CPU Usage

[Yuki T. Snowy Owl]

Is there a way to fix the game so it doesn't use up so much CPU on my PC?

[kbrayaquar7]

I'ts a CPU intensive game. Just the way it is. 16 bit so graphics lite... it's ALL CPU for the most part. There are a few mods that let you use more threads (as it's hard coded for 2 cores only). So you can use them to match the number of cores your computer has. And that will spread the load to other cores. Course you'll have to actually HAVE the cores to use them.

[Astasia]

Originally posted by ClockworkZombie:

Is there a way to fix the game so it doesn't use up so much CPU on my PC?

You have this backwards right? You want the game to use more CPU to run better. There is no reason to limit the amount of resources the game is using. If you are trying to run things in the background and want them using more CPU just set the game process to a lower priority, but it's obviously going to run worse.

[kbrayaquar7]

Originally posted by Astasia:

Originally posted by ClockworkZombie:

Is there a way to fix the game so it doesn't use up so much CPU on my PC?

You have this backwards right? You want the game to use more CPU to run better. There is no reason to limit the amount of resources the game is using. If you are trying to run things in the background and want them using more CPU just set the game process to a lower priority, but it's obviously going to run worse.

He may not have much of a CPU. My interpretation of it is, he has an old 2 core machine. And his current CPU is being overworked. This game, which keeps track of multiple planets is a CPU usage ♥♥♥♥♥. There's no way to let the GPU take over... graphically, it's simplistic. You just need as beefy a CPU as possible. Oh and the mods that let you use multiple threading so as to spread the computational burden around.

[Yuki T. Snowy Owl]

Originally posted by kbrayaquar7:

Originally posted by Astasia:

You have this backwards right? You want the game to use more CPU to run better. There is no reason to limit the amount of resources the game is using. If you are trying to run things in the background and want them using more CPU just set the game process to a lower priority, but it's obviously going to run worse.

He may not have much of a CPU. My interpretation of it is, he has an old 2 core machine. And his current CPU is being overworked. This game, which keeps track of multiple planets is a CPU usage ♥♥♥♥♥. There's no way to let the GPU take over... graphically, it's simplistic. You just need as beefy a CPU as possible. Oh and the mods that let you use multiple threading so as to spread the computational burden around.

Actually I have a Quad Core and I'm a she.

[kbrayaquar7]

Originally posted by ClockworkZombie:

Originally posted by kbrayaquar7:

He may not have much of a CPU. My interpretation of it is, he has an old 2 core machine. And his current CPU is being overworked. This game, which keeps track of multiple planets is a CPU usage ♥♥♥♥♥. There's no way to let the GPU take over... graphically, it's simplistic. You just need as beefy a CPU as possible. Oh and the mods that let you use multiple threading so as to spread the computational burden around.

Actually I have a Quad Core and I'm a she.

My apologies. Name could be either/or. Definately get the quad threads mod then to spread the work around all 4 cores you have. It made a Huge Difference for me.

It's here:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1107561606&searchtext=threads

[Yuki T. Snowy Owl]

Originally posted by kbrayaquar7:

Originally posted by ClockworkZombie:

Actually I have a Quad Core and I'm a she.

My apologies. Name could be either/or. Definately get the quad threads mod then to spread the work around all 4 cores you have. It made a Huge Difference for me.

It's here:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1107561606&searchtext=threads

I'm also worried about it making ym PC overheat too.

[kbrayaquar7]

Proper ventilation (and cleaning the dust out of your PC will handle that. You *do* have sufficient fans in your PC right?

[Z0Z]

That more threads thing is interesting. It uses 8 thread of my r7 1700 CPU without any modification. CPU usage is at 14%. With that I don't have any lag or fps drop, but in my opinion this is way too much usage than what would be required. Also I have win7.

[Astasia]

Originally posted by ClockworkZombie:

I'm also worried about it making ym PC overheat too.

The stock cooling that comes with a CPU allows it to run at 100% usage 24/7 for years without any issues. You only need to worry about overheating if you overclock, or store your PC in an oven. Honestly even case fan failure and a lot of dust generally wont be an issue, there's a fair amount of leeway, and worst case scenario the CPU will throttle back to avoid danger temps.