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Does anyone else find the scrolling on Ninja Gaiden can get a bit choppy at times? All the reviews i've read mention it runs silky smooth yet mine occasionally struggles a bit and always in the same places. I'm using an RGB scart lead and running at 60hz and my Xbox has been chipped i.e emulators, dvd region free etc. Could this be why it does it?
Interesting! I always run my games with an RGB lead at 60hz and this is the only one thats a bit fussy. Maybe they just havent optimised it to run 100% glitch free at 60hz on the PAL tv system we use here. Like you say though, it doesnt spoil the game and only does it at certain bits. Guess i'll just have to get used to it!
Mine did this Stu, and i don't have a modded box. I think my problem was to do with my TV - it doesn't really like 60hz mode at all - though it runs them, it doesn't run as well as a 50hz game.
It wasn't unbearable though, just happened at certain times.
It wasn't unbearable though, just happened at certain times.
Cheers for the input peeps, appreciate it. Guess its my modded Xbox then although i seem to remember someone saying Pro Evo 4 does something similar on 60hz yet at 50hz it runs fine. Might try it and see what it does if i change it. It was something to do with v-sync clashing i think. It was technical anyway so i wont bore everyone with the details! Thanks again chaps.
sounds like that's the problem - the game ran fine for me.
I've never had any problems with glitchy framerates on Ninja Gaide. It's one of the few games on Xbox that looks amazing and run consistantly all the time.
My guess is it's ya modded 'Box.
My guess is it's ya modded 'Box.
It might be the reason why. It seems to run fine for everyone else, they wouldn't have released it if it wasn't working right.
Considered looking at the screen aspect ratios in the dashboard, if you still have one? I don't know why it would cause problems but perhaps if it is set at widescreen or something it could interfere.
Last thought is that there was a big patch/content thing for Ninja Gaiden on Live that made it run faster and added a time trial mode or something. In the unlikely event you have that then get it.
Considered looking at the screen aspect ratios in the dashboard, if you still have one? I don't know why it would cause problems but perhaps if it is set at widescreen or something it could interfere.
Last thought is that there was a big patch/content thing for Ninja Gaiden on Live that made it run faster and added a time trial mode or something. In the unlikely event you have that then get it.
So not one single person on this forum owns Ninja Gaiden and can tell me if the game consistently runs silky smooth or if it occasionally goes a bit choppy when the screen is scrolling???????
(Guess i should've posted about Halo 2 or some equally boring thread thats been done to death a million times. Cheers for your help everyone!)
(Guess i should've posted about Halo 2 or some equally boring thread thats been done to death a million times. Cheers for your help everyone!)
Does anyone else find the scrolling on Ninja Gaiden can get a bit choppy at times? All the reviews i've read mention it runs silky smooth yet mine occasionally struggles a bit and always in the same places. I'm using an RGB scart lead and running at 60hz and my Xbox has been chipped i.e emulators, dvd region free etc. Could this be why it does it?