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fps problems

PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 00:14
by jordan4ibanez
hey ive noticed when you go really deep and look up..it lags alot..could you guys make it so everything that is out of a certain distance gets unloaded from the memory..and i know this cant be solved with r lol

PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 00:23
by Fallen_Phillip
Same problems here. I'm desperate at this point. Every time I get on I can literally watch my FPS rate drop lower and lower.

PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 03:51
by jordan4ibanez
dude if they make it so stuff out of a certain distance gets dumped..this will be the fastest mining game out there lol

PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 04:03
by Fallen_Phillip
That would be awesome! :D Then it would be Rock Block Domination x)

PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 07:23
by Dogers
Just push R key in order to enable the viewing of the areas you've explored or just calculate the area you are exploring .

PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 17:24
by jordan4ibanez
Dogers wrote:Just push R key in order to enable the viewing of the areas you've explored or just calculate the area you are exploring .

i stated that r doesnt matter..if you go into a deep mine then look up you will lag..because everything is still loaded into your memory

PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 00:17
by Menche
There is a value in minetest.conf.example called "client_unload_unused_data_timeout = 600". Try adding it to your minetest.conf and setting it to something like 5. Anything below 5 caused the game to blink annoyingly when I tried it however.

PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 14:27
by Fallen_Phillip
I don't think there's a file called that in Ubuntu. I can't find it anywhere.

PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 15:21
by Menche
Did you install the game? If so there should be a hidden folder named .minetest in your home folder that contains the minetest.conf.

PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 15:23
by Fallen_Phillip
How do I view hidden folders? :O

PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 15:29
by Menche
In most file managers, like nautilus or pcmanfm, pressing CTRL-H will turn on showing hidden folders. There should also be an option under the "view" menu, depending on which file manager you use.

PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 15:36
by Fallen_Phillip
I added the line "client_unload_unused_data_timeout = 5" to "minetest.conf". Is this right? Because it still dropped. ._.

PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 20:39
by jordan4ibanez
Menche wrote:There is a value in minetest.conf.example called "client_unload_unused_data_timeout = 600". Try adding it to your minetest.conf and setting it to something like 5. Anything below 5 caused the game to blink annoyingly when I tried it however.

thank you for that!! but this should be lowered in the vanilla game! because 600 is way too much for even my pc with 4 gb of ram to handle!