Tutorial:Diagnosing performance issues - Revision history

FletchL1ves at 14:17, 11 August 2026

2026-08-11T14:17:27Z

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	\| Render (and sub-lines) \|\| This is GPU-based work related to the rendering of the frame on your screen, costing FPS. This will increase if you zoom out or if you're looking at a particularly busy part of your factory. \|\| -		\| Render (and sub-lines) \|\| This is GPU-based work related to the rendering of the frame on your screen, costing FPS. This will increase if you zoom out or if you're looking at a particularly busy part of your factory. \|\| -
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	\| Flip[On/Off] \|\| This is the time spent waiting for the graphics driver to finish rendering the frame into the back-buffer, swapping it with front-buffer and presenting it to the screen. The "On" or "Off" in square brackets indicates if Vsync is enabled or not. \|\| Under Settings->Graphics. Try toggling "Wait for VSync" on or off. ~~Same~~ panel, under Advanced section, try toggling "Use flip presentation model" on or off.		\| Flip[On/Off] \|\| This is the time spent waiting for the graphics driver to finish rendering the frame into the back-buffer, swapping it with front-buffer and presenting it to the screen. The "On" or "Off" in square brackets indicates if Vsync is enabled or not. \|\| Under Settings->Graphics. Try toggling "Wait for VSync" on or off. Windows only: on the same panel, under Advanced section, try toggling "Use flip presentation model" on or off.
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	\| Sleep \|\| When it took less than 16.667ms to prepare a tick, the game sleeps. This is normal and good. If this is above 0, then congrats, you have 60 UPS. \|\| -		\| Sleep \|\| When it took less than 16.667ms to prepare a tick, the game sleeps. This is normal and good. If this is above 0, then congrats, you have 60 UPS. \|\| -

FletchL1ves: Add additional notes to help solve high "Flip" metrics.

2026-08-11T14:15:09Z

Add additional notes to help solve high "Flip" metrics.

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	\| Render (and sub-lines) \|\| This is GPU-based work related to the rendering of the frame on your screen, costing FPS. This will increase if you zoom out or if you're looking at a particularly busy part of your factory. \|\| -		\| Render (and sub-lines) \|\| This is GPU-based work related to the rendering of the frame on your screen, costing FPS. This will increase if you zoom out or if you're looking at a particularly busy part of your factory. \|\| -
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	\| Flip[On/Off] \|\| This is the time spent waiting for the graphics driver to finish rendering the frame into the back-buffer, swapping it with front-buffer and presenting it to the screen. The "On" or "Off" in square brackets indicates if Vsync is enabled or not. \|\| Try toggling ~~Vsync~~ on or off.		\| Flip[On/Off] \|\| This is the time spent waiting for the graphics driver to finish rendering the frame into the back-buffer, swapping it with front-buffer and presenting it to the screen. The "On" or "Off" in square brackets indicates if Vsync is enabled or not. \|\| Under Settings->Graphics. Try toggling "Wait for VSync" on or off. Same panel, under Advanced section, try toggling "Use flip presentation model" on or off.
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	\| Sleep \|\| When it took less than 16.667ms to prepare a tick, the game sleeps. This is normal and good. If this is above 0, then congrats, you have 60 UPS. \|\| -		\| Sleep \|\| When it took less than 16.667ms to prepare a tick, the game sleeps. This is normal and good. If this is above 0, then congrats, you have 60 UPS. \|\| -

Cardinal: Better image quality.

2025-04-17T19:06:52Z

Better image quality.

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	== Accessing the "time usage" screen ==		== Accessing the "time usage" screen ==

	[[File:Debug settings for time usage diagnosis.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|right\|The "Debug settings" menu with the options we need to enable]]		[[File:Debug settings for time usage diagnosis.png\|thumb\|right\|The "Debug settings" menu with the options we need to enable]]

	Press {{keybinding\|F4}} to open the "Debug settings" menu. This will show you a variety of options. You need to enable 3 of them:		Press {{keybinding\|F4}} to open the "Debug settings" menu. This will show you a variety of options. You need to enable 3 of them:

Bilka: word

2024-03-01T11:41:17Z

word

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	== ~~Too Long; Didn't Read~~ ==		== Summary ==

	'''Open the show-time-usage screen. If you're having consistent low UPS, look for big numbers in the ''first'' column. If you're having stutters and freezes, look for big numbers in the ''third'' column.'''		'''Open the show-time-usage screen. If you're having consistent low UPS, look for big numbers in the ''first'' column. If you're having stutters and freezes, look for big numbers in the ''third'' column.'''

