How to avoid slow-typing in Charizard's Crossword

Charizard's Crossword puzzle sometimes lags incredibly when you type your inputs, leading to a significant loss of time. However, there is a way to prevent this from happening. After the game has loaded, use Alt+Tab or a similar function to minimize the game window, and then simply go back to the game. As long as the game has been minimized at least once, the game accepts your inputs without lag, making Charizard's Crossword much easier.

preventing slowdown and incorrect behaviour of objects

if, for some reason, you have decided to try speedrunning this game, and have noticed that the game seems a bit slow and certain things dont work right (like the camera not following your character, the shapes in race 4 not moving at all), then this is the guide for you!

note: this is just what worked to solve the issue for me, it might not work for others, but what got it to stop for me was going to the Pokemon.ini config file (make a backup just in case) and change the "UseDirectDraw" and "UseDirectSound" options from 1 to 0 before saving the file.

this has a side effect of muting the game audio, but game audio is optional anyways so its fine.

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How to avoid slow-typing in Charizard's Crossword	sneakyscarab 4 years ago
preventing slowdown and incorrect behaviour of objects	sneakyscarab 10 months ago