freezing for one second when zooming in/out

[OldGame0122]

ye, its annoying af, it happens on a 600+ dwarf fort or in a 10 one, even on the arena mode with nothing spawned in,

(pc is good and its installed on a nvme so my end is obviously not the problem)

already uninstalled it and played it with no mods, anyone experiencing this? any solution? i can get used to it but damn

[Fletch]

Have not heard of this issue. Suggest you double check that your graphic card drivers are up to date with the latest version from the vendor's website. Also, you can turn on FPS counter (Settings --> Game --> Show frames-per-second) and report the stats you are seeing once enabled -- bottom left, should see two numbers such as 100 (50).

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by OldGame0122:

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(pc is good and its installed on a nvme so my end is obviously not the problem)
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"But, it really was their problem." said the narrator, in Morgan Freeman's Voice.

:)

Not that anyone is pointing at your gaming rig, laughing at it and calling it "smol," but... That this issue isn't something others have reported may point to an environment variable on your end. Multibajillion monies gaming rigs only ever do what they're told and sometimes the OS, manufacturer, game, or the user tells them to do something wrongly...

As above, check your drivers and go ahead and report your FPS. There are things other than hardware that can cause performance issues. It sounds like a draw problem to me.

Disable the Steam Overlay to rule out resolution or active window issues.

At what resolution are you running the game? Run at the default resolution of your monitor that matches one of the standard resolution settings in DF.

Try switching between full-screen and windowed modes.

Are you running Afterburner or RivaTuner or similar? If so, disable those for DF.

Are you running on a standard PC Monitor or TV?

[OldGame0122]

Already did everything u guys said and more, not using 3rd party softwares, not using anything weird, the game is the only thing open, still no fix, i got (100) 50 steady fps, but i saw that when using the classic ascii graphics the problem dissapears and i can zoom in/out smoothly, but when using the normal ones it freezes like i said... damn.

[Mechanos]

Originally posted by OldGame0122:

Already did everything u guys said and more, not using 3rd party softwares, not using anything weird, the game is the only thing open, still no fix, i got (100) 50 steady fps, but i saw that when using the classic ascii graphics the problem dissapears and i can zoom in/out smoothly, but when using the normal ones it freezes like i said... damn.

That's weird. Never heard of this problem before. I'm playing on a.. partial toaster computer. With or without mods, both windows and linux, I've never really had this problem. Maybe a really brief pause sometimes, like less than 1/10th of a second. I wonder if.. since it doesn't do it when using ascii mode, that might be a hint? As to what it's hinting, not certain.. as even graphic mode isn't really graphically demanding, and FPS is likely limited by CPU more than anything. I assume even a really ancient graphics card shouldn't have issues.

My first thought was maybe a corrupted sprite, but you said you uninstalled already and tried without mods. Is weird. Do you happen to have an integrated graphics card that is slow to cache video memory? Probably not, but that's the only thing I can think of.. some weird issue related to reloading the sprites, and that maybe changing zoom triggers the reload.

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by OldGame0122:

Already did everything u guys said and more, not using 3rd party softwares, not using anything weird, the game is the only thing open, still no fix, i got (100) 50 steady fps, but i saw that when using the classic ascii graphics the problem dissapears and i can zoom in/out smoothly, but when using the normal ones it freezes like i said... damn.

The only time I've ever seen this in a similar game is due to a draw issue when the game/OS/GPU/et al loads up a bunch of sprites/graphics for the next z-level/other and can't do it smoothly. Mipmap and AA features can be high-profile culprits as well as any speciality GPU features/settings. (Given the system specs have been met or exceeded) *I am not an IT/Code pro.

I don't have the game in front of me, so can't recommend options. But, I would certainly toggle off and turn down as many options as possible to get them at the most basic, primitive state that I could.

I'd set up a new profile just for testing with DF in my GPU's driver. There, I'd turn off everything that wasn't being used and turn down anything I could in the way of special features/shaders/etc. (DLSS and similar features should be toggled off for testing. AA should be whatever is recommended... (dunno) or the simplest, oldest, algorithm.)

The above assumes that what you're reporting is accurate and it is not some of the normal "lag inducing" situations. (Waterfalls, cave-dwellers, pathing issues, job issues, etc) I also assume that you were honest about having "tried all that." ;)

Note: Two things - If you're playing on a nonstandard display/monitor setup, you need to say that. If you've got an issue with a newer, more powerful, GPU paired with an older CPU/motherboard and slower/smaller throughput/pipe, that could be an issue as well. BUT, you should have experienced that in other games.

[Fletch]

Originally posted by OldGame0122:

Already did everything u guys said and more, not using 3rd party softwares, not using anything weird, the game is the only thing open, still no fix, i got (100) 50 steady fps, but i saw that when using the classic ascii graphics the problem dissapears and i can zoom in/out smoothly, but when using the normal ones it freezes like i said... damn.

What's your graphics card and driver version? Should double check you have the latest drivers from the vendor website.