Low performance on Spring when adding bots: (BA v7.81)
Posted: 21 Aug 2013, 16:57
Okay--so being a COMPLETE newbie to both Spring and the TA world, after I installed Spring, I added a Null bot to avoid the gameover screen, and then just played around, learning what each building and unit did. Then, after feeling fairly confident, I loaded up Submarine's AAI and decided to have a go. It was a lot of fun--until my FPS dropped to about 5. I used the GlobalLOS command to see if the AI had a huge base that was sucking CPU power, but we were both in the early game, and so neither one of us really had a large amount of anything. So--my question is, what gives? Here are my system specs:
Now, I know that every Spring game is different, and there's no one set "benchmark" for performance--but according to the metrics that are up on your website, I should be able to run a fair game, especially if I have the graphics turned down, which I do. But still, once things even start getting revved up, it all falls apart, and I'm still too new at Linux to know why.
I originally installed Linux on this PC because the laptop I had prior to this one crashed, and I cobbled together my current laptop from working parts from a couple of other laptops I had (extra RAM, a working HD--this one had a failed one in it), but then discovered that the copy of Windows on the working HD was corrupted. So, I wiped everything and installed Linux. I just realized that I may not have any drivers for a lot of my software on this PC if I did a system wipe--if that's the case, where do I go to get compatible drivers? If that's not the case, does anybody have any answers? Thanks in advance guys--you've been one of the most helpful communities on the Internet by far, and I really appreciate it.
Oh! Additional info: I have also tried other Spring games (Spring 1944, Zero K, NOTA, Kernel Panic, and Spring Tanks) -- And the situation is always the same. It's got fair framerates when I'm paired up against a Null bot--but when I break out a real AI, things slow down. And, with Zero K, it's just slow, period. I'm thinking that may be because of the more detailed graphics?
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$ lspci | grep VGA
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS780MC [Mobility Radeon HD 3100]
$ lscpu | grep "MHz"
CPU MHz: 1050.000
$ sudo dmidecode -t processor | grep "Speed"
Max Speed: 4000 MHz
Current Speed: 2100 MHz
$ cat /var/log/kern.log | grep "MHz processor"
Aug 19 15:03:15 Yoshi kernel: [ 0.004000] tsc: Detected 2100.160 MHz processor
Aug 20 20:47:32 Yoshi kernel: [ 0.004000] tsc: Detected 2100.050 MHz processor
RAM: 3GB (Didn't need to do this one in Terminal because I put the RAM in myself, so I know how much I have :P )
I originally installed Linux on this PC because the laptop I had prior to this one crashed, and I cobbled together my current laptop from working parts from a couple of other laptops I had (extra RAM, a working HD--this one had a failed one in it), but then discovered that the copy of Windows on the working HD was corrupted. So, I wiped everything and installed Linux. I just realized that I may not have any drivers for a lot of my software on this PC if I did a system wipe--if that's the case, where do I go to get compatible drivers? If that's not the case, does anybody have any answers? Thanks in advance guys--you've been one of the most helpful communities on the Internet by far, and I really appreciate it.
Oh! Additional info: I have also tried other Spring games (Spring 1944, Zero K, NOTA, Kernel Panic, and Spring Tanks) -- And the situation is always the same. It's got fair framerates when I'm paired up against a Null bot--but when I break out a real AI, things slow down. And, with Zero K, it's just slow, period. I'm thinking that may be because of the more detailed graphics?
