restrict spring to run on one core in linux

[IM back!]

Hello all,

how do you restrict spring to run on one core in linux? because after 10 minuets of playing spring suddenly gets really slow (<1 fps) even when I'm far away from any rendered units.

[LordMatt]

Spring is a single threaded application, so it only uses one core by default.

[IM back!]

then why is it suddenly getting so slow?

[LordMatt]

Is something else competing for CPU? You should give details about your system and OS setup.

[IM back!]

kubuntu 8.10 kde 3
AMD 5200 2x
nvidia 7200gs
kde,spring all running on one x server
no other stuff running

[Forboding Angel]

7200gs? Ouch, that's gotta hurt.

[slogic]

...(<1 fps) even when I'm far away from any rendered units.

I think it is a bug in Spring, because in the middle of the game with 3 AIs having HD3850 i zoomed camera to near floor & framerate did not changed at all rating at ~43 FPS!

[IM back!]

that's what I would think as well but it hapens suddenly i mean its 40 fps one second and 1 the next

[aegis]

what mod?

[IM back!]

all iv tryed: BA, EE, spring 1944

[jK]

try to increase your swap? (spring eats your ram)

[IM back!]

that would hard, because id have to resize a partition. Iv got 2GB of ram and 1GB of swap. ill try monitoring my ram while playing a spring game and then report back.