Chittering Clawbug ewan Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Not exactly a real problem, but a surprise: Avernum is a battery/CPU *hog*! Not running Avernum, I get 4-5 hours on my MBP battery (web browser, Word, email, whatever). Start up Avernum and it goes to <1 hour, with Activity Monitor reporting constant >100% CPU usage, fan constantly on, and machine burning up. What on earth is it doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 The newer games use more resources, however if you already have other programs running it will reduce the amount of CPU being used by Avadon or Avernum: Escape from the Pit. Part of the problem is better graphics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I do like the new graphics. However, I have to admit that it is frustrating to see performance issues that crop up every time the sparkles go crazy. How come we can turn off frilly terrain, but we can't turn off the little magic sparkles that SURELY are a big contributor to performance problems? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chittering Clawbug othersean Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Many Spiderweb games, even the older ones, peg the CPU even when doing nothing (e.g. hit "ESC" to pull up the menu, then switch to a terminal, run "top -o cpu", and watch Avernum suck up 100% CPU). I just suspend the offending game when I switch to something else ("killall -STOP Avernum" in the terminal), then resume it ("killall -CONT Avernum") when I want to play again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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