Hello,
Just got back into Dwarf Fortress. I generate a world, find the PERFECT embark site for a noob like me, and strike the Earth. Unfortunately I soon realize that the default embark size was too small for my taste. After living with that for a while, I abandon and choose a similar site, but with 7x7 dimensions. Upon unpausing from the beginning screen, my FPS takes a run for the basement. I look around the map, and, of course, it is snowing. A couple of dwarf-months later, it finally starts looking like spring. Did you ever notice that rain kills FPS? Well, I surely hadn't noticed it in any forts up until that point. FPS loiters around 30 or 40. I'm sure the resident waterfall does not help either.
After that experience, I turned off weather. Somehow, it has still been raining for MONTHS. No change. I think turning off the weather in the middle of rain may have actually locked it on in the game permanently.
Last night, I took the time to overclock my astoundingly old Core 2 Quad 9300 from 2.5 to 3.0 GHz. Evidently, doing so does not help. My lag is approximately the same level as before the overclock. I've tried all of the "affinity" and "priority" stuff, still not that much better.
Is there anything I can do to try to turn off weather that stays on even if it is off in the raws?
TL;DR - OH MY GAWD PREMATURE FPS DEATH PLEASE HELP!!1122@
Thanks,
Omnipresence