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Ralph et al,

We got a lead on what is causing Elmer to be so sluggish and hog a lot of the CPU time? He seems okay for the small games, but the big boys sure make him crawl.

Suggestions?

-Jeff

a better CPU seems to be the only solution, more RAM wouldn't hurt either


or maybe there's a virus on your comp, why not check

Disable non-essential tasks and background services.
De-frag.
Clear memory (I use CCleaner). 
What processor do you use? And what RAM do you have?
Mine is P4, 512 Mb of RAM and runs at 4 or 5%.
Also clear out the dust from your harddrive, and ensure the fan has a clear airflow.  I had a noisy fan for months, inspected to find 1/4 of an inch of duct stuck to my duct (air holes). [:(]

I also like to run ENDITALL to close down unnecessary apps before playing any CPU intensive game.

ORIGINAL: m5000.2006

a better CPU seems to be the only solution, more RAM wouldn't hurt either


or maybe there's a virus on your comp, why not check

Using an Athlon 3200 (2.4ghz) running 1.5GB DDR ram. Using a SATA HDD, religiously defragged via DiskKeeper.

No bugs I note - I'm too much the geek to allow that.

It worked rather well prior to patching. I'm just concerned...

ORIGINAL: Jeff Norton

Using an Athlon 3200 (2.4ghz) running 1.5GB DDR ram. Using a SATA HDD, religiously defragged via DiskKeeper.

No bugs I note - I'm too much the geek to allow that.

It worked rather well prior to patching. I'm just concerned...

I updated the pathfinding code a little more. The next patch should be faster again.

ORIGINAL: ralphtrick

ORIGINAL: Jeff Norton



It worked rather well prior to patching. I'm just concerned...

I updated the pathfinding code a little more. The next patch should be faster again.

Nice to hear that [:)]

ORIGINAL: ralphtrick

ORIGINAL: Jeff Norton

Using an Athlon 3200 (2.4ghz) running 1.5GB DDR ram. Using a SATA HDD, religiously defragged via DiskKeeper.

No bugs I note - I'm too much the geek to allow that.

It worked rather well prior to patching. I'm just concerned...

I updated the pathfinding code a little more. The next patch should be faster again.

Thank You, O Code Furherer[&o]

ORIGINAL: Jeff Norton
Thank You, O Code Furherer[&o]

Don't you mean Code Furtherer?[;)]

that too....

ORIGINAL: ralphtrick

ORIGINAL: Jeff Norton

Using an Athlon 3200 (2.4ghz) running 1.5GB DDR ram. Using a SATA HDD, religiously defragged via DiskKeeper.

No bugs I note - I'm too much the geek to allow that.

It worked rather well prior to patching. I'm just concerned...

I updated the pathfinding code a little more. The next patch should be faster again.

by the way, has the game been updated to take advantage of 2 core processors?

ORIGINAL: m5000.2006
by the way, has the game been updated to take advantage of 2 core processors?

Yes and no<g>. I've found an obscure post about a fix to the sound library. We're testing that, and it it works, then I'll work on making the code use hyperthreaded and multiple-core CPUs down the road. There's till a lot I can do about modifying the basic algorithms before I take that step, though, unless I run into some simple cases I can fix.

ORIGINAL: Jeff Norton

Ralph et al,

We got a lead on what is causing Elmer to be so sluggish and hog a lot of the CPU time? He seems okay for the small games, but the big boys sure make him crawl.

Suggestions?

-Jeff

..third patch, no worries..

..running t3, e-mule, and my postal services on an Athalon (P3 eqivalent), upgraded to 512, very dusty HP pav T9715..

..ok, i can't burn discs at the same time but ....