Lagg

[Xernox]

Hello,

First of all, I love this game. The things you can do is so awesome, but I got one problem - a huge one.
That is lagg. My computer is fairly new, a AMD Phenom II 955, 3.2Ghz x4 and GPU ATI 6950. First I thought it was my graphiccard, but i checked and it only ran at 15-20%.

It must be the CPU, even with checked multicores it still lags, I have 1 FPS when I got a galaxy, even with a regular solarsystem, and i add 500 objects in ring, it just laggs. (when i remove dust i get 40 fps again, but galaxy is dust so if i remove the dust i remove the galaxy)

This game is really awesome, but it has some fixes that needs to be handled, or else i can't use much of it.
I got the steam version btw.

[Bla]

What is the dust multiplier set to (in the advanced options ares in the simulation settings panel)? If you decrease it, there will be less particles and it'll run faster.

[Xernox]

Thanks for quick reply!

Hehe, it was set to 25 (by default I think). I'll check if it runs faster now.
For the record, you guys should make a settings guide, tell what makes the game run better, or better graphics. Just a suggestion.

Also: The settings does not save, is that the point, or bug? It's annoying to change settings all the time.

EDIT: Yea now i can have two galaxies and still have 15 FPS, thanks

[Bla]

25? That must certainly have lagged. The default should be 1, though.

Only some of the settings save.

[Zamav]

I can't help but wonder though. Why does CPU usage stays at 15-18% even though game is running at 1fps.

I got a 6 core phenom CPU and it should be able to handle it.

Game is running 20+ threads, but none of them seems to be above 3-4% except the main one.

[Bla]

I think the fps relies mostly on your graphics card.

15 to 18% seems like it's fully utilizing one single of your 6 cores. Have you checked the multicore box in the simulation settings? It's a buggy feature, though.

[Zamav]

Well, it doesn't use my GPU at all.

I actually thought there was something wrong with the ATI driver activity report, but there isn't. Ie9 test drive page uses my gpu at 20% to 60% depending on the test. Universe Sandbox however, uses 0%, at all times.

My system specs:

Windows 7 x64 SP1
Phenom II 1055t CPU
6GB Ram
4830 GPU

Edit: Multithread option doesn't improve performance checked or unchecked. I am using the steam version of the game. I like the game a lot, I hope performance improvements will be made in future patches.

[Xernox]

I am experiencing a lot of the same as posted by Zamav.

[NehNudd]

Hi,

I have been experiencing the same problem, and in order not to spam this thread I will post only a link inside leading to another thread on the forum, where I described how I managed to overcome that problem.

I hope it helps you too, and I hope it will help someone track down the issue in the software (if there is one).

http://universesandbox.com/forum/index.php/topic,3429.0.html