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[Nhdb]

Hi!

I downloaded the latest version of DF for linux (Ubuntu Maverick 10.10) and I noticed the cpu is very high when idle (game paused or when in main menu). When I resize the sdl-screen to small the cpu does not have a lot to do but when I resize the screen to something larger the cpu is being stressed a lot mainly by Xorg.org I think.

DwarfFortress itself uses about 30-35% cpu and X.org 20-25% when the game is paused.
When in main menu X.org uses 20-25% and dwarffortress almost nothing.

I have a duo 2 core 2.2Ghz processor and a nvidia quadro videocard. I have installed the nvidia drivers (glxgears runs smoothly) but also without these drivers I have the same problem.

I understood that DF should not be more cpu heavy on larger resolutions, so what could be the problem? Or is this normal behaviour?

[Silent_Thunder]

Well if I remeber correctly, while the windows version is OpenGl based, the Mac and Linux/Unix versions are infact actually text based. Is that still the case?

[Nhdb]

Nope the linux version is also an SDL window. And I can't find a linux text based based on the latest version. The game is playable though altough the framerate could be higher I think.

[_DivideByZero_]

That's odd. I actually get better performance through wine than I normally get through windows.
I play Genesis and there's no linux version of that, not that I need it.