Very fast,then very slow cut scenes

James Raynor · Powder Monkey Posts: 3 **132 Gold** -

I have Sid Meier's Pirates for Steam. Just recently, all of the sudden, the cut scenes were super fast, and then they became super slow after a while. This also effects the last move in dancing, where it can be frozen for minutes at a time, causing me to stumble, and thus effecting dance results. I remember that this also happened after playing for a while when I had it installed from a CD. Why is this happening and how do I fix it? Is it a corrupt file? Do I need to edit a file in notepad to fix it? I vaguely remember how I fixed it, but I'm not sure.

Captain Teague · Rigger Posts: 1185 **12207 Gold** -

Roland · Helmsman Posts: 4085 **22541 Gold** -

I've never seen the fast/slow cut scenes, but I have experienced trouble with the final dance move. It only happens when I play SMP at my brother's house on my nephews' computer. There is always a little hitch that makes it nearly impossible not to flub that crucial final move.

fleetp · Boatswain Posts: 3711 **35986 Gold** -

If the game played fine up until a point in time, and then suddenly you had problems, it could be that a drive update or a Windows update is causing the problem.
Use the Windows control panel to check for the dates your video drivers were updated. If the date of the update coincides with the date the problem occurred, roll back to a previous driver.