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Itsapaul

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The game's running slow for some reason
« on: January 08, 2011, 04:26:41 pm »
Maybe I shouldn't use a tileset, but when I try to run Dwarf Fortress it runs way slower than the Lets Play videos seem to run.  Does it really need a good computer?  I was primarily trying to get into this game because I don't have a good computer.
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Re: The game's running slow for some reason
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2011, 04:37:59 pm »
Yeah, it needs a good computer. I started playing on a netbook, and after all the FPS-saving tweaks I made, I was getting 25 FPS on embark.
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Re: The game's running slow for some reason
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2011, 05:17:27 pm »
Good computer is a junk term, but you mainly need a good processor to get a lot of things going smooth.
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Re: The game's running slow for some reason
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2011, 05:24:59 pm »
Quote from: Capntastic on January 08, 2011, 05:17:27 pm
good processor
Equals LIQUID NITROGEN-COOLED SUPERCOMPUTER WITH 10 TB OF RAM

There are a lot of tricks floating around to raise FPS though. DF runs in a single core too, which is something to consider.
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Re: The game's running slow for some reason
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2011, 09:20:20 pm »
Quote from: Gatleos on January 08, 2011, 05:24:59 pm
There are a lot of tricks floating around to raise FPS though.
A list of them existing here on the wiki.
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Re: The game's running slow for some reason
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2011, 10:40:30 pm »
Yeah, don't let the graphics fool you, DF rides computers harder than most modern high-budget games. There's a looooot to calculate.
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Re: The game's running slow for some reason
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2011, 09:56:56 am »
DF runs on a single core, which means a 2.6ghz quad core isn't much better than a 2.6ghz single core. IIRC, an i7 chip will help a moderate amount due to some sort of dynamically allocated overclocking built into the architecture (turning up one core way up and others way down, using the excess cooling capacity to cool the overclocked one).
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