Minimum FPS?

[fightcancer]

How low can I set my FPS for running DungeonBuddy without it messing up the bot please? (8 fps is the lowest WoW will go.)

 

[fightcancer]

bump

 

[Bengan12]

You should be careful having to low FPS. Instead make the screen smaller and run it in windows mode on lowest on everything and lowest resolution. Then you may have good FPS and use no CPU/graphics.

 

[fightcancer]

if you don't mind me asking, what fps is too low? what happens when fps is too low?

in my experience, fps is the main factor behind cpu consumption. low fps = low cpu

 

[Bengan12]

FPS has really nothing to do with CPU. it tells you how many frames each second that window repaints. The more complicated frames/larger/more pixels the more CPU/GPU it requires. So smaller window, less pixels to repaint.
When the FPS becomes to low the bot seems to have problem turning and all become very laggy. I am not sure this is seen by others or only me.

 

[fightcancer]

I really wish I understood what too low means. Maybe it varies from PC to PC.

Try this: pick any WoW installation w/any graphics settings.

1) Make 3 macros in WoW:
/console maxFPS 1
/console maxFPS 40
/console maxFPS 0

2) Turn on the FPS display in WoW.
3) Open Task Manager in Windows.
4) Toggle between the macros and watch the CPU.

What you'll find is that the higher the FPS, the more CPU is being used. The lower the FPS, the less CPU is being used.

Hence, the question and this thread.

 

[Bengan12]

I really wish I understood what too low means. Maybe it varies from PC to PC.

Try this: pick any WoW installation w/any graphics settings.

1) Make 3 macros in WoW:
/console maxFPS 1
/console maxFPS 40
/console maxFPS 0

2) Turn on the FPS display in WoW.
3) Open Task Manager in Windows.
4) Toggle between the macros and watch the CPU.

What you'll find is that the higher the FPS, the more CPU is being used. The lower the FPS, the less CPU is being used.

Hence, the question and this thread.

Aha you want to know what max/min in WOW means?
If you set maxFPS in wow to 1FPS it will update screen once every second, hence you will have a verry laggy experience, since HB reads memory I don+t really know how it affects, but if you manage to look at the screen without looking it will be extremly laggy, as far as I can see the bot struggle to use CTM in those moments.

FPS only states how many times in each second the windows repaints itself. My own made game with a pirate ship shooting other ships run at 2400FPS on my computer But as it has shitty graphics uses almost no CPU. Hence if CPU is what worries you make the wow window smaller with lowest graphics and lowest possible pixels and you will see that it uses less CPU.