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Washcloth

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Lag is driving me mad
« on: February 23, 2011, 07:58:12 pm »
Hey guys, i have a problem with the new version

Ive never had such game wrecking lag. every 20 seconds the screen just freezes (as it dose normally when lots of water freezes/ thaws) and it stays frozen for a good  10 secs. which isent very long in life but when your trying to do things it can be very annoying. Can anyone help me with this? is it the new grass system? i only have 112 dwarves presently and ive never had bad lag spikes no matter the pop... :'(
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Re: Lag is driving me mad
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2011, 08:16:28 pm »
Sounds like ghosts.  They do this for some inane reason.  Get some slabs engraved or graves ready.
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Re: Lag is driving me mad
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2011, 08:28:57 pm »
Id love to but the bastard fell in a river when it thawed and now his body got destroyed when it froze again. i guess ill try to get the engravers going but its gotten rediculous. i usually keep the ghosts away so thats probably it..
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Re: Lag is driving me mad
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2011, 08:30:24 pm »
Happened to me a while back too.  His body should still be there, if you can reach it, but it's probably easier just to engrave something.  He should, probably, be near the top of the engraving list.
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Re: Lag is driving me mad
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2011, 08:33:46 pm »
Quote from: Girlinhat on February 23, 2011, 08:30:24 pm
Happened to me a while back too.  His body should still be there, if you can reach it, but it's probably easier just to engrave something.  He should, probably, be near the top of the engraving list.

If he's not on the top of the list, what often happens to me, you could select him in the unit list right after the pets, then nickname him like "SLAB ME DAMMIT" if that is still possible. Should be easier to find him in the list then.
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Re: Lag is driving me mad
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2011, 08:49:15 pm »
This happened to me when I had the ARB_SYNC enabled. Disabling it resolved the issue.
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Re: Lag is driving me mad
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2011, 08:50:28 pm »
You can make nicknames AFTER death?!  I'm gonna rename all my dead soldiers so that they look awesome in their statues!

This is a statue of BLOODLUST THE UNFORGIVEN!  Bloodlust is admiring a microcline table.
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Re: Lag is driving me mad
« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2011, 08:51:09 pm »
I said, if it's possible. :-)
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Re: Lag is driving me mad
« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2011, 10:41:07 pm »
Those pauses, as far as I know, are caused by:

Weather (namely ice freezing/melting or just calculating if there's a ton of it)
Mass Desgination (Large forts or lots of dwarves pathfinding all at once, such as to haul items or dump a lot of stuff)
Locked doors (suddenly cutting off vital pathfinding and requiring rerouting)
Ghosts (caused by a bug, workaround is to put them at rest)
Flows (Suddenly opening a floodgate or pump, especially if pressurized)
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Washcloth

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Re: Lag is driving me mad
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2011, 12:40:09 am »
Well. i think my engravers did the trick. havent seen the ghost in a bit ( alot of times i leave df minimized so i cant know for sure if thats what did it) and lag is gone... ill post again if it happens still
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Re: Lag is driving me mad
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2011, 01:28:10 am »
Quote from: janglur on February 23, 2011, 10:41:07 pm
Those pauses, as far as I know, are caused by:

Weather (namely ice freezing/melting or just calculating if there's a ton of it)
Mass Desgination (Large forts or lots of dwarves pathfinding all at once, such as to haul items or dump a lot of stuff)
Locked doors (suddenly cutting off vital pathfinding and requiring rerouting)
Ghosts (caused by a bug, workaround is to put them at rest)
Flows (Suddenly opening a floodgate or pump, especially if pressurized)

Squads who have non-specific equipment assigned
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