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0005142Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Environmentpublic2012-02-15 15:592012-02-15 16:49
ReporterOgg the Blinky Sock 
Assigned ToFootkerchief 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusresolvedResolutionduplicate 
PlatformiMac Intel Core DuoOSXOS Version10.7
Product Version0.34.01 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0005142: Giant Mosquitos sucking life from frame-rate.
DescriptionGiant Mosquitos are appearing in a swarm of 100-300 individuals. This has a severely detrimental effect on the frame rate. I speculate that the frequent changes of Z-level may be a factor. They are difficult to kill, although attempting may discourage the swarm as a whole, causing it to move on... not sure if the dropping numbers are random factors, seasonal factors, or the nuisance of hundreds of wooden bolts being fired at them.
Steps To ReproduceStrike the earth near a warm/hot
Additional InformationIt might be better to model giant mosquito populations by including biomass into the equation. Sure, regular mosquitos appear in the thousands, but number is linear, volume is cubic. Mosquitos must ingest blood to survive.
Tagsanimals
Relationships
duplicate of 0005051resolved Toady One Giant mosquitoes don't stop spawning -- 172 on map 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2012-02-15 15:59Ogg the Blinky SockNew Issue
2012-02-15 16:00Ogg the Blinky SockTag Attached: animals
2012-02-15 16:32ThomarNote Added: 0019715
2012-02-15 16:41ThomarNote Edited: 0019715bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0019715#r7382
2012-02-15 16:49FootkerchiefRelationship addedduplicate of 0005051
2012-02-15 16:49FootkerchiefStatusnew => resolved
2012-02-15 16:49FootkerchiefResolutionopen => duplicate
2012-02-15 16:49FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief

Notes
(0019715)
Thomar   
2012-02-15 16:32   
(edited on: 2012-02-15 16:41)
This happened to me too. Went from 100 FPS to 15 when a swarm of a hundred of them showed up. Of course, I couldn't say whether 100 dwarves or 100 goblins would have impacted the framerate any more.