Performance problems

zoid · August 1, 2011

First of all, Hi, this is my first post and the first time I try 0 AD. Also, English it's not my native language, so please excuse my grammar/spelling errors.

I just compiled 0 AD r09786, the game runs very slow, disabling reflections and shadows doesn't seem to help. The slowness it's noticeable even on the movement of the mouse cursor.

My specs are:

CPU: AMD 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+

RAM: 2Gb DDR2

GPU: GeForce 7300 GT

Using Debian 6, nvidia propietary driver v96.43.18.

This is the console output of running the game for a minute or so:

./system/pyrogenesis_dbg
Cache: 500 (total: 2012) MiB
TIMER| InitVfs: 990.593 ms
TIMER| InitScripting: 1.11429 s
TIMER| CONFIG_Init: 48.0739 ms
TIMER| RunHardwareDetection: 87.9895 ms
TIMER| write_sys_info: 544.6 us
TIMER| InitRenderer: 55.7965 ms
TIMER| ps_console: 28.1106 ms
TIMER| ps_lang_hotkeys: 3.19636 ms
TIMER| common/setup.xml: 16.3688 ms
TIMER| common/styles.xml: 1.95468 ms
TIMER| common/sprite1.xml: 8.84856 ms
TIMER| common/init.xml: 11.5324 ms
TIMER| pregame/sprites.xml: 2.7704 ms
TIMER| pregame/styles.xml: 202.44 us
TIMER| pregame/mainmenu.xml: 48.36 ms
TIMER| common/global.xml: 1.83892 ms
SND| alc_init: success, using PulseAudio Software
TIMER| common/setup.xml: 3.01472 ms
TIMER| common/styles.xml: 1.00404 ms
TIMER| common/sprite1.xml: 7.99096 ms
TIMER| gamesetup/setup.xml: 11.4822 ms
TIMER| gamesetup/sprites.xml: 152.92 us
TIMER| gamesetup/styles.xml: 202.96 us
TIMER| gamesetup/gamesetup.xml: 72.5349 ms
TIMER| common/setup.xml: 3.31988 ms
TIMER| common/styles.xml: 1.09116 ms
TIMER| common/sprite1.xml: 7.96288 ms
TIMER| common/init.xml: 9.77124 ms
TIMER| loading/styles.xml: 407.4 us
TIMER| loading/sprites.xml: 3.1296 ms
TIMER| loading/loading.xml: 8.588 ms
TIMER| common/global.xml: 1.48868 ms
TIMER| common/setup.xml: 3.27088 ms
TIMER| common/styles.xml: 1.09024 ms
TIMER| common/sprite1.xml: 7.93272 ms
TIMER| common/icon_sprites.xml: 15.0922 ms
TIMER| session/sprites.xml: 16.337 ms
TIMER| session/styles.xml: 1.11736 ms
TIMER| session/session.xml: 185.966 ms
TIMER| common/global.xml: 2.88224 ms
GAME STARTED, ALL INIT COMPLETE
TIMER| common/setup.xml: 3.27648 ms
TIMER| common/styles.xml: 1.08752 ms
TIMER| common/sprite1.xml: 8.4854 ms
TIMER| common/icon_sprites.xml: 15.1031 ms
TIMER| common/init.xml: 9.73416 ms
TIMER| summary/summary.xml: 57.692 ms
TIMER| summary/sprites.xml: 441.4 us
TIMER| common/global.xml: 2.07124 ms
TIMER| common/setup.xml: 3.1158 ms
TIMER| common/styles.xml: 1.09384 ms
TIMER| common/sprite1.xml: 8.12092 ms
TIMER| common/init.xml: 9.57192 ms
TIMER| pregame/sprites.xml: 1.93536 ms
TIMER| pregame/styles.xml: 111.92 us
TIMER| pregame/mainmenu.xml: 39.0518 ms
TIMER| common/global.xml: 1.65588 ms
TIMER| common/setup.xml: 3.01508 ms
TIMER| common/styles.xml: 1.07772 ms
TIMER| common/sprite1.xml: 8.4446 ms
TIMER| msgbox/msgbox.xml: 3.88992 ms
TIMER| shutdown actor stuff: 12.2 us
TIMER| shutdown TexMan: 7.04 us
TIMER| shutdown Renderer: 26.8642 ms
TIMER| shutdown SDL: 110.896 ms
TIMER| shutdown UserReporter: 16.1422 ms
TIMER| shutdown ScriptingHost: 64.773 ms
TIMER| shutdown ConfigDB: 2.16 us
TIMER| resource modules: 174.899 ms
TIMER TOTALS (9 clients)
-----------------------------------------------------
xml_validation: 206.388 Mc (125x)
tc_ShaderValidation: 59.7733 Mc (26x)
tc_pool_alloc: 882.047 Mc (2098236x)
tc_linkProgram: 42.3319 Mc (1x)
tc_compileShader: 250.212 Mc (2x)
tc_png_decode: 62.7008 Mc (30x)
tc_dds_transform: 5934.86 kc (914x)
tc_transform: 9576.85 kc (306x)
tc_plain_transform: 2412.09 kc (306x)
-----------------------------------------------------
TIMER| shutdown misc: 1.00376 ms

