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Lagslayer

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embark size vs FPS
« on: December 25, 2010, 07:46:13 pm »

I was wondering how much effect the embark size has on the FPS. Like say... how much fps difference would there be if you reduced from a 4X4 embark to a 2X2. Or is most of the FPS problem from creature pathing?

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Re: embark size vs FPS
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2010, 07:48:34 pm »

smaller embarks mean larger FPS by virtue of the game not needing to keep track of as many things, the same reason why having few/no caverns increases FPS. This would probably be more pronounced in different biomes though, areas of thick vegetation need to keep track of tree/shrub growth across the map while a glacier doesn't have much going on in it.
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