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[K.I.L.E.R]

Don't play the game 300fps or over (I was running at 1000fps, then tried again at 300fps, but was still too fast). This game would do well with a fast forward button, but when a fortress matures anything over 100fps causes FPS death from having far too much to deal with. Vampires started killing off my livestock and dwarves, all the while several of my dwarves went batshit insane occupying my crafts workshop ensuring I can not get 5 memorial stones engraved for all the dead the vampire/s have killed. This all happened in a few minutes.

I will admit, a fast forward, or uncap FPS, button would be awesome for beginning forts, but useless later on. My FPS cap is now happily set at 100fps. Seriously, I will just have to be patient.

EDIT: Fixed for clarity.

[Shinotsa]

I have to admit, after playing a mature fort for a while even starting a new one at 100fps feels like I'm missing most of the action. I can't imagine how crazy 1,000 fps must have been.

[Dutchling]

Getting fps lower than 100 is almost my definition of fps death. I don't understand how there re people playing this game t less than 80fps D:

But yeah, 1000fps sounds a little too fast to be manageable

[Caldfir]

When I play I usually set the cap to 50.  Things don't get done all that quickly, but any higher and I don't notice what's going on in the fort because it all happens too fast.  Then again my forts are unbelievably micromanaged, and I watch everything that happens so maybe I'm alone on this. 

[Raphite1]

When I play I usually set the cap to 50.  Things don't get done all that quickly, but any higher and I don't notice what's going on in the fort because it all happens too fast.  Then again my forts are unbelievably micromanaged, and I watch everything that happens so maybe I'm alone on this.

I agree, I set the cap to 45fps from the beginning.

The whole fun of DF is watching all the detailed interactions and narratives play out, being able to sculpt their experiences in endless ways, and living the dwarven adventures alongside the participants. I'd play SimCity if I just wanted to plunk stuff down and let it run.

[UristTheGrey]

Getting fps lower than 100 is almost my definition of fps death. I don't understand how there re people playing this game t less than 80fps D:

But yeah, 1000fps sounds a little too fast to be manageable

Ive been playing my current fort at 25 fps for nearly 4 dwarf years now 

[Dutchling]

Getting fps lower than 100 is almost my definition of fps death. I don't understand how there re people playing this game t less than 80fps D:

But yeah, 1000fps sounds a little too fast to be manageable

Ive been playing my current fort at 25 fps for nearly 4 dwarf years now 

If it makes you feel any better, I play 3x3 worlds with a population cap of zero

[i2amroy]

Getting fps lower than 100 is almost my definition of fps death. I don't understand how there re people playing this game t less than 80fps D:

But yeah, 1000fps sounds a little too fast to be manageable

The biggest thing I've found to help me deal with lower FPS's is multitasking. If I'm working on several different things at the same time (watching the miners, having the peasants building that wall, checking on the progression of trap installation in the goblin grinder) then it sort of tricks your mind into not realizing that all of the tasks are going slower individually. (After all from my tests you are actually getting more done with a large dwarf low FPS fort then with a small dwarf high FPS fort since the amount of work gained per dwarf outweighs the amount of work lost as FPS drops.) It's just that because each individual task moves forwards slower your brain thinks less is happening.

As for me, I tend to cap my FPS at 500, though most actual forts start at somewhere between 150 and 250 depending on the site. Then I tend to keep playing it until I get bored of the fort (most of the time my FPS has been in the 20-30 range for several years at this point).

[MiniMacker]

I usually have my FPS set to 70 maximum. Let's me react to combat ... fairly well, without going at a snails pace.

[bluephoenix]

I always had it at 50 for the last 3 years. The movement speed looks lifelike and it lets me react to things before they get out of hand.

[TheCoolSideofthePIllow]

I've gotten use to it. Game runs at 450FPS when I first embark. By year 5 it's down to 100. By year 10, it's about 50.