notrealdan
March 1st, 2016, 19:32
I've been struggling with an odd video performance issue for a little while now in FG, and I think I've narrowed it down. The symptoms are very noticeable and easy to reproduce on my system (Dell Latitude E7240, Intel Core i5, Intel HD Graphics, 8GB ram, Win7). It's not a power-house, but certainly capable of running FG well, and does normally. I've made sure the drivers are up-to-date, the system's freshly rebooted, etc. And, of course, FG is fully updated (3.1.6) and no other extensions are loaded. Thankfully, the issue is also easy to work around.
When using the official 5E Wizards theme, video performance tanks when the combat tracker is open. It really tanks, to what feels like ~5fps (I don't have a real measurement, but it's quite dramatic and makes FG painful to use). This seems to affect everything (dice rolls, dragging windows and maps around the screen, etc.) but only when the combat tracker is open. If I close the combat tracker, performance is immediately restored to normal. Given how important the combat tracker is, I can't really just keep it closed all the time... Opening other windows within FG does not have this kind of impact, only the combat tracker from what I've found. It also doesn't matter if the combat tracker is full of player and NPCs or completely empty.
If I instead use the default FG theme, performance is nice and smooth, even with the combat tracker open. This of course is an acceptable workaround, but I wonder what it is about the Wizards theme that's affecting performance so dramatically... I've tried some other custom themes and those don't seem to cause this issue either.
Has anyone else seen this kind of behavior?
Also, I've tried to replicate this on another couple systems I have, but neither seem to do it. One is a Macbook Pro (with Winebottler) and is almost identical specs to my Dell laptop, the other is a gaming desktop with almost nothing in common with the laptops. This leads me to believe there's something about the Intel video driver, but the fact that it only happens with the combat tracker open still gives me pause... Perhaps some asset in the theme is malformed/corrupted and causing some misbehavior? Can I force a re-download of that?
When using the official 5E Wizards theme, video performance tanks when the combat tracker is open. It really tanks, to what feels like ~5fps (I don't have a real measurement, but it's quite dramatic and makes FG painful to use). This seems to affect everything (dice rolls, dragging windows and maps around the screen, etc.) but only when the combat tracker is open. If I close the combat tracker, performance is immediately restored to normal. Given how important the combat tracker is, I can't really just keep it closed all the time... Opening other windows within FG does not have this kind of impact, only the combat tracker from what I've found. It also doesn't matter if the combat tracker is full of player and NPCs or completely empty.
If I instead use the default FG theme, performance is nice and smooth, even with the combat tracker open. This of course is an acceptable workaround, but I wonder what it is about the Wizards theme that's affecting performance so dramatically... I've tried some other custom themes and those don't seem to cause this issue either.
Has anyone else seen this kind of behavior?
Also, I've tried to replicate this on another couple systems I have, but neither seem to do it. One is a Macbook Pro (with Winebottler) and is almost identical specs to my Dell laptop, the other is a gaming desktop with almost nothing in common with the laptops. This leads me to believe there's something about the Intel video driver, but the fact that it only happens with the combat tracker open still gives me pause... Perhaps some asset in the theme is malformed/corrupted and causing some misbehavior? Can I force a re-download of that?