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Arnos

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FPS Cap Problem
« on: June 01, 2007, 08:51:00 am »
I have set my FPS cap at 300 yet it never goes above 60 either when its paused or on my 1 dwarf, tempatureless, weatherless map.  Is this a game bug? If not is there anything I can do to fix this?
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Zhentar

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Re: FPS Cap Problem
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2007, 09:25:00 am »
it's a problem with V-Sync. Go to your video card settings, disable v-sync, and it'll speed right up.
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Arnos

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Re: FPS Cap Problem
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2007, 05:42:00 pm »
Where are my video card settings?
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Narushima

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« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2007, 06:21:00 pm »
DTC.

Right-click on your desktop, go to the "parameters" tab, then "advanced", and, well, search there.
I translated from my own system, maybe it's not exactly the same.

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Draco18s

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« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2007, 11:48:00 am »
Just as a point of curiosity, why would you want more frames per second than your monitor's refresh rate?

I.E. if you monitor has a refresh rate of 60, why 300 FPS?  That's 5 frames, 4 of which you never see.

Well, it might not matter much in DF, as "frame" means something a bit different than it does for video (not that the human eye can distinguish between a film at 29.97 fps and one at 60).

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Axle Gear

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Re: FPS Cap Problem
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2007, 02:00:00 pm »
quote:
Originally posted by Narushima:
<STRONG>DTC.

Right-click on your desktop, go to the "parameters" tab, then "advanced", and, well, search there.
I translated from my own system, maybe it's not exactly the same.</STRONG>


There is no 'parameters' tab.

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slMagnvox

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Re: FPS Cap Problem
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2007, 02:31:00 pm »
"Parameters" is surely how Microsoft translated its infamous "Settings" tab for the terrifying monstrosity that must be the french language Windows OS.

Notice Narushima's sig?  That ain't english.

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Arnos

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Re: FPS Cap Problem
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2007, 02:04:00 pm »
Thanks, I got it to go faster.
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Kjoery

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Re: FPS Cap Problem
« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2007, 09:22:00 am »
quote:
Originally posted by Draco18s:
<STRONG>Just as a point of curiosity, why would you want more frames per second than your monitor's refresh rate?

I.E. if you monitor has a refresh rate of 60, why 300 FPS?  That's 5 frames, 4 of which you never see.

Well, it might not matter much in DF, as "frame" means something a bit different than it does for video (not that the human eye can distinguish between a film at 29.97 fps and one at 60).</STRONG>

The game's speed is set to the framerate it's going at. A framerate of 100 is 40% faster than a framerate of 60.

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« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2007, 09:43:00 am »
quote:
Originally posted by Kjoery:
<STRONG>

The game's speed is set to the framerate it's going at. A framerate of 100 is 40% faster than a framerate of 60.</STRONG>


www.mathsisfun.com

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« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2007, 11:03:00 am »
Yes, frame here is not the number of time per second the screen is drawn, but the number of game turn per second.
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Draco18s

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« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2007, 08:18:00 am »
Yes, I understand that in DF the fps is the game turns, I stated that in my post.
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Re: FPS Cap Problem
« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2007, 11:41:00 am »
Oh ? Yeah...
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Draco18s

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« Reply #13 on: June 07, 2007, 12:47:00 pm »
To quote:

quote:
Well, it might not matter much in DF, as "frame" means something a bit different than it does for video
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Gibby

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« Reply #14 on: June 07, 2007, 01:47:00 pm »
quote:
Originally posted by Draco18s:
<STRONG> (not that the human eye can distinguish between a film at 29.97 fps and one at 60).</STRONG>

I would like to point out that we're not talking about film. Film has motion blur. Video games do not, and as a result a higher framerate is both noticeable and desirable. It is, of course, irrelevant to the coversation at hand, but I'm bored.

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