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ouliwei
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:31 am    Post subject: program gets really slow Reply with quote

I have had this issue on multiple occasions. Only tourney manager is running, after a couple of hours it slows down drastically. To the point that I need to close it and restart it.

Because of this I find myself managing the software as much as my tournaments. What happens first is that any menu selections get really slow, for example, if i want to save the tournament or knock out a player, to click the menu it takes forever almost to the point of freezing before you can make a selection. knocking out a player can seriously take 5 minutes.

In addition, if i do not restart the program the clock itself will slow down. to the point that it may take 10-20 second or more for a single second to go by.

My system is windows vista, with the latest java, although i have run into this problem an XP and previous versions of java
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

When you say "Latest Java", which Java? From whom?

Also, what are the resources on your system?
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sun Java SE 6
windows Vista Ultimate SP1 (had same issue with XP)
2GB of RAM
100GB HDD/ 20GB free
Intel Core 2 CPU T7400 @ 2.17 GHz
Dual monitor with an ATI Radeon X1400 video card that has its own memory.

runs at 10% CPU usage with 48% physical memory, Java uses 63MB of memory.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 9:10 pm    Post subject: Re: program gets really slow Reply with quote

ouliwei wrote:
Only tourney manager is running, after a couple of hours it slows down drastically. To the point that I need to close it and restart it.


I've been having similar though less drastic issues on an XP box... I do (barely) get through one tourney, but need to restart to run a second.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 6:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Since you appear to know a little about your system, make sure that when you execute it, it's using the Sun Java and not the crappy Microsoft Java. Which one gets used when you double-click on a JAR?
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Make sure you don't have any Animated GIFs running either - that one through my system into a tizzy...

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

On the small occasions I do run the software, I run into the same issue.

I'm running a Vista laptop with Sun Java and it works fine for the first hour or so, slows a bit during hours 2 and 3, anything after that and it's a dead crawl. I can't even save the tournament and reopen it as the system has completely locked.

I'll take a look tonight and check the java version. I know I've tried the most recent Java and also a much older version (like 1.4 or 1.5) with same results.

That reminds me, I think I'm having a large game coming up so I will need to make a payment again soon.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Go with v3.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just downloaded it yesterday. I have to get used to the layout - but I do say it seems nicer already. I'll test how it runs and see if it slows down like v2 does. I'm hoping the answer is no.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rewind wrote:
Just downloaded it yesterday. I have to get used to the layout - but I do say it seems nicer already. I'll test how it runs and see if it slows down like v2 does. I'm hoping the answer is no.


I did have the slowdown with v2 once or twice, but couldn't pinpoint why it was happening. My guess was that there were structures I was creating and failing to remove.

With v3, I made a concerted effort to look out for those kinds of things and I periodically go through the code looking for more.

I've run 6 7-hour tournaments with v3 and never had a slowdown.
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