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TPT is only limited by CPU speed, RAM has nothing to do with it. It uses about 50-100MB of RAM though, which is more than most programs.
Vista 32 bit probably isn't letting you use the computer to it's fullest ... but it isn't that much of a problem, maybe only a small difference. There isn't much you can do to make it faster. -
@billion57 (View Post)
If you can, set its thread priority to highest, although it is supposedly dangerous. -
@boxmein (View Post)
Keyword: "Supposedly".
I have never had a problem with setting the priority to highest, it has in fact helped me many times. -
if you only had one core I imagine it would use up all your cpu and prevent any other program from doing much
so ... probably a bad idea to set the priority that high
And it would only get you a few fps if anything. If your computer is using up 100% cpu all the time and this actually makes a difference, then there is a problem. -
@jacob1 (View Post)
My computer seems to prefer eating up all its RAM before the CPU even gets to 50%, though I'd have to check specifically for TPT next time I'm on my laptop. -
You have probably already done this, but you can disable all extra displays on the screen except the air pressure and velocity mode and vertical gravity. I.E. press 8 for 'nothing display', then disable the heat, ambient heat and water equalisation modes. That should speed up the program quite a bit,
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That may also make alot of saves malfunction.
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hitting "clear sim" will turn on heat simulation since having it off breaks everything, and will turn off water equalization since it's so laggy and doesn't do much. So ... the only things I really suggest are using nothing '8' display mode. With GRAVFFT, Newtonian gravity is pretty fast, and unless you are single core there is no reason to disable it. I'm not sure how laggy ambient heat is, maybe a little. It also helps to turn off air simulation if the save doesn't need it, gravity simulation shouldn't affect much so leave it on.