Is my hardware too small to run the game?

If not, what additional info can I submit in order to debug this?

Thanks!

chaosislife · August 1, 2011

It's not the hardware, it seems the game has a hard time on linux alot. You could probably try different drivers. Tho i wonder what would happen if you tried using the Windows version thru wine or thru an actual emulator.

**Ykkrosh** · August 1, 2011

./system/pyrogenesis_dbg

You're running the unoptimised debug version, which is intentionally slow . Compile the optimised version with "make CONFIG=Release" and run pyrogenesis (not _dbg), and it should be faster.

zoid · August 1, 2011

You're running the unoptimised debug version, which is intentionally slow . Compile the optimised version with "make CONFIG=Release" and run pyrogenesis (not _dbg), and it should be faster.

That's right!

Compiling with the Release config produces a much faster binary.

Thanks!

chaosislife · August 2, 2011

Eh, I didn't even notice that. Hope that's it then.

domurc · August 18, 2011

hi, firstly love the game, i am having perfermance problems it gets quite slow after a while

Vista 32 bit home premium

TT7700 2.40 ghz 2.40

2 gb ddr3

nvidia 8600 gtm

is it my hardware or is it a setting problem, i dont understand the graphic settings as there all in short so not sure if they should be true or false

Edited August 18, 2011 by domurc

Moooartin · August 19, 2011

Hello everybody!

Hum, It's my first message on this forum and I don't know if I should start my own thread. Cause my problem is exactly the same as Zold, and I've done exactly what Ykkrosh said to fix it. But still, My game is very slow. As soon as start ( leaving the main menu for single player menu for example) the cursor is acting weird, slow I mean. And is still slow during the game.

Ok so I'm on a laptop

OS : Ubuntu 11.04

CPU: Intel i5 4 core

MEM: 4 GB

Graphic Chipset: Intel HD Graphics (integrated VGA compatible Controller)

I've download the 0ad-r09786-alpha tar.gz (both data and build) and unzipped them, then in a terminal

cd 0ad-r09786-alpha/build/workspaces

./update-workspaces.sh -j4

cd gcc

make CONFIG=Release -j4

I tested it, Was OK!

here is what console gave me after Test and Runing the Game for almost a minute:

