Reason for Slow Speed (and why it may not get fixed)

[Onedreamer]

I don't know but with all this complexity I'd at least expect that the AI would sign deals that it can substain. Instead at least 50% of their proposals end in nothing because they don't have the means to transport the resources. Then they try again, over and over...

 

[unmerged(148321)]

Tested.
It didn't solve interface lag, but the game speed itself was almost tripled...

Good to hear this. I hope the this thread goes will find a solution.

 

[unmerged(145293)]

OMG I found the source of all our problem!

In the lua_gui_test.lua file:

function run_me_from_lua()
	local f = io.open("lua_output.txt", "a")
	f:write("I like cake!\n")
	f:close()
end

--run_me_from_lua()

 

[Baneslave]

coplice: What does that do?

 

[unmerged(79486)]

Daily diplomatic and trade updates should be more than enough for the AI. You can't make a second trade agreement with a country right after you did one (the button is grayed out, and I think this applies for the AI too), so there is no point in checking it every hour.

Daily unit movement should also be sufficient in peace time.

 

[jalapen0]

coplice: What does that do?

Writing to a log file over and over? That would slow it down big time.

 

[unmerged(112206)]

Hopefully you lot find a solution, I'd be forever grateful

 

[unmerged(28576)]

Writing to a log file over and over? That would slow it down big time.

yeah except it doesnt get called, or do you see the output file?

 

[jalapen0]

yeah except it doesnt get called, or do you see the output file?

Just comment it out those 3 lines and see if it helps.

 

[Mini$mith]

Paradox clearly made the mistake to think, that everyone has a TOP OF THE LINE PC, younger then 1/2 year old, because it clearly seems, you need a massive new pc, to play this game relaxed.

Mine is 1/2 a year old, and the game runs like a slug nailed to the ground.

 

[unmerged(12691)]

Cake is the doom of us all!!

 

[unmerged(145293)]

You guys are taking my comment too seriously, I just wanted to point that PI did their test with "I like cake!" instead of the classic "Hello World!".

 

[CaptRobau]

Used Kaiserguard's method and it worked. Went from basically unplayable to playable. If picked up by PI (well the not updating every hour thing) and coupled with other optimizations it might well be possible to get rid of the lag for almost all people and get the max speed up/near to the 1 second=24 hours.

Thanks a lot Kaiserguard.

 

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Anyone found the time variable in the game?

 

[Tahuti]

Possible breaktrough!

I have found a way to limit trade in the game, and it reduced the seconds needed for a day to advance to 12 seconds, nearly as little as the seconds needed for the day to advance with trade disabled (9 seconds).

This is what I did, I changed defines.lua which you can find in the common folder:
defines = {
...
IC_TO_CONSUMER_GOODS = 5.0,
IC_TO_SUPPLIES = 7.0,
CONVOY_BUILD_COST = 2,
CONVOY_BUILD_TIME = 40,
ESCORT_BUILD_COST = 3,
ESCORT_BUILD_TIME = 50,
LEADERSHIP_TO_SPIES = 0.05,
BUILDING_REPAIR_SPEED = 0.1,
LEADERSHIP_TO_OFFICERS = 1,
THREAT_FROM_CONVOYS_MODIFIER = 0.1,
CONVOY_CONSTRUCTION_SIZE = 10,
MAX_DAILY_TRADE = 5 - Originally, it was 100
...

Besides improvements in speed, al those countries will spam you less with trade proposals!

 

[unmerged(112206)]

Could someone upload that fix? I'd like to try it

 

[unmerged(51002)]

You guys

 

[Tahuti]

Please click this

And whatever you do, dont put in the scripts folder with the other lua files, but in the common folder instead!

 

[unmerged(145293)]

I have found a way to limit trade in the game, and it reduced the seconds needed for a day to advance to 12 seconds, nearly as little as the seconds needed for the day to advance with trade disabled (9 seconds).

This is what I did, I changed defines.lua which you can find in the common folder:
defines = {
...
IC_TO_CONSUMER_GOODS = 5.0,
IC_TO_SUPPLIES = 7.0,
CONVOY_BUILD_COST = 2,
CONVOY_BUILD_TIME = 40,
ESCORT_BUILD_COST = 3,
ESCORT_BUILD_TIME = 50,
LEADERSHIP_TO_SPIES = 0.05,
BUILDING_REPAIR_SPEED = 0.1,
LEADERSHIP_TO_OFFICERS = 1,
THREAT_FROM_CONVOYS_MODIFIER = 0.1,
CONVOY_CONSTRUCTION_SIZE = 10,
MAX_DAILY_TRADE = 5 - Originally, it was 100
...

Besides improvements in speed, al those countries will spam you less with trade proposals!

Nice find, I might also change the LEADERSHIP_TO_OFFICERS, it takes so long to max your officer
And about all those CG problem reported, changing the IC_TO_CONSUMER_GOODS variable might help as a fix till the next patch

 

[unmerged(141124)]

I have found a way to limit trade in the game, and it reduced the seconds needed for a day to advance to 12 seconds, nearly as little as the seconds needed for the day to advance with trade disabled (9 seconds).

This is what I did, I changed defines.lua which you can find in the common folder:
defines = {
...
IC_TO_CONSUMER_GOODS = 5.0,
IC_TO_SUPPLIES = 7.0,
CONVOY_BUILD_COST = 2,
CONVOY_BUILD_TIME = 40,
ESCORT_BUILD_COST = 3,
ESCORT_BUILD_TIME = 50,
LEADERSHIP_TO_SPIES = 0.05,
BUILDING_REPAIR_SPEED = 0.1,
LEADERSHIP_TO_OFFICERS = 1,
THREAT_FROM_CONVOYS_MODIFIER = 0.1,
CONVOY_CONSTRUCTION_SIZE = 10,
MAX_DAILY_TRADE = 5 - Originally, it was 100
...

Besides improvements in speed, al those countries will spam you less with trade proposals!

Tripled fps. And judging by information window, AI still trades succesfully.