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Yolan

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Game Performance?
« on: July 11, 2016, 03:31:13 am »

So I was thinking of eventually playing DF again for the first time in many years. Maybe a few months from now once I finish with a few other games on my list. But I was wondering how performance is these days. I have a laptop running intel core i7, dual 2.5GHZ CP.

Any recommendations on say maximum level of dwarfs, etc?
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Fleeting Frames

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Re: Game Performance?
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2016, 08:51:01 pm »

It depends on what FPS you're going for.

If you're coming off from v0.34, then there are few new FPS killers:
  ⃝  areas with vegetation - trees in particular. However, leaves in the fall is stunning to look at for the first time.
  ⃝  big, rich and long worlds - all the interactions are calculated in the background.

Don't expect to maintain 100 FPS on 100 dwarves in a large mountainside forest on a massive continent with multiple water and magma rivers 2 years in - I'd expect 60-80 with that computer, I guess?

Of course, since a single tree gives like 20 logs, you can embark on smaller areas or only thinly shear a tree-growing biome. As well as running small and pocket worlds.
« Last Edit: July 11, 2016, 08:53:33 pm by Fleeting Frames »
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Yolan

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Re: Game Performance?
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2016, 12:12:46 am »

Thanks for the reply. Sounds good. I think a smaller fortress would be easier to handle when it comes to learning the game again anyway.
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