Rayman 3 Demo (PC) Running Too Fast

[raymanrules77]

This is a video of Rayman 3 Demo for PC running too fast. This is a problem that has recently occured for me. Before on my old PC I could play the game in regular speed but now It's running too fast.
Nobody else has acknowledged this as far as I know.
Anybody else having this problem? Anybody got a solution to this?

[StelzenBomber]

its an old game so maby play it in windows compatabilety mode?

[raymanrules77]

Already tried. Also tried installing the game twice using the setup file and also tried running in XP mode and ME/98 mode as well as reduced colour mode (256 colours).

[PluMGMK]

Crazy. You're not running anything that might be locking the framerate? It might conflict with the crazy code in the game itself (that corrects to PAL framerate even though it's on PC ). Also, how are your graphics drivers?

[raymanrules77]

The drivers are always updated through nvidia geforce experience. I think the issue is that maybe the game does not have vsync? I think it needs to be locked so that the CPU does not clock too fast. Something that can force a program to only run at 60fps.

[raymanrules77]

I think i found a fix to at least make it run a little bit slower. I tried turning the settings down in R3_Setup and it does work slightly better even though now the graphics looks like garbage. It's still too fast however.

[StelzenBomber]

I think i found a fix. I tried turning the settings down in R3_Setup and it does work even though now the graphics look like garbage.

Can i have a screenshot of that

[raymanrules77]

https://gyazo.com/326f1f06ee859b40a9d73d478e4bddfd
These are the settings I tried but the game still runs too quickly

[StelzenBomber]

I cant see the image
Also i meant in game

[raymanrules77]

I tried recording just a minute ago and for some reason it returned to the superfast speed. Before that it actually ran a little bit slower.
Guess I'm back at square one

[RayCarrot]

Try playing around with the 3D settings in the Nvidia Control Panel and see if anything there can solve it.

[raymanrules77]

I did try to change the Vertical Sync for all programs with no luck. I also tried to manually adjust the vsync on the demo myself but it just ended up crashing both the control panel and the game. I'm starting to wonder if the CPU just clocks too fast for the game to handle? Something to do with cores? I'm just guessing here since I'm not so good with this kind of tech

[PluMGMK]

I'm not inclined to think it's your CPU. It probably is related to the dumb framerate-setting code in the game, which NVIDIA's driver might be fighting with. Though I don't know if there's a fix. If inco were here he'd probably have a Linus Torvalds quote for the occasion!

[Steo]

I don't get what's happening there in your case but vsync doesn't work for me in R3 at all. It seems to be just stuck on no matter what Nvidia control panel is set to. Are you using the Better Rayman 3 patch that Ribshark made?

With that patch I can run the game at 144hz and it still isn't too fast however there's glitches present. the game seems to run OK at 100fps for me but 60fps is fine anyway. The point is that with the higher framerate it still doesn't go too fast for me.

EDIT: it has to be something to do with the games built in vsync in your case. What framerate does fraps or something similar report if you run it?

[raymanrules77]

I don't use fraps I use Geforce Experience to record. Also I don't think Better Rayman 3 will work because it's the demo. How do I test the fps in-game?

[Steo]

Geforce experience actually has an overlay for checking the FPS. You'll find it in Geforce Experience settings and somewhere it should say overlay. Choose the FPS counter in one of the corners.

[raymanrules77]

I have actually tried that and it never appeared. It's the bps counter right? I tried different corners but it never showed my fps.

[Steo]

I'll check mine for you now I think you had to toggle something too.

EDIT: You have to just press FPS counter and pick a corner. I think in game you toggle it with alt+F12

[raymanrules77]

Just tried that and it still does not turn on. Not even on the desktop. I have tried different key mappings but it still won't turn on the counter.

[Steo]

That's really strange behavior. I actually would wonder if the graphics drivers would be corrupted somehow. Odd that the game even seems to run at that speed. I'll look into it and see if I can find out anything else as I assume you already tried the basics like reinstalling the GPU drivers and doing a "clean" install of them.