Demons Destroying FPS

[SaltiestSnail]

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone knew how to fix my FPS dropping and staying at 3-4 whenever I uncover a new demon and we are fighting it. I am assuming it is the smoke mechanics? But I don't know for sure. Its extremely frustrating trying to mount a defense while not being able to do anything due to the FPS being staggeringly low.

Any help/thoughts would be much appreciated!

I'm going to go try and see if I can kill the one skinless brute that is rampaging after killing 2 full squads already. Fire is bad.

(For context, I have 180 dwarf bois, and usually maintain 30 FPS unless a lot of crazy stuff is going on my main level. )

[McFuzz]

destroy em back

[BonPadre]

Originally posted by SaltiestSnail:

Fire is bad.

Try to disable temperatures in game's settings. Due to the fact the game calculates a lot of temps, and you have fire, may well be one of the biggest impact on you here. Turn it back once it's finished, and stuff has stopped burning.

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by SaltiestSnail:

.. Fire is bad...

Fire is bad. :)

You can't defeat it in terms of FPS hits. It's simulated and that simulation, just like a heck of a lot of others that are not as apparent, is pretty intense. Every square on fire, checking every bordering tile, checking combustion/melting points, spreading, checking every bordering tile, checking combustion/melting points, spreading..

It's a logarithmic expansion... Well, it's intense, that's for sure. :)

Get your beast downed, get things stable, and if you've still got rampaging fires you can try to "Retire for now" and then restart and Reclaim the fortress. You may want to make a manual save before that, just in case. A few days will have passed when you reclaim the fort and, one hopes, your fort may still be there unharmed... :)

[SaltiestSnail]

Originally posted by BonPadre:

Originally posted by SaltiestSnail:

Fire is bad.

Try to disable temperatures in game's settings. Due to the fact the game calculates a lot of temps, and you have fire, may well be one of the biggest impact on you here. Turn it back once it's finished, and stuff has stopped burning.

I will give that a try, thank you!

[SaltiestSnail]

Originally posted by Morkonan:

Originally posted by SaltiestSnail:

.. Fire is bad...

Fire is bad. :)

You can't defeat it in terms of FPS hits. It's simulated and that simulation, just like a heck of a lot of others that are not as apparent, is pretty intense. Every square on fire, checking every bordering tile, checking combustion/melting points, spreading, checking every bordering tile, checking combustion/melting points, spreading..

It's a logarithmic expansion... Well, it's intense, that's for sure. :)

Get your beast downed, get things stable, and if you've still got rampaging fires you can try to "Retire for now" and then restart and Reclaim the fortress. You may want to make a manual save before that, just in case. A few days will have passed when you reclaim the fort and, one hopes, your fort may still be there unharmed... :)

Thank you! I went and made another fort, I will attempt to go back and mess with that one later today. The 1 fps it was at was quite abysmal. I need to find a better way at dealing with demons for sure. I have never used the "Retire for now" so it'll be good to see what happens!