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Offline Mánagarmr

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Multicore machines
« on: March 18, 2010, 09:52:49 am »
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-It is now possible to run the AI War simulation from the command line by using the "runsim" command line argument.  When running it this way, it splits up the work into multiple processes for multi-core machines, and it runs faster than the in-game simulation in general.
This was noted in the 3.0 patchnotes and I just noticed. Does this mean that if you run a multicore processor (say an i7), you should modify your shortcut to add "-runsim" to the end of it for better core spread?
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Re: Multicore machines
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2010, 10:01:41 am »
No, "the simulation" doesn't refer to in-game gameplay.  The in-game simulation only runs on one core (there are some topics about that on these forums) -- what this is referring to is the multi-hour simulation that generates the strong/weak data.  It's not something that a player would need to mess with, honestly.  Sorry for the confusion!
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Re: Multicore machines
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2010, 10:23:16 am »
Aah, I see! Thanks for the clarification! Since I run with an i7, I jump at every opportunity to utilize it better ;)
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Re: Multicore machines
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2010, 10:25:16 am »
No problem!
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