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Arata
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« on: October 03, 2009, 06:46:56 AM »
Dan, why is that when I go into settings, and put the particle multiplier all the way up, the program then runs slow?
Are you planning to fix that?
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« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2009, 07:25:12 AM »
I'm talking about universe sandbox.
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« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2009, 08:57:05 AM »
Arata, when you increase the number of particles the computer has to calculate where all the particles have to go, so it will always be slower with more particles. It cannot be fixed. Smiley
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« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2009, 10:10:10 AM »
try upgrading your computer that will help when more particles are on screen maybe a better graphics card that can process more particles and a better processor to help with the math for the physics part

or if any 1 knows if the ageia physics cards make any dif with US??
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« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2009, 12:26:51 PM »
Quote from: bessy on October 03, 2009, 10:10:10 AM
try upgrading your computer that will help when more particles are on screen maybe a better graphics card that can process more particles and a better processor to help with the math for the physics part

I don't think the video card has any problems with displaying sprite based objects.
It's probably rather a problem of the mainboard which has to calculate all the positions and velocities of the particles. Anyways, I think there are already quite a lot of cheap multicores out.
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« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2009, 06:40:21 PM »
Quote from: bessy on October 03, 2009, 10:10:10 AM
or if any 1 knows if the ageia physics cards make any dif with US??

Unfortunately Universe Sandbox doesn't run any faster with an ageia physics card.

Quote from: Magnetar on October 03, 2009, 12:26:51 PM
It's probably rather a problem of the mainboard which has to calculate all the positions and velocities of the particles. Anyways, I think there are already quite a lot of cheap multicores out.

True.

Although Universe Sandbox only supports a single core at the moment. As soon as .NET 4 comes out I'll be releasing a new version that should run at least 40% faster on dual core systems.

Bottom line: A faster computer is more important than a faster video card with Universe Sandbox.

And Arata: Don't forget that you can edit your previous posts instead of adding a new one. Smiley
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« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2009, 03:45:43 AM »
thx for the info dan can i ask if in the .net 4 version will it also support quad core as well or will it only use 2 of the 4??
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« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2009, 11:33:12 AM »
Quote from: bessy on October 04, 2009, 03:45:43 AM
will it also support quad core as well or will it only use 2 of the 4??

When the multi-core upgrade is released it will support as many processors as you have available: 4, 8, even 16.

So yes, it will support quad cores.
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« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2009, 01:02:03 PM »
nice  Grin
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monmarfori
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« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2009, 02:16:52 PM »
They only support cores of 2,4,6,8 and more. like i will buy Core 2 duo.
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