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libertinessj

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Still having some FPS issues
« on: November 06, 2007, 01:09:00 pm »

The new version is great and I'm really enjoying it but I'm still having some big FPS issues. I downloaded and installed a fresh copy of 33a, generated a new map, and picked a starting site by a river, and from the start FPS on that map was around 20-25, getting lower as I built more. Figuring it due to the calculations from the large body of surface water and all the carp and eel units in it I picked a new site in the desert without any of that, where I had heard other people got better FPS in the past. It started at 80 but gradually dropped as I played more, with it hovering at 30ish now a few years in with about 50 dwarves.

My desktop is a few years old, with 2 ghz amd 2600+ and a gig of ram. I made the starting area smaller than the default and edited the init file to see if that would help, but even with a smaller map and weather and heat off and G_FPS_CAP:15 lowered the FPS keeps dropping and river/lava maps seem out of the question.

Anyone else having similar experiences? Any suggestions, and is FPS something that will continue to be adressed in new versions?

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Dagonus

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Re: Still having some FPS issues
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2007, 01:53:00 pm »

My FPS is about 4(33a)

I'm not even kidding.

However, I'm beginning to think the FPS counter lies to me because it was at zero for a while and I was watching everything continue on its merry way at roughly the same pace as normal.

I used to get around 15-20 pre-32a.

It could be because some is handed to the Graphics card and it's getting royally bogged down in your case and mine. I've only got a Radeon Xpress 1100 in this system. (I long for my gaming system some 3500 miles away.) Takes about an hour for me to get through a month. Give or take.

[ November 06, 2007: Message edited by: Dagonus ]

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