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| ID | Project | Category | Date Submitted | Last Update | |
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| 0008565 | Valley 1 | Bug - Gameplay | Jun 15, 2012 4:41 pm | Jun 20, 2012 2:27 pm | |
| Reporter | jruderman | Assigned To | Chris_McElligottPark | ||
| Severity | minor | ||||
| Status | resolved | Resolution | fixed | ||
| Product Version | 1.101 ( Post-Launch Series 1) | ||||
| Fixed in Version | 1.103 (Official Hotfix) | ||||
| Summary | 0008565: Minimap lags | ||||
| Description | When I first enter a chunk, the minimap is entirely gray. I have to wait a second before the area near me is filled in. Similarly, if I jump down, I have to wait a second for the area near my new location to be filled in. This is a new problem; it did not occur in earlier versions. | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
| Internal Weight | New | ||||
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This is by design, it's not really a bug. On large maps, doing a single refresh of the minimap takes about 12-16ms on a latest-gen sandy bridge i7 CPU. On smaller maps, 4-6ms. So what I introduced was a rule where it couldn't do this more than once per second, since especially on lower CPUs that cost in ms could be 3x to 10x more than what shows on my machine (depending on just how old we're talking). I suppose potentially it could be reduced to every half second, but I'm not sure this would be a great thing. |
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How about allowing it to refresh more often (aka, pace less aggressively) for small maps, but have it pace itself at the current rate (or slightly less aggressively, as a second seems rather long) only for large maps. Of course, defining small and large may be tricky. |
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Perhaps you could force a refresh upon entering the room, and upon coming within X pixels of a "non-explored" portion of the minimap? |
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I'd go with the refresh on the chunk changing. Or let the frequency be determined in the options menu. |
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Thanks! * The frequency of how often the minimap updates is now based on how big the chunk in question is; in order to avoid lag, we previously had it set to 1 second between minimap updates. However, in smaller chunks (actually most chunks) that really was excessive. ** The new logic makes it so that in most chunks it will update more like every half second, and in smaller chunks it will update every quarter second if need be. Only the really excessively large chunks still update on a 1-second interval. * For all chunks, the minimap now updates as soon as you enter the chunk, regardless of how long it has been since the last time you entered a chunk. |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| Jun 15, 2012 4:41 pm | jruderman | New Issue | |
| Jun 15, 2012 4:48 pm | Chris_McElligottPark | Note Added: 0025856 | |
| Jun 15, 2012 4:48 pm | Chris_McElligottPark | Assigned To | => Chris_McElligottPark |
| Jun 15, 2012 4:48 pm | Chris_McElligottPark | Status | new => feedback |
| Jun 15, 2012 5:10 pm | TechSY730 | Note Added: 0025857 | |
| Jun 15, 2012 5:23 pm | jruderman | Note Added: 0025858 | |
| Jun 15, 2012 5:23 pm | jruderman | Status | feedback => assigned |
| Jun 15, 2012 6:47 pm | NyQuil | Note Added: 0025862 | |
| Jun 20, 2012 2:27 pm | Chris_McElligottPark | Internal Weight | => New |
| Jun 20, 2012 2:27 pm | Chris_McElligottPark | Note Added: 0025988 | |
| Jun 20, 2012 2:27 pm | Chris_McElligottPark | Status | assigned => resolved |
| Jun 20, 2012 2:27 pm | Chris_McElligottPark | Fixed in Version | => 1.103 (Official Hotfix) |
| Jun 20, 2012 2:27 pm | Chris_McElligottPark | Resolution | open => fixed |
