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[RoofLizard]

Hey guys,

I just started Adventure Mode for the first time but I found that as I move my character the FPS counter goes from the capped 100 up to over 1000. Every step produced close to 100 extra fps. Is this normal or will it melt my CPU?

My init file says the frames are capped and I force V-Sync through Nvidia panel if that helps.

[MaximumZero]

There's something wonky going on with the FPS cap. I've already reported one issue on the bug tracker, but it was that my FPS is capped at 50 no matter what I do.

I usually play in the thousands of FPS with frequent pausing with no issues.

[Quietust]

The FPS cap is mostly meaningless in Adventurer mode because everything is input-driven (i.e. stuff only happens when you press keys).

[MaximumZero]

Wow, reading comprehension fail on my part. I play super fast in dorf mode. Anyway, something is screwy with the fps cap.

[RoofLizard]

The FPS cap is mostly meaningless in Adventurer mode because everything is input-driven (i.e. stuff only happens when you press keys).

Yeah I figured it wouldn't be very important since it's turn based, but I'm just wondering if it will blow my CPU up or something :\

[GavJ]

The FPS cap is mostly meaningless in Adventurer mode because everything is input-driven (i.e. stuff only happens when you press keys).

Yeah I figured it wouldn't be very important since it's turn based, but I'm just wondering if it will blow my CPU up or something :\

When it says 1000FPS in adventure mode, all it means is that it's doing:
"did he press anything yet?! Nope."
"did he press anything yet?! Nope."
"did he press anything yet?! Nope."
"did he press anything yet?! Nope."
"did he press anything yet?! Nope."
"did he press anything yet?! Nope."
"did he press anything yet?! Nope."
"did he press anything yet?! Nope."
"did he press anything yet?! Nope."

1,000 times a second. Doing 1,000 simple checks in a second is nothing for a computer.

[RoofLizard]

Ah cool, thanks. I'm always a bit cautious with my systems.

I got killed by an eagle corpse anyway

[Bloax]

The only way it would blow your CPU up would be if it didn't have anything to cool it down while locking the CPU to 100% while it runs those 1000 FPS shenanigans.

But even then it would be unlikely to fry your CPU because it is unlikely a steady, uninterrupted 100%.

[Quietust]

Framerate can mean 2 totally different things depending on the context. If the game is Paused (waiting for input in Adventurer mode), then it tells you how quickly the game is able to update the screen, which is generally going to be whatever your FPS CAP is set to. If the game is Unpaused (processing whatever input you enter in Adventurer mode), then it tells you how quickly it's able to simulate the world around you.

Thus, if you hold down a movement key in Adventurer mode, then I believe your framerate would approach whatever you'd get if you were to embark in a 2x2 fortress with a single dwarf and set your FPS CAP to 0 (unlimited) - your videocard isn't rendering that quickly (it's only going at your G_FPS_CAP), it's just simulating the world around you at a high rate (and it's managing that because there isn't much going on nearby (if you try this in a large city, your FPS will drop significantly). Also, it won't melt your CPU any more than any other task running at 100% utilization would (which it shouldn't, otherwise you are in dire need of better cooling), especially since DF won't use much more than 1 core worth (i.e. 25% in a quad-core system, or 12.5% in a quad-core+hyperthreading system).