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[miauw62]

Hey, I just wanted to make this thread to ask how the performance is in the new version. Better than DF2k14, worse? About the same?


My computer is pretty beefy so its not that big of a deal for me, but I'm sure it is for lots of other people.

[contheman]

It handles about the same to me, but I've had quite a few crashes (as to be expected with a brand new release).

[Wheeljack]

Gameplay seems the same, but I haven't gotten too far into a fort yet. World gen and the calender did seem faster for me, which is something consider how much new stuff is going on.

I've been spared the crashes during world gen that others are having, though, so happy for that.

[contheman]

My world gen only crashes if I try to generate a history longer than about 150 years. Most of my crashes happen after adventurer creation or randomly during adventure mode. I haven't tried fortress mode yet since I waiting for df hack and dwarf therapist to catch up.

[Bearskie]

Adventure mode feels much slower to me when dealing with large number of units.

[Speakafreak22]

There are some random crashes for no apparent reason, which is to be expected from a brand new version. FPS-wise, I think it's a little better than 2014. I think they fixed some world pathing issues which might help. I only played for a few years yesterday though, I can see the clutter from mugs/toys/trinkets/etc becoming an issue later on.

[Geltor]

world gen crashed about 1 out of 6 when genning 250y worlds. calendar speeds seem to be extremely fast now

[SirQuiamus]

Can't say for sure because my old saves keep crashing before I can get a reliable FPS reading. :v

My new forts are running very smoothly, though, so it's probably not a turn for the worse.

[BigD145]

If you're having worldgen crash issues first try to set affinity for DF to one core (and don't tab out anywhere or leave the DF window) or run world gen through command line.
http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Command_line

[EuphoriaToRegret]

I've noticed an immediate difference in FPS while playing Fort mode. However, I also noticed its a lot more spastic.
It seems to freeze every so often and come back after 5 seconds or so.
Crashes seem to be a big thing, but hey... it's a first release, what should we have expected?

Adventure mode seems to run better in towns (I don't crash when I enter the market), but when I go near a Fortress the FPS drops dramatically.

I haven't been near a dark fortress, but I'd assume they might be a bit more manageable.

All in all, It could use some work.

[MobRules]

If you're having worldgen crash issues first try to set affinity for DF to one core (and don't tab out anywhere or leave the DF window) or run world gen through command line.
http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Command_line

Thanks! It took me aboout 20 tries to get through worldgen without crashing. I'll try the command line and see if I get a better rate of return.


(What, I say elsewhere I wasn't going to have time to play this until this weekend? Um.... look over there! I'm busy over here doing my real work that has nothing whatsoever do with Dwarf Fortress. Busy, busy...)

[Kipi]

I have actually noticed a slight increase in FPS. In previous version, 3*3 embark more or less flat embark site with stream running in one corner, with all features enabled would give me something like 200-300 FPS. In 0.42.01, I have noticed that my FPS stays pretty much above 400...

It could be coincident, but I think not. Perhaps Toady did some tweaking in Temperature and Weather calculations?

[dennislp3]

It could be the bug fixes too...the bugged army pathing for instance...who is to say if that wasn't stuck in a bad endless loop that affected performance or something before the fix...that would be my assumption as to where performance was boosted (if it has been in fact boosted in some way)

[jaked122]

Most of the performance issues seem to be bugs rather than intended behaviour.

 At least the world flooded with horses are certainly a potential cause for this.

[WordsandChaos]

Sodding brilliant on my end. I don't know if that' just my new computer, the update, and the medium sized world, - but I whipped through world gen, whipped through the time-screen, and then search for sites went through the entire world in less that 20 seconds.
70 population and FPS is constant at the cap of 60.