lag in 4.2.1

[Nick]

AI or code modifications are a bit hard to just toggle on or off

Tiles, on the other hand...

[Sky]

if shockbolt tiles are resource intensive, why doesn't 4.1.3 have lag under the same circumstances?
Also, which exactly are these resources? RAM ?

[Nick]

if shockbolt tiles are resource intensive, why doesn't 4.1.3 have lag under the same circumstances?

Well, that's the question. There have been nearly 1000 changes made since 4.1.3, so tracking down what did this will take a bit of work.

Also, which exactly are these resources? RAM ?

Probably a combination of CPU cycles and graphics memory. I'm not sure how efficiently the Windows routines we use (mostly written pre-2000) use Windows 10.

[Cuboideb]

Memory mostly in mobile. There is a lot of tile resize happening too. That can be improved with tile caches, but they are specific to each port.

[Pete Mack]

Redraw while resting and running is a huge hog. Has anyone compared tiles with no tiles directly?

[Nick]

So how's this looking in the nightlies?

[Nick]

Right, I'm taking that as "fine".

[wobbly]

Its been fine for me in first age, so presumably ok in V. I haven't played a V game in a while.