DW levels performance

[Bluddy]

I also tried comparing DoP's performance in the OSX app vs the Windows version in Wine. DoP gets 30 fps max in the OSX app and 60 fps+ under Wine. Not as serious a problem as in DC which gets down to ~8 fps in the OSX app, but still a problem.

It appears there's some kind of slowdown issue in all of the mac versions (that's perhaps exclusive to Lion -- I can't tell). I'm not crazy about running the games in Wine either because about Wine crashes the game about 1 out of 8 runs.

If you'd like, I can take a look at the code to try and figure out what the deal is, particularly if you don't have the time for it.

[Tegramon]

I just bought DC and DW.
Under OS X Lion with an 9600 GT GPU the performance is atrocious

[Bluddy]

Originally Posted by Tegramon

I just bought DC and DW.
Under OS X Lion with an 9600 GT GPU the performance is atrocious

I highly recommend intalling the windows version under Wine if you know how. If you don't know how, it should be easier to install under Wineskin Winery.

[Tegramon]

Installed it.

A little better, but still a bad performance.

I tried an older engine, I get around 30-40 fps but not constantly. It is playable though.
You guys should fix the game for Mac

[Bluddy]

What's your system like? I get excellent performance with the Windows version, but it's a 2011 MBP.

[Tegramon]

Originally Posted by Bluddy

What's your system like? I get excellent performance with the Windows version, but it's a 2011 MBP.

I got a late 2009 MBP with Dual Core 2.8 Ghz, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA 9600 GT running OS X Lion 10.7.2.

[Bluddy]

Originally Posted by Tegramon

I got a late 2009 MBP with Dual Core 2.8 Ghz, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA 9600 GT running OS X Lion 10.7.2.

Strange. That should do the trick. Do you know how to display frames per second?

[Tegramon]

Yes.
It is around 20 fps after 5-10 mins of play.
As soon as you start you get a clean 40-60 but it only lasts for 2-3 mins.

[Bluddy]

Strange, with Wine I really get great fps, and it doesn't drop.

[Sedlex]

I've had massive performance issues in Mac after moving to the expansion - it was all fine under plain vanilla.

I tried running the windows version under wine, which was a (very) provisional solution. It still gets bogged down pretty quickly.

I did notice something in the windows-under-wine version though: it seems that some of the quality settings in the expansion can't actually be changed... the sliders lead to no result. I had to take screenshots to be sure, but it appears for instance that no amount of fiddling with quality settings allows me to change the texture detail on the models or environment.

Any fix for this? Otherwise I might just ditch the expac and go back to simple-din.

Mind you, if these villagers don't figure out some way to feed themselves soon, I might just do that anyway, but I digress.