Laptop help needed!

[4sak3nFurry]

So i am trying to make a machinima in Garrys mod, and while i set up the scene I am at 40+ FPS, but when i got to record, i drop to 5 or less?

What do I do?

 

[CynicalCirno]

Tha'ts not connected to the laptop, new sir.
The recording software must be either old or fraps like, taking tons of CPU, hard drive space and time.
Try using other recording softwares.
If it doesn't work, try to use a minimal amount of things on your laptop, because Gmod also takes tons of CPU.
Also, laptops are not built for doing things like that, laptops are weaker because they are portable.

 

[CaptainCool]

could you post the hardware of your laptop?
when you record a game the tool you use for that takes away some of your machines power, too. if you have about 40 frames per second it basically takes away about 30 frames per second to record a fluid movie.
40 minus 30 makes 10 frames per second left in garys mod, thats not enough to make it run fluidly

 

[4sak3nFurry]

could you post the hardware of your laptop?
when you record a game the tool you use for that takes away some of your machines power, too. if you have about 40 frames per second it basically takes away about 30 frames per second to record a fluid movie.
40 minus 30 makes 10 frames per second left in garys mod, thats not enough to make it run fluidly

sure thing

Im on an acer aspire 8930
Intel core 2 duo t5800 @ 2.0 GHz
4.0 gigs of RAM
64-bit vista

thats all i could find on short notice

 

[CaptainCool]

sure thing

Im on an acer aspire 8930
Intel core 2 duo t5800 @ 2.0 GHz
4.0 gigs of RAM
64-bit vista

thats all i could find on short notice

should be the recording software, like ArrLeashen said.
try wegame, thats a free tool and pretty neat!
http://www.wegame.com/
you just have to register there. but dont worry, thats only because the tool has a feature that lets you upload videos directly to your wegame-community account

 

[4sak3nFurry]

Ok ill try that. it can only be better than fraps
Now is it jsut a recorder or can i edit on it too, I i vegas pro 9 so its not needed.

 

[CaptainCool]

Ok ill try that. it can only be better than fraps
Now is it jsut a recorder or can i edit on it too, I i vegas pro 9 so its not needed.

its only a recorder

 

[4sak3nFurry]

ok ill get back to you if it helped!

 

[4sak3nFurry]

The recording doesnt lag me at all and still looks good!
Although i have sound recording enabled it still doesnt record it.

 

[CaptainCool]

The recording doesnt lag me at all and still looks good!
Although i have sound recording enabled it still doesnt record it.

i remember having problems with that as well... i dont know how i fixed that, though^^;
play around a little with the options and if that doesnt work check the FAQs and the forums

 

[Runefox]

To record sound, you need to be sure the proper sound input is enabled and set as the default. The procedure for that in Vista is to right-click the volume icon in the lower right of the taskbar, click Recording Devices, and look for "Stereo Mix", "Wave", "Loopback", "What U Hear", or anything like that. Right-click on the appropriate device and click Set as Default Device.

If you don't see either of those, right-click anywhere in the list and click "Show Disabled Devices" and "Show Disconnected Devices" to show the full list of recording devices. In some cases, there might not actually be an appropriate device - The program in question might have its own facility for that in that case.

 

[4sak3nFurry]

so i open it up and i see playback recording and sounds.
then i am confused.... not that great with programming and computers yet so all help is appreciated