Bilka: Updated flip description with verified info

2024-01-22T13:48:04Z

Updated flip description with verified info

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	\| Render (and sub-lines) \|\| This is GPU-based work related to the rendering of the frame on your screen, costing FPS. This will increase if you zoom out or if you're looking at a particularly busy part of your factory. \|\| -		\| Render (and sub-lines) \|\| This is GPU-based work related to the rendering of the frame on your screen, costing FPS. This will increase if you zoom out or if you're looking at a particularly busy part of your factory. \|\| -
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	\| Flip[On/Off] \|\| This is the time spent waiting for the graphics driver to ~~refresh~~ the screen. The "On" or "Off" in square brackets indicates if Vsync is enabled or not. \|\| Try toggling Vsync on or off.		\| Flip[On/Off] \|\| This is the time spent waiting for the graphics driver to finish rendering the frame into the back-buffer, swapping it with front-buffer and presenting it to the screen. The "On" or "Off" in square brackets indicates if Vsync is enabled or not. \|\| Try toggling Vsync on or off.
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	\| Sleep \|\| When it took less than 16.667ms to prepare a tick, the game sleeps. This is normal and good. If this is above 0, then congrats, you have 60 UPS. \|\| -		\| Sleep \|\| When it took less than 16.667ms to prepare a tick, the game sleeps. This is normal and good. If this is above 0, then congrats, you have 60 UPS. \|\| -

Wiwiweb at 22:41, 20 January 2024

2024-01-20T22:41:40Z

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			== Too Long; Didn't Read ==

			'''Open the show-time-usage screen. If you're having consistent low UPS, look for big numbers in the ''first'' column. If you're having stutters and freezes, look for big numbers in the ''third'' column.'''

	== Accessing the "time usage" screen ==		== Accessing the "time usage" screen ==

SpeckledFleebeedoo: Explain flip

2023-12-15T19:26:13Z

Explain flip

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	\| Render (and sub-lines) \|\| This is GPU-based work related to the rendering of the frame on your screen, costing FPS. This will increase if you zoom out or if you're looking at a particularly busy part of your factory. \|\| -		\| Render (and sub-lines) \|\| This is GPU-based work related to the rendering of the frame on your screen, costing FPS. This will increase if you zoom out or if you're looking at a particularly busy part of your factory. \|\| -
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	\| Flip[on] \|\| ~~I'm not entirely sure what this~~ is~~, but it's related~~ to Vsync. \|\| Try toggling Vsync on or off.		\| Flip[On/Off] \|\| This is the time spent waiting for the graphics driver to refresh the screen. The "On" or "Off" in square brackets indicates if Vsync is enabled or not. \|\| Try toggling Vsync on or off.
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	\| Sleep \|\| When it took less than 16.667ms to prepare a tick, the game sleeps. This is normal and good. If this is above 0, then congrats, you have 60 UPS. \|\| -		\| Sleep \|\| When it took less than 16.667ms to prepare a tick, the game sleeps. This is normal and good. If this is above 0, then congrats, you have 60 UPS. \|\| -

Wiwiweb: /* Digging deeper with the "entity time usage" screen */

2023-11-26T18:59:34Z

Digging deeper with the "entity time usage" screen

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	* '''AssemblingMachine''': This isn't just assembling machines, but every building where you have to select a recipe (e.g. chemical plants, refineries, etc., but not furnaces). For this cost, the number of machines matters, not their speed. Fewer but faster machines (with beacons and modules) will cost less than many slow machines.		* '''AssemblingMachine''': This isn't just assembling machines, but every building where you have to select a recipe (e.g. chemical plants, refineries, etc., but not furnaces). For this cost, the number of machines matters, not their speed. Fewer but faster machines (with beacons and modules) will cost less than many slow machines.
	* '''Inserter''': Use ~~less~~ inserters and have them work less often, e.g. with "inserter clocking".		* '''Inserter''': Use fewer inserters and have them work less often, e.g. with "inserter clocking".
	* '''Unit''': This is biters and spitters. Removing biters and spitters will remove this cost.		* '''Unit''': This is biters and spitters. Removing biters and spitters will remove this cost.

	If you've ran out of things to optimize in this section, then you're just suffering from a factory that has grown bigger than your PC can handle. Congratulations!		If you've ran out of things to optimize in this section, then you're just suffering from a factory that has grown bigger than your PC can handle. Congratulations!

Bilka: There is a tutorial namespace and the tutorial page listing all of them, no need for a category that contains only a few of them and has a maintenance cost

2023-11-13T20:46:44Z

There is a tutorial namespace and the tutorial page listing all of them, no need for a category that contains only a few of them and has a maintenance cost

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	If you've ran out of things to optimize in this section, then you're just suffering from a factory that has grown bigger than your PC can handle. Congratulations!		If you've ran out of things to optimize in this section, then you're just suffering from a factory that has grown bigger than your PC can handle. Congratulations!

	~~{{Category\|Tutorials}}~~

Bilka: lang template

2023-11-07T18:01:05Z

lang template

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	== Accessing the "time usage" screen ==		== Accessing the "time usage" screen ==