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hyphz

22 May, 2023 @ 1:38pm

High CPU load?

When I play this game the CPU fan starts roaring like crazy, which seems odd for a game with relatively simple graphics. It means I'm not keen on playing it because it's one of those games you want to play for a long time but the wear-and-tear it causes on the system discourages this. Is there something inefficient in the update loop?

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DirtyMick

22 May, 2023 @ 3:30pm

My newer PC is getting repaired, so I'm using my super old computer in the meantime and playing this game because it can't handle the others that I play lol.

hyphz

23 May, 2023 @ 8:24am

That's kind of the point. It's using much more CPU than it needs to run which means that extra CPU is being wasted. In a game that often means that the render loop is running faster than it needs to and creating a large number of frames that are thrown away. Starcraft 2 had this bug when it came out so it is not an uncommon mistake!

Last edited by hyphz; 23 May, 2023 @ 8:29am

adam [developer] 23 May, 2023 @ 8:31am

The default framerate cap is quite high to try and reduce screen tearing without vsync. You can change either option in the settings menu.

hyphz

23 May, 2023 @ 9:20am

I just found this, thanks! But gee, defaulting to 150fps on a 60fps display? Why not just turn on VSync by default? No-VSync and triple buffering is only really needed for games with AAA 3D graphics and ideally first person views.