martus@martus-laptop:~/Games/0ad-r09786-alpha$ binaries/system/test
Running 251 tests...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................OK!
martus@martus-laptop:~/Games/0ad-r09786-alpha$ binaries/system/pyrogenesis
Cache: 200 (total: 3440) MiB
TIMER| InitVfs: 130.615 ms
TIMER| InitScripting: 1.77332 ms
TIMER| CONFIG_Init: 2.50079 ms
ATTENTION: default value of option force_s3tc_enable overridden by environment.
TIMER| RunHardwareDetection: 23.6051 ms
TIMER| write_sys_info: 433.277 us
TIMER| InitRenderer: 864.066 us
TIMER| ps_console: 1.73829 ms
TIMER| ps_lang_hotkeys: 818.199 us
TIMER| common/setup.xml: 974.206 us
TIMER| common/styles.xml: 302.556 us
TIMER| common/sprite1.xml: 2.0185 ms
TIMER| common/init.xml: 1.78746 ms
TIMER| pregame/sprites.xml: 507.251 us
TIMER| pregame/styles.xml: 48.868 us
TIMER| pregame/mainmenu.xml: 13.6027 ms
TIMER| common/global.xml: 499.516 us
SND| alc_init: success, using PulseAudio Software
TIMER| common/setup.xml: 2.32808 ms
TIMER| common/styles.xml: 248.354 us
TIMER| common/sprite1.xml: 1.87943 ms
TIMER| gamesetup/setup.xml: 87.504 us
TIMER| gamesetup/sprites.xml: 38.429 us
TIMER| gamesetup/styles.xml: 58.172 us
TIMER| gamesetup/gamesetup.xml: 13.6084 ms
TIMER| common/setup.xml: 1.17675 ms
TIMER| common/styles.xml: 256.595 us
TIMER| common/sprite1.xml: 1.86264 ms
TIMER| common/init.xml: 1.49381 ms
TIMER| loading/styles.xml: 109.554 us
TIMER| loading/sprites.xml: 622.259 us
TIMER| loading/loading.xml: 1.4709 ms
TIMER| common/global.xml: 332.446 us
TIMER| common/setup.xml: 863.52 us
TIMER| common/styles.xml: 271.788 us
TIMER| common/sprite1.xml: 1.79836 ms
TIMER| common/icon_sprites.xml: 3.36395 ms
TIMER| session/sprites.xml: 3.24129 ms
TIMER| session/styles.xml: 220.987 us
TIMER| session/session.xml: 44.5761 ms
TIMER| common/global.xml: 883.16 us
GAME STARTED, ALL INIT COMPLETE
TIMER| common/setup.xml: 983.426 us
TIMER| common/styles.xml: 309.621 us
TIMER| common/sprite1.xml: 2.15174 ms
TIMER| common/icon_sprites.xml: 3.56522 ms
TIMER| common/init.xml: 1.50954 ms
TIMER| summary/summary.xml: 17.1254 ms
TIMER| summary/sprites.xml: 114.993 us
TIMER| common/global.xml: 634.956 us
TIMER| common/setup.xml: 3.24344 ms
TIMER| common/styles.xml: 413.625 us
TIMER| common/sprite1.xml: 1.81356 ms
TIMER| common/init.xml: 1.48766 ms
TIMER| pregame/sprites.xml: 518.772 us
TIMER| pregame/styles.xml: 32.456 us
TIMER| pregame/mainmenu.xml: 11.3319 ms
TIMER| common/global.xml: 474.61 us
TIMER| common/setup.xml: 2.56077 ms
TIMER| common/styles.xml: 789.514 us
TIMER| common/sprite1.xml: 6.20066 ms
TIMER| msgbox/msgbox.xml: 1.16989 ms
TIMER| shutdown actor stuff: 22.982 us
TIMER| shutdown TexMan: 1.934 us
TIMER| shutdown Renderer: 11.1882 ms
TIMER| shutdown SDL: 64.4712 ms
TIMER| shutdown UserReporter: 197.982 us
TIMER| shutdown ScriptingHost: 21.672 ms
TIMER| shutdown ConfigDB: 0.648 us
TIMER| resource modules: 37.7528 ms
TIMER TOTALS (9 clients)
-----------------------------------------------------
xml_validation: 48.9328 Mc (116x)
tc_ShaderValidation: 5060.23 kc (17x)
tc_pool_alloc: 614.093 Mc (6130819x)
tc_linkProgram: 20.7069 Mc (1x)
tc_compileShader: 57.0619 Mc (2x)
tc_png_decode: 37.5948 Mc (30x)
tc_transform: 1439.55 kc (303x)
tc_plain_transform: 534.326 kc (303x)
tc_dds_transform: 700.57 kc (905x)
-----------------------------------------------------
TIMER| shutdown misc: 3.4205 ms

How do I fix it?

Thanks for your futur reply, and Excuse my french

Moooartin

**historic_bruno** · August 20, 2011

Hello everybody!
Hum, It's my first message on this forum and I don't know if I should start my own thread. Cause my problem is exactly the same as Zold, and I've done exactly what Ykkrosh said to fix it. But still, My game is very slow. As soon as start ( leaving the main menu for single player menu for example) the cursor is acting weird, slow I mean. And is still slow during the game.

Hmm, I think this is worth looking into as I'm seeing more reports of mouse lag and general slowness on Linux. By the way, that was just standard debug output you saw, nothing abnormal there

Moooartin · August 20, 2011

Hum... so nothing wrong with my config?

I'll start a new topic then.

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