Ignore the "run at 256 colors" warning on games on newer machines.
They run very slow on 256 colors, like an emulation. I mistakenly
tried running Tomb Raider on 256 colors on my G4 and it skipped 3 out
of 5 frames.
Terry Holtrey
> >The Powerbook was very very noticeably slower. Screen scrolling was
>>especially painful.
>>
>>Does anyone have any theories and/or suggestions for improvement?
>
>This is just a theory:
>
>After the game loads into RAM, the PowerBook's power saving features come
>on and don't see the game as real system activity. (This happened with
>some screen saver games that I liked.)
>
>Make sure all your PowerBook settings are set for maximum performance
>(minimum battery conservation). Especially look in the PowerBook control
>panel and make sure that processor cycling is not allowed and that
>processor speed reduction is not allowed.
>
>Hope this helps,
>Marshall
>
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