Game speed

[joshua6021]

I don't know if it is the server or what, but my computer's speed worked perfectly before I loaded the new verson(.18) and now it is as slow as Christmas. Can anyone give me some advice or is there antone else facing this problem? Thanks

[Karyuu]

I'm not sure if you were here long enough to play .017 - were you? Can you post your system specs for us?

[Shimmabuku]

You mean ever since the new update EVERYTHING on your computer is slower, or just the Planeshift frame rate?
Ever since the last 2 updates, my framerate has been going at about 2fps. Though the music and sound are right on time.

[Nilrem]

One of the things I tell people to try, since I was told the same, is:

When in game, go to Options->Graphics->Details.

There's "Fps cap" value. Lower it. I've it at 25, and the game looks Ok to me.
It's true that I run it windowed, on 800x600 resolution, and that I do nothing risky with it (attack mobs with combo fatalities or read a book inside a library) but so far I experienced a great cpu usage when playing the game, and no visual loss (that is, you don't see lack of "image refreshing")

If that is of use for you, I might very well suggest changing the default settings of the game, to a lower fps cap by default, so "better performance" is experienced by players, right out of the box.
And... now that I look at that fps cap number box, I'd ask too for the ability to directly type there the desired number, instead of being forced to use the slider.

And I also seem to recall Santa forgetting some of the presents he owed me...