Theme Park is painfully slow

Glen M · 12 May 2017, 10:33

I have fond memories of playing in years ago on my then stock A1200 and it working fine but giving it a go last night on my A1200 with ACA1233N accelerator, running it from a HD install (not whdload) it was painful. Once I built a small park the game was running at 1 or 2 frames per second at times.

Any ideas?

Daedalus · 12 May 2017, 11:41

Have you turned the speed up too far? Upping the speed means more calculations have to be done per frame, reducing the framerate (but increasing in-game elapsed time). This is especially noticeable with customers "warping" from point to point every frame, and even happened on an 060 with a busy park at the highest speed setting. So try turn the game speed down in the menu and see if it helps.

Alternatively, are you using the same version of Theme Park? The AGA version is more demanding than the ECS version so if you previously used the ECS version on your 1200, that could explain the difference.

Glen M · 12 May 2017, 14:06

I had the speed set to normal. I think its the AGA version but I'll try the ECS version tonight to see if it makes much difference.

Amiga1992 · 12 May 2017, 16:03

It's terribly slow. Don't think the accelerator would make much of a difference.
Maybe try the WHDLoad version, it might have been patched to run better with an accelerator.

Mrz · 13 May 2017, 09:40

playing theme park on the Amiga is basically masochism
is 20x slower than the PC version which is very smooth
add it runs in 640x480 while the AMiga version runs at 320x240 or so

Retro1234 · 13 May 2017, 10:47

I dont remember it being that Slow on the CD32 but it was a long time ago.

meynaf · 13 May 2017, 19:10

I played it on my A1200 (B1230-IV) and it wasn't slow.
However the whdload version ran at snail speed and was unusable.
As the game is normally HD installable, using its normal installer should do the trick.

12 May 2017, 10:33	#1
Glen M Registered User Join Date: May 2017 Location: Belfast Posts: 750	Theme Park is painfully slow I have fond memories of playing in years ago on my then stock A1200 and it working fine but giving it a go last night on my A1200 with ACA1233N accelerator, running it from a HD install (not whdload) it was painful. Once I built a small park the game was running at 1 or 2 frames per second at times. Any ideas?

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12 May 2017, 11:41	#2
Daedalus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dublin, then Glasgow Posts: 6,381	Have you turned the speed up too far? Upping the speed means more calculations have to be done per frame, reducing the framerate (but increasing in-game elapsed time). This is especially noticeable with customers "warping" from point to point every frame, and even happened on an 060 with a busy park at the highest speed setting. So try turn the game speed down in the menu and see if it helps. Alternatively, are you using the same version of Theme Park? The AGA version is more demanding than the ECS version so if you previously used the ECS version on your 1200, that could explain the difference.

12 May 2017, 14:06	#3
Glen M Registered User Join Date: May 2017 Location: Belfast Posts: 750	I had the speed set to normal. I think its the AGA version but I'll try the ECS version tonight to see if it makes much difference.

12 May 2017, 16:03	#4
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,658	It's terribly slow. Don't think the accelerator would make much of a difference. Maybe try the WHDLoad version, it might have been patched to run better with an accelerator.

13 May 2017, 09:40	#5
Mrz Banned Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: I Posts: 338	playing theme park on the Amiga is basically masochism is 20x slower than the PC version which is very smooth add it runs in 640x480 while the AMiga version runs at 320x240 or so

13 May 2017, 10:47	#6
Retro1234 Phone Homer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: 5150 Posts: 5,828	I dont remember it being that Slow on the CD32 but it was a long time ago.

13 May 2017, 19:10	#7
meynaf son of 68k Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lyon / France Age: 51 Posts: 5,365	I played it on my A1200 (B1230-IV) and it wasn't slow. However the whdload version ran at snail speed and was unusable. As the game is normally HD installable, using its normal installer should do the trick.

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