I mentioned this briefly at http://ugx-mods.com/forum/index.php?topic=6978.0, but didn't get much of an answer, so I'm making a new topic.

The problem is that after W@W loads successfully, maps don't. Their loading speeds (as shown by the progress bar) are abnormally sluggish - they usually load faster than the Activision thing finishes. But after that is the worst of it - the framerate drops to 6-7 FPS and even though the map is fully functional (that info is entirely based on the in-game audio, by the way), the only thing visible is a black screen and the FPS counter thanks to the Steam overlay. I haven't tested multiplayer or campaign, but I suspect that their situation is no different.

There are only three things I did before the problems began:
-let the Dell Backup and Recovery install as my laptop had suggested I do (most likely candidate)
-install the Exo Zombies map
-install Zombie Train from the UGX Manager

I have attempted to solve the problem by using the Windows Update built-in system and installing everything available, but the issues persist. I'm unsure of my DirectX version, but I'm almost certain that I do not have the DirectX End-User Runtime. I will install it, but I have no clue if that'll do anything for me.

Thank you,
~wundr

Confirm that campaign and mp working or not.
Make sure you verified game cache files via Steam

pictures plz of your problem i can't understand what are you talking about

Abnormally slow map load times could be because of Vsync. Make sure you don't have that enabled.

All of the required DirectX components come with World at War at should install automatically when you install the game via Steam. If you need to reinstall them you can find them in the games root in a folder called directX i believe.

And finally, the graphics drivers that you get from Windows Update are most likely outdated. I'd recommend you do a clean uninstall of the Windows Update drivers and download the most up to date one from your GPU manufactures websites - unless its a AMD APU, i don't know if its a good idea to get rid of those drivers.

Even if it doesn't fix your issue, newer graphics drivers can increase performance in certain games and provides fixes for issues in older driver version. If your really into gaming, they are a must have.

I haven't a clue why, but somehow... it just kinda started working. Campaign works, zombies works, and multiplayer probably works (I've never ran it, so I wouldn't know)

Sometimes I'll have to close the game then restart it for the title sequence to run, but that's it.

Just one of those bugs that magically disappears.

Huh.

Anyways, thanks for all the help - it was very appreciated!

~wundr