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Tom_Thumb
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Quirinus wrote:Are you using glide? That could be the cause of the lag.

:shock: Is Direct 3D actually working better than glide with the mod now?
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Tom_Thumb wrote:
Quirinus wrote:Are you using glide? That could be the cause of the lag.

:shock: Is Direct 3D actually working better than glide with the mod now?

I guess that depends on the specific PC, for me all modes work equally well, but some players might have more succes with specific modes.
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On one of my computers glide lags a bit sometimes.

Never had problems with D3D and DDraw
"but if it's simple it's not that hard" - Quirinus 2017
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I have performance issues with d3d and lose the cool lighting effects with ddraw. With glide I get the best of both worlds - the visuals and the performance.

Also, there is no point in doing Ureh or Astro on Hatred, so don't "come back 90 levels later", just skip them :P these are high-end uberquests so just wait until you have a strong character with good gear and a better understanding of this mod and try them on Destruction(unless you want to practice first, then doing them on hatred is probably fine).
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Norolia42
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There is quite a learning curve from the original game but it's well worth the time and effort to learn.
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If you've just started playing, read through the documentation (especially the uberlevels/heroic levels/level quests). There are a couple level challenges (level 50 and 90) that grant you charms that you will need at the endgame.

As for the performance issue in Win10, I experienced it to and it was my glide settings. If you use it, make sure you do the query - it checks what your card is capable of handling properly and will disable/remove options that won't work. That fixed my performance issues with it.