Bug/Issue performance issues in the unstable?

i've been having performance issues since the new unstable was pushed out. granted, i've been having these issues with the nightly build, but they still seem to persist in the newest unstable.

ingame, i'm getting very slow FPS and keyboard input responses (when i press space to jump, it takes a second for the character to jump). this is a problem even in the menus. i'm not sure if it's because my computer is low-spec; other people have been reporting similar performance issues with higher-spec machines, and the current stable build runs just fine on my machine with little framerate issues.

specs:
OS: windows 7 64-bit
videocard: ATI Radeon HD 4200
video RAM: 256 MB
CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 645 Processor
CPU speed: 3.1 GHz
RAM: 8GB

performance issues occur with both the 32x and 64x versions, regardless of whether vsync or rendersleep are toggled off in the config files. there doesn't seem to be a frameskip option in the config files either.

hopefully this'll be addressed when 1.0 comes out. really hoping to play this game

 

This is a result of unstable/nightly. The devs are focusing on content additions over performance and functionality at the moment. When 1.0 launches, compatibility and optimization comes next.

Don't worry, your computer can run Starbound perfectly fine. I've run lagless on worse computers.

 

alright. yeah, i figured performance stuff would be improved a heck of a lot once 1.0 comes out, but sometimes i can't help but worry, y'know? O:

 

I sure hope so because they said in the stream that the game was noticeably faster and I'm not noticing it.

 

This is currently an issue, because the optimizations were already in the game -.-

As you can see here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1glKzKd4sZD5h7_ofQEu_Ln5srlFjCsrfymGLqN04Q_c/edit?usp=sharing

 

I doubt that they covered comprehensive optimization in one update. I find it highly likely for there to be some exceptions to people's machines. That's why I say to wait for post-1.0 optimization. That way we know a majority of the team is dedicated to optimization over finishing to full-release.

 

I can confirm that regular Unstable actually seems to run slower than Nightly did on my machine.

 

just played a bit of 1.0 and yeah, the issues i've stated are still present in the 1.0 build.

chucklefish, please fix this soon. i've been dying to play this for ages. ;o;

 

apologies for the bump/double-post, but several weeks going, i'm still having the same performance issues i mentioned a while back, even after several updates.

i'm not sure if they're already working on optimizing it for low-end systems but i'm having sincere doubts about it, unfortunately

i'm not buying a higher-end computer unless someone wants to give me the funds for it. just. please give me an explanation as to why glad giraffe ran fine but cheerful giraffe runs awfully on my computer. i'm not trying to lash out hate. i just desperately want a game i've waited years for, that ran perfectly on my rig in the past, to have its 1.0 run well on my computer. just. please.