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So it seems all video cards, Nvidia, AMD-ATI or Intel, low-, mid- or high-end are affected. And the more map is explored, the more the FPS drops. This leads me to believe it's an engine optimization problem. Let's just hope it gets fixed soon after release and that people won't bash the game for it. EDIT: Disabling the Terrain Information Window will improve FPS when moving around the map, both 3D and cloth, as there's no need for the engine to read and display terrain

It seems that the more I explore of the map, the more the FPS decreases, even though I don't have more stuff in my FOV.

[quote who="Publius of NV" reply="48" id="3244478"]How do you see the FPS? Is it a cheat code or some utility you have to install?[/quote] Just google FRAPS, they have a free version which you can use to see FPS, take screenshots, record gameplay etc.

I get 60 FPS at the start of the game, and jgiombet with his GTX 580 gets 43... EDIT: So I started a new .983 game and I get 60FPS everywhere, even in tactical combat, which has nothing to do with game progression... Maybe it's an optimization issue as the game progresses. Will report as I play more. Even switching between research trees and... pretty much ev

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="44" id="3244438"]After things calm down post-release I'm going to have a couple of our engine guys take a look at it. [/quote] Yes it seems like an engine problem. It would be interesting to hear some feedback from AMD-ATI cards owners.

I didn't even get a chance to play .982. This is awesome!

This changelog is so young, and yet it grows so fast. Until now, I didn't know huge weekly patches are one of my favorite things. EDIT: I've been having glitches on the cloth map since .951 https://forums.stardock.com/430835/page/1/#3222945

Whoa, wait, I just got it... You have a GTX 580, the second fastest consumer video card on the market, and you don't have optimum performance? What's the lowest you ever got? Even 43 FPS at the start of the game, when there's literally nothing to render, is way too low. This gives me hope, maybe only Nvidia cards are affected. Anyway, if such a monster like the GTX 580 gets a performance hit, there's surely nothing wrong with my card's performance :D

Indeed only the base damage is doubled. Say for example you have a base damage of 10, and Burning Blade gives you an additional 4, that's 14 damage. Casting Focus, will give you 2x10 (double base damage) +4 from Burning Blade = 24, not 28. [quote who="ddd888" reply="1" id="3243812"]maybe tooltip should reflect "BASE damage is doubled"[/quote] Good point.

I have an Nvidia 9600GT on Windows 7 64bit. It's an old card, but its 256bit bandwidth is an advantage. I read people playing FE on XP are forced to use cloth map only, because of CTDs. That makes me feel slightly better. If they can still enjoy the game, I should too :) EDIT: Updated the title.

More then 3 years after its release, Windows 7 still has very serious and well known memory leak which makes the machine unresponsive in seconds. At least Windows 8 has an excuse, but still, anything's better than that plagued XP :) I will further investigate this issue, it has really weird symptoms. Like for example, the worst FPS areas are in Imperium zones. I can have one city in an Imperium zone in my FOV, and I still get worse FPS than when having 2 cities in my FOV some

[quote who="parrottmath" reply="32" id="3243504"]I know the issue is that you want to play it at a high resolution, but my curiousity is a resolution change to something smaller give you a significant improvement to your fps?[/quote] As mentioned in an earlier reply, no. Perhaps ~1-3 FPS, insignificant. It's weird...

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="30" id="3243497"]That's a real bummer. I don't think there's anything more I can do here without a significant engine update.[/quote] I appreciate the effort nevertheless, at least you tried, not many would have. Thank you for that! [quote who="Frogboy" reply="30" id="3243497"]The anti-aliasing thing is a good observation.[/quote] I haven't tried 4x, but I can confirm there's no difference in performance between AA

Brad, I tried the new patch and I'm very sorry to say that performance is exactly the same for me :( I used a .981 savegame in order to compare FPS. But I don't suppose that matters.

I'll be sure to post here my findings as soon as I play the new patch. You have my utmost gratitude for your efforts in this matter.

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="15" id="3241972"]You can set that level in the advanced options area.[/quote] Oh I knew that, it's the workaround I use now, it was a suggestion to other people with similar issues. I wasn't clear :) [quote who="Frogboy" reply="15" id="3241972"]You can also turn off pedestrians, that helps as well.[/quote] Pedestrians are only shown when zoomed in close to a city, they disappear when zoom out, and the FPS drops when zoomed

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="11" id="3241522"]The #1 performance thing you can do though is turn OFF the outlines. They suck up a lot rendering time. On my machine, I get around 10fps (which is meaningless to go from 50fps to 60fps but still).[/quote] This is true, outlines do affect performance noticeably. Regarding your other suggestion, I did run FE at 1600x900 (as opposed to the desktop resolution of 1920x1080) and there's like a 2 FPS difference, so it

[quote who="parrottmath" reply="7" id="3241191"]What about the other computer specs? I'm sure the devs would like to see a debug.err file to see what the issue may be.[/quote] http://pastebin.com/VWMfJrNf It's actually full of errors and warnings, but the errors seem to be font-related. Maybe someone will take a look at this and tell me what's going on. I have a decent machine, I don't have problems with more s

I don't remember having problems with WoM. But I might have had a lower resolution monitor back then. Still, it's a very annoying issue and must be solved. EDIT: Disabling HDR gives another 2-3 FPS, but it isn't worth it, since it makes the game look much uglier.

[quote who="Alstein" reply="50" id="3240886"]The health nerf of Pariden/Resoln should be -10% hp instead of -1 per level.[/quote] Good idea! Maybe even 20%, it's still better than -1 per level.

[quote who="Emperorjarin" reply="33" id="3239923"]Instead of nerfing the power of haste and slow, how about simply limiting their duration? 3 turns on slow, 4 turns on haste? Building a support-oriented magic user should feel as game-changing to play as one hurling fireballs left and right, just in a different matter. [/quote] I agree. Slow and Haste are cheap, cool spells, don't nerf them. They work great for support casters.

[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="2" id="3238799"]Third Book of the Magi [/quote] Thanks! And yes, this is possible and is an issue.

You can also dispel their city enchantments (for free, not by using spells) from the city details screen, as reported here: https://forums.elementalgame.com/432756

[quote]is there a diplomatic penalty for crushing half their empire under a volcano? There probably should be. [/quote] It's my understanding that all factions should declare war on you for using weapons of mass destruction. Maybe this isn't implemented yet. I think there should only be a relationship penalty for using these weapons, not make everyone instantly declare war on you, even your allies or friends.

How do you even get Curgeon's Volcano?