Ren'py using too much CPU/GPU when off-screen?

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Ren'py using too much CPU/GPU when off-screen?

#1 Post by uyjulian » Mon Oct 12, 2015 2:17 pm

Ren'Py is using 25% CPU whenever it is on the screen.

Whenever Ren'Py isn't on the screen, or is completely covered by other windows, the CPU usage goes to over 100%... and my legs are burning. (77°C and climbing with fans set to 6200RPM) What a waste.

I'm on OS X El Capitan 10.11.1 Beta (15B22c) and using Ren'Py 6.99.6

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Re: Ren'py using too much CPU/GPU when off-screen?

#2 Post by PyTom » Mon Oct 12, 2015 3:25 pm

I'm tracking this at https://github.com/renpy/renpy/issues/757 and will try to look at it tonight.
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Re: Ren'py using too much CPU/GPU when off-screen?

#3 Post by uyjulian » Mon Oct 12, 2015 6:52 pm

Oh, by the way, usually when my CPU is over 100% my laptop usually doesn't go over 56°C at 6200RPM fan, but somehow Ren'Py is making my laptop hotter when it is using up the 100% CPU...

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