why is the game so hot?????

[hudat]

i play a wide variety of games.
everything from gold rush to way of the hunter.
each of these games is more graphically complex and performance-hungry than out of ore. and yet out of ore is the only game that seems to fry my graphics card. literally.

the average temperature of my graphics card is 38°C.
the shutdown temperature of my graphics card is 83°C
powerful games like way of the hunter are at 75°C.
games like gold rush are at 60°C.
your game brings the temperature up to 82°C!!!!

that's a bit much, don't you think?
personally, i don't like playing a game that burns up my hardware.

and yes i already lowered the graphic settinges and did everything possible including open my computer case to let more air in........

[kingeagle474]

You need to get about 12 up gpu that is best as then it runs about 40.c

[Bobby]

Change the voxels to mud in the vehicle menu top screen. Click it to highlight it while in a vehicle. It's the number crunching the balls of earth (voxels) that's probably doing it

[hudat]

Originally posted by Bobby:

Change the voxels to mud in the vehicle menu top screen. Click it to highlight it while in a vehicle. It's the number crunching the balls of earth (voxels) that's probably doing it

turning off these balls was one of the first things i did, but only because it looks better and i don't lose any more stuff during transport. it has no effect on the temperature.
i have now lowered the graphics settings again and turned on things like v-sync.
and lo and behold... 50°C.

my advice to game developers:
don't let your customers start your game with the maximum settings.
i know that first impressions are important to you, but
that can sometimes backfire.

[nashmead2006]

really cant see why you are having that kind of issue, what are your system specs and what kind of system cooling are you running.
82 isn't hot for a modern GPU and if it gets hot it will throttle itself. provided you haven't forced an overclock on to it.

[hudat]

i also don't understand why i have this kind of problem.
especially because i'm moving in a dead world.
there are no animals, no plants moving, absolutely nothing
that requires computing power to push a graphics card over 80°C.

i play everything from goldrush to way of the hunter.
even a performance-hungry game like way of the hunter doesn't push my graphics card above 75°C.

this game is like gold rush (at maximum settings 60°C) and should perform accordingly.
it seems that the game is mainly driven by the gpu. stupid mistake.

[Bobby]

Originally posted by hudat:

i also don't understand why i have this kind of problem.
especially because i'm moving in a dead world.
there are no animals, no plants moving, absolutely nothing
that requires computing power to push a graphics card over 80°C.

i play everything from goldrush to way of the hunter.
even a performance-hungry game like way of the hunter doesn't push my graphics card above 75°C.

this game is like gold rush (at maximum settings 60°C) and should perform accordingly.
it seems that the game is mainly driven by the gpu. stupid mistake.

You *think* your moving in a dead world.
The terrain is fully deformable so it's always being rendered i suppose. Unlike Gold Rush the only terrain is the claim. Everywhere else is just solid unmoving terrain.
Drop your bucket anywhere and it will damage the terrain etc. So there's a lot of computations going on

[hudat]

bobby, i'm well aware of that.
i didn't just press the bulk button to make the earth in the excavator bucket look real,
but also to reduce computing power.
unfortunately, the bulk button doesn't seem to work when you pour earth into the truck.

i remember that there was the same problem in the game minecraft many years ago.
too many surfaces had to be calculated.
the team back then had to find a solution and they did.
i think there was a solution back then, there is a solution here too.