The wind effects and the Core in the background made my Mac Air climb to over 90ºC. It has never gone over 83ºC before. My fan started going totally crazy, I thought it was going to explode. This is with all of the lowest graphics settings. If there is some way to make the game run on even lower settings, let me know, okay? (Not including deleting all of the texture and model files -_-)
So I saw the Core for the first time today...
Wed, 08/14/2013 - 12:04
Wed, 08/14/2013 - 12:26
#2
Are you sure everything was at minimun? Did you also check compatibility mode and cull transients?
Wed, 08/14/2013 - 12:27
#3
it has Intel Graphics
Bushido-Brownies: Jiker's MacBook Air almost certainly has Intel Graphics. We don't know which generation, yet.
Jiker: I don't have that particular computer, but I've never noticed any computer stress at the core. If it happens every time you're there, you might mention it to the developers.
Wed, 08/14/2013 - 12:47
#4
I have noticed a bit of lag
I have noticed a bit of lag in the Core, as well. I can run all of FSC without any issues, but as soon as the Core loads up, there's considerable framerate drops.
I'm running a pretty old laptop, all settings on lowest, transients culled, Vsync off, all that fun stuff. But since it literally only happens in the Core I never really thought to mention it since it's not detrimental to gameplay. They could reuse that wind effect for an actual stage though, and that could be very bad for players like the OP and I, haha.
Wed, 08/14/2013 - 12:56
#5
Yeah ... This'll happen.
As much as I love my mac, it too has a strange desire to one day become a George Foreman Grill.
I recommend using SMC Fan Control during gaming. It's loud, will probably cause some glitches if you close the lid while it's running, and may just crash your computer everynow and again, but it'll keep your the temperature of your GPU down below 60ºC, which is pretty important while gaming.
If you're going to be sitting at a table for a while, you should also try propping your laptop up in the air a little bit. Pencils and erasers will work; I use four of those closeline pins that look like little people. The aluminium casing will do a much better job dissapating the heat if more of it is touching the air.
Good luck :)
Wed, 08/14/2013 - 13:15
#6
Heat grows more concentrated
Heat grows more concentrated the deeper you go. Of course your computer is starting to overheat, as it cannot handle the pure energy of the core.
Silly knight. You may want to get a more heat-resistant computer or wait for the Spiral HQ to give us special armor that allows us to experience the beauty of the core without burning our computers to crisps.
Wed, 08/14/2013 - 14:09
#7
The core has that effect
The core has that effect cause it's an extremely large model (at one time Nick stated it to be the largest most complex model in the game, I don't know if that factoid of his still holds true though).
But simply turning spiral knights on makes my fans go crazy, so I notice no real difference at the core than anywhere else in the game. :S
Wed, 08/14/2013 - 14:12
#8
Put your macbook in charge of
Put your macbook in charge of the forge.
Wed, 08/14/2013 - 14:13
#9
Now you know.. the core is where lag comes from. That's why they keep it sealed even though some of it leaks out.
Wed, 08/14/2013 - 14:58
#10
*Mac
Ha. Haha. Ha.
*Mac
Ha. Haha. Ha.
Wed, 08/14/2013 - 17:40
#11
Thanks for the help guise
I got SMC fan control a while ago, and it's telling me that my fan is going at the maximum speed of 6519 rpm when I'm at the core. I'm used to it being at 6489 or something, even when the temp is not too high, but the temperature reading of 90º is what got to me.
My graphics card is Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB, 4 GB RAM, and a 1.7 GHz Intel Core i5. My Air is from 2011.
EDIT: @Juances Yep, everything was at the lowest possible setting.
Also there is no chance of me getting a "gaming" computer because... I'm... somewhat... on the... young, side. Just a bit. Like, over 13 and all, but I can't convince certain important people to do that. And I have no income. So yeah.
Yeah sucks to not having a decent PC that can run 3D games. I'm glad SK can run well with Intel Graphics; it runs so smoothly when I play the game on solo :) OoO oo so nice ~