.

I'm using a Surface Book 3 in maximum configuration with a GTX 1660 Ti, and an i7 10. Gen.

Naturally, the CPU/integrated GPU is actually strong enough to run the game with ease. However, the "Remastered" mod doesn't work with integrated Intel GPUs (at the moment), which is quite frustrating. 😅

So, I was wondering whether you had an idea on how to force the game to use the dGPU. I've set every possible setting in Windows settings, as well as NVIDIA Control Panel, for every executable in the directory :'D

Compatibility mode doesn't do anything either.

With other games the dGPU is used as usual, of course.

leon-bckl commented 2 years ago

Starting the game via CT.exe should force the dedicated gpu

larsschellhas commented 2 years ago

Hm... It doesn't do so in my case. Task manager states it's using GPU 0, which is the integrated one. And GPU 1, the NVIDIA GPU doesn't show any sign of load.

larsschellhas commented 2 years ago
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So, when I open or maximise the game, there is a short spike on the GPU 1, but then you can the GPU 0 taking the heavy load.

leon-bckl commented 2 years ago

Idk then. Should be possible to configure that in the driver. I don't have any device with an integrated GPU so I can't test it. Could you check if it works with the OpenGL renderer? CT.exe -nosaveconfig -rendev=opengl If it doesn't crash, chances are it is using the Nvidia gpu which can be verified by checking the log file

larsschellhas commented 2 years ago

Yes, that works and it is using the NVIDIA GPU, too, as already a look on the task manager showed :)

Edit: It usually is possible to configure that in the driver. That's what I did. Just RC seems to ignore that setting completely.

larsschellhas commented 2 years ago

But the Remastered mod seems to have some issues with it, too xD Star Wars Republic Commando 08 09 2022 23_38_22 (Groß)

Thank you anyway for your help so far! I really loved this game 15 years ago, and still do :D