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Brullig

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DF Runs Slowly On Decent Computer
« on: April 10, 2010, 04:29:39 pm »
Hi,

I have a reasonably up-to-date computer (E6320 dual-core processor with 2GB RAM). I just installed Dwarf Fortress, and it runs very slowly compared to other similar computers I've played it on. With a fresh game file, it takes dwarfs about 1 second to move from one tile to the next :(

Task manager is showing DF running at 48-50% processor utilization (pegging one of the cores) with about 190MB memory usage.

Is there anything I can do to speed this up?

Also, on a probably-unrelated note, DF is also often reading my keypresses twice (I try to move one tile over and it moves two).


Help!
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Re: DF Runs Slowly On Decent Computer
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2010, 04:31:25 pm »
Probably graphics related... try enabling partial print in the init file.
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Re: DF Runs Slowly On Decent Computer
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2010, 04:38:05 pm »
See above, but also keep in mind that your processor is a bit on the weedy side for DF stuff, unfortunately.  Likewise, DF2010 has some speed issues that are working on being resolved.
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Re: DF Runs Slowly On Decent Computer
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2010, 04:41:15 pm »
PartialPrint worked wonders. Thank you.

(BTW, this was with the previous release and not DF2010)
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