Knytt Stories Choppy in Windows 7?

I just recently started playing Knytt Stories again, only now I am running it on a Windows 7 machine. One difference between running the game in XP versus 7 is that it's kind of choppy/jumpy in Windows 7. I am running on a perfectly capable laptop, so I was wondering if it had something to do with the OS.

Has anyone else had this problem? The choppiness is very subtle, but still annoying. It seems most apparent in Juni's animations and movements.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Hmm... When I get to my home computer, which has Windows 7, I'll try it out. 'till then, anyone else have that problem?

I run it on windows 7 without a problem, but then again, I have a very, very fast gaming machine.

Can you provide system specifications, in order to see what the problem is?

Also, if you're using powermanagement settings set to low energy mode (or whatever its called) this can be a result of it.

Dell XPS M1530
Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB DDR2 RAM
GeForce 8600m GT


As you can see, my specs are well beyond what's necessary to play Knytt Stories smoothly. It's weird, but it's almost like it's just Juni's movements that appear choppy. Enemies and backgrounds animations seem fine. I've tried forcing V-sync and Triple-buffering, but neither has made a difference.

Maybe it's a refresh rate issue with my laptop LCD or something, I dunno. I definitely remember it not having this problem on XP though. I can say that much for certain.

You now mention that its a laptop.  That makes a huge difference.

Do you have the laptop plugged into the AC wall outlet, or are you running from battery power? If its the last, then there's most likely a powersaving mode that is putting everything back.

You should also try to update your drivers. Do note though, that NVidia isn't as good with 2D graphics, as ATI is. I don't know what your previous computer had when it ran XP, but if it was ATI, then that'll make a huge difference as well.

Okay, I fixed it.

I actually stumbled upon this fix when looking up how to fix a similar problem with N (by Metanet Software) on my Windows 7 machine. It probably is the fault of a combination of Windows 7 and my nVidia card, but using the settings pictured below eliminated the choppiness for me.

Maybe this will help anyone else who is running into this issue.

Great to hear that you've got it to work.

Maybe this fix would be worth putting in the KS section of the FAQ.