when gaming??

diddydo75 · Dec 17, 2003

when im gaming do i just pause my folding or totally exit the program.
i wont be folding 24/7 so if i havent finished a wu what do i do before i shutdown?
thankyou in advance
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Arkaine23 · Dec 17, 2003

Close it or don't. The impact it will have is on the amount of free ram you have. F@H uses between 12mb and 20mb typically.

diddydo75 · Dec 17, 2003

cool thanks, just dont want to have to restart a wu when i shutdown tonight because i wont finish it. i take it my progress is saved and it continues when i startup again?

SavageBasher · Dec 17, 2003

If your using 4.0, it saves it at every frame and 15 minutes. If your using 3.(insert number here) then it saves after every frame.

diddydo75 · Dec 17, 2003

have only just downloaded it. its 3.24.
thanks again people!

nut581 · Dec 17, 2003

don't use the graphical client .. I used it last week (beta 4) and it brought my need for speed underground back to desktop every other time .. it was annoying .. but with the Wedo's service install, such things don't happen .. so the console version DOES not interfere with my gaming at all, but the graphic one does ..

Fold on

diddydo75 · Dec 17, 2003

whats the difference between the two?
is the wedo one easy to install?

emericanchaos · Dec 17, 2003

the service install, on top of being less intrusive to games and such, was also made to install fast so it would be easy to install on alot of machines. in my opinion the service install is the best way to install FAH.

diddydo75 · Dec 17, 2003

why wasnt i given this option when i went to the folding site?
i'll see how i get on but it looks like i'll be changing then.

Arkaine23 · Dec 17, 2003

The service install was made by folding users, not by Stanford University. It is a 3rd party contribution to the folding@home project.

diddydo75 · Dec 17, 2003

so new to this it makes my head spin...wanna do my bit though.
think i'll stick with this at the moment. if it gives me problems i'll swap over.

epauls · Dec 17, 2003

diddydo75 said:
whats the difference between the two?
is the wedo one easy to install?

Yes that is why it's called the "one-click".

diddydo75 · Dec 17, 2003

thanks for the update epauls.........lol

diddydo75 · Dec 17, 2003

WTF?!! just switched it and then shutdown to see if ti would save my progress and guess what....it didnt.
was at 22/400, reboot and it shows 0/400
great i cant leave this on 24/7 so im buggered.

emericanchaos · Dec 17, 2003

ew, don't know. usually it saves after every frame. are you overclocked? maybe you're not stable and the machine crashes during shutdown. i've had that happen.

Cuda · Dec 17, 2003

Give it a few minutes to get running. I have the same version as you and it takes it a few minutes to start back up and figure out where it left off. I have shut down a few times lately, and it always picks back up where it left off.

Wedo · Dec 17, 2003

So were all your questions answered? Did you switch to the One-Click?

As far as gaming, I leave FAH running 24/7 wheterh I'm gaming or not. I have no problem fragging with folding running while playing BF1942 (mostly DC now though) online.

Furthermore, this is why people like myself run duallies as our main rigs. I can run two instances of FAH, listen to music, burn a CD, AND game all at the same time.

Wedo

nut581 · Dec 17, 2003

diddydo75 said:
WTF?!! just switched it and then shutdown to see if ti would save my progress and guess what....it didnt.
was at 22/400, reboot and it shows 0/400
great i cant leave this on 24/7 so im buggered.

change the update frequency to 3mins instead of the default of 15, so it'd save your work every 3 mins ..

that way you won't lose many points everytime you restart

9mmCensor · Dec 17, 2003

If you switch clients wouldn't you have to move the WU files to the new install directory (you backed uo those files right?)

diddydo75 · Dec 18, 2003

this "one click" isnt realy that "one click" is it!
tried setting it up but it only goes so far then it seems to stop? there is nothing to show that it is doing anything in the background.
is it supposed to use dos at the beginning?
when it says one click thats what i was expecting
btw im not overclocked at the moment so i should be stable right?

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