Pop-Ins

[lol232]

I installed the V 2.0 version of the game and now I'm having problems with something; Texture pop-ins.

I don't want to disable the Frame limiter because it makes the game too crappy, texts disappear too quickly and the game is kinda annoying to play that way.

 

I have troubles with textures too Long to load;

I don't experience that while on foot but I do experience that while in an aircraft, the gameplay is also kinda off laggy.

 

My specs are fine, it's a high end PC, SA worked a lot better on my older laptop with worse specs.

Anyway, they are:

CPU: Intel Core i7 4770k

GPU: Sapphire TOXIC R9 280x 3GB GDDR5 VRAM

RAM: Patriot 8GB 1600 MHz RAM

 

Is there a way to fix this?

 

I'm running the game on 1080p, Max Draw Distance, Anti-Aliasing set to 3 and Very High FX detail. It always worked on my Laptop like that (minus the Res since the screen didn't support it)

[Girish]

Did you update your video drivers recently? The same thing happened to me with newer video drivers. I had to rollback to an older driver version. Sometimes, newer video drivers end up causing problems with older games. This is a trial and error method though. I had to try a few different older drivers until I found the one that caused me no issues. Don't forget to delete the gta_sa.set file from the User Files folder after you uninstall a driver.

[lol232]

I tried that, it fixes the pop-in bug but the game is still pretty laggy and still crashes from time to time.

[Girish]

Does the game still crash when you lower the settings?

Have you checked for overheating issues?

This is all assuming that you're not using any mods.

[lol232]

No mods, no overheating (the CPU runs pretty cold when it plays older games, in fact).

And yeah, no difference whatsoever when I lower the settings, and I have no mods mods installed, I'm using legitimate retail disc.

Edited January 26, 2014 by lol232

[Girish]

Are you running the game under compatibility mode? If not, then please do so. Try Win 98 or Win XP.

Also try setting the affinity of gta_sa.exe to CPU 0 via Task Manager after you launch the game. Check if the game still crashes.

[lol232]

Setting the comapatibility mode to 98 boosted the performance and lowered the amount of pop-ins.

Now, it there are still some pop-ins; but discreet enough to ignore.

How do I set the affinity though? It says "ACCESS DENIED" whenever I try; same thing when setting the priority.

There's another issue I noticed;

When I set the compatibility mode for 98 the game freezes and I can fix that by pressing ctrl+alt+delete and going back in, then the game is fine, but 60% of the time I don't have any success with it.

Edited January 27, 2014 by lol232

[Girish]

It seems you do not have administrative access. Is that the case?

[lol232]

It seems you do not have administrative access. Is that the case?

I fixed the "access denied problem", and no it's not the case since there's only 1 user which is simultaneously the Administrator.

I'm facing a different problem regarding the compatibility mode.

 

E: I managed to get the game working like a charm; except for one thing, if I drive a car or fly a plane, at some point the game will freeze.

Edited January 28, 2014 by lol232