Outpost Lag Reduction 0.93

Outpost Lag Reduction v. Glad Giraffe stable
'Cause who loves lag?

Now included in CLeF v39 You DO NOT need to download this if you have v39+
-- Thanks MrChow

Thanks also to Kayuko for the Protection-be-gone mod, helps me find more lag culprits


A collection of patches intended to reduce the fps drop in the outpost.


Go run around the outpost, play a game or 2 of mazebound before you install this mod.
Then do the same after.***

Installing: (if this is your first mod)

Hopefully you know how to read a flowchart...
right click this link and open in new tab
http://community.playstarbound.com/threads/guide-to-installing-mods-v-1-2.89072/
thanks to xxswatelitexx
much easier than me trying to explain heh

What is changed: Warning! Giant wall o' text!

Code:

Legend:
changed item
- technical details
- what it means in english ;)

scriptDelta changes

All outpost NPCs (23 npcs changed)
- scriptDelta increased from 5 to 30
- 'thinking' rate decreased from 12/sec to 2/sec (how often they check if they should do something)
-- 23 npcs used to check 12 times per sec = 276, now only 46 times !
removed v 0.93 due to changes to npcs

Proximity Scanner (26 in main outpost)
- scriptDelta increased from 5 to 30
- now only checks for a nearby player/npc 2 times per sec instead of 12 times
-- 26 scanners checking @ 12 = 312 times per sec, down to 52

object animation rate changes

- worst offenders were the sign shop, and all the proximity scanners

Custom Sign Shop (35 frames) x1
- animationCycle changed from 2.2 to 4.9
-- 223% slowdown, from 15.9 updates per sec to [ups] 7.1 ups

Proximity Scanner (16 frames) x26
- animationCycle changed from 1.6 to 3.2
-- 200% slowdown, from 10 ups to 5 ups

Terramart (32 frames) x1
- animationCycle changed from 3.2 to 4.8
-- 150% slowdown, from 10 ups to 6.66 ups

Large Monitor ( 3 frames) x 3
- cycle changed from 0.3 to 0.9
-- 300% slowdown, from 10 ups to 3.33 ups

Small Monitor (3 frames) x1
- cycle changed from 0.3 to 0.75
-- 250% slowdown, from 10 ups to 4 ups

Generator (3 frames) x4
- animationCycle changed from 0.2 to 0.6
-- 300% slowdown, from 15 ups to 5 ups

PenguinBay (flag = 4 frames, merchant unchanged) x1
- cycle changed from 0.5 to 1.0
-- 200% slowdown, from 8 ups to 4 ups

more details soon™

Testing Procedure: (tl;dr - but has pics)

To test this and find the major cpu cycle eaters, I played many, many, many rounds of Mazebound

Before this I was lucky to get little more than a slideshow (estimated 8 fps)
Afterwards found it to be very playable, with fps around 20.

The Control Setup:
Basic ship (no ftl) parked at gateworld, with mazebound machine.

(visual mods used are Hamty's Human Ship and my Ship Backgrounds)

What does /debug say? (Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!)

They say "A picture is worth a thousand words."[citation needed]
So for these pics, zoom level is 2x, both admin and debug modes are on
I have mazebound open, standing near middle of starting room, looking out window to the exit
fps values are rounded up to nearest tenth
Control ship:
19.4~ render fps
Default SB:
11.6~ render fps
With Mod:
16.0~ render fps

I recommend turning off the 3 large and 1 small monitors for even more fps.


Version History:

0.90 -- initial release
0.91 -- bugfix - 2 stop teleshop - thanks KazanaAoi for reporting
0.911 - change 6 small png files, removes all Proximity Scanners and associated wires from Outpost doors

Edit 1jun15: Discovered my math was off.. was overstating how much the scriptDelta changes... 60/5 = 12, not 20 derp.

***DISCLAIMER: Author not responsible for resulting cranial explosions.

Mod Pack Permissions:

Anyone can use this mod in their mod compilation without the author's consent.

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You must get the author's consent before altering/redistributing any assets included in this mod.