Increase in CPU usage after certain actions

[AirZzz]

Hello capsuleers!

I have Archlinux and play through Steam. Normally the client uses 20-22% of the CPU. The problem is the increase in CPU usage when simulating ship fittings, jumping through the gate, opening the New Eden store and multibuying. The effect is cumulative and I have to keep restarting the game. If I do not follow the steps above, the CPU usage will not increase over time.

Perhaps someone has encountered this problem or has an idea on how to fix it? I would appreciate your help.

[Adara_Starkiss]

Hey:

Dont remember who but mentioned that Steam tends to spy on your usage, and that causes the game for some odd reason to slowly use more cpu as time goes by. I run 5 accounts normally, but for another odd reason… it always happens with my main… that gets added usage cpu over time and it gets so bad my CPU starts getting hotter and the fast/easy solution is to close and open that client again.

In addition to that… I had noticed that when you switch from Proton7 to Proton8… the cpu usage is reduced, and I dont remember having to close my main that often, but like 2 weeks ago we had this thing happen with a launcher update… that I couldnt run the game anymore with Proton8… so… I got back to Proton7… I can play but again I get the stupid CPU usage increase over time ;(

I think one solution could be to do the wineprefix with dxvk (I remember it used to work, but I tried those steps and it wasnt as easy as running steam… [and I also ran into weird problems, like the mouse input while viewing around the ship/space was flipped… and the game only allows us to flip one of the axis, not both] and I also tried Lutris… which still doesnt work in my setup, no idea why, the install never ends succesfully).

Hope it helps

[Sir_Constantin]

Try adding this launch option in steam, it worked for me:

PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 %command%

More info…

Still anyone using Linux?

Thank you for the hint! I’ve had similar symptoms after upgrading from 22.10 to 23.04 CPU usage for Eve (tq\bin64\exefile.exe) process had rise up to 600% (6 cores system) - usage got bumped after some actions inside interface, like visiting skills page, trading system or in-game store. Same top of calls for strace Setup: Ubuntu 23.10 (pre release), kernel 6.3.0-7-generic nvidia-driver-535, version 535.104.05-0ubuntu2 Steam + Proton 7.0-6 I’ve got stable CPU usage only after disabling bot…

[AirZzz]

Thank you, mate, that really helped.

[Dal_Shooth]

This fixed all my Linux related issues regarding CPU load jumping gates and docking.

[Adara_Starkiss]

Where do you add Launch options?

[Sir_Constantin]

• Open your Steam Library.
• Right click the game’s title and select. Properties. .
• On the. General. tab you’ll find. Launch Options. section.

[Adara_Starkiss]

@Sir_Constantin

PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 %command%

Thanks, just added them… will test

[Adara_Starkiss]

Yesterday was able to run 4 clients… and CPU temps were better than before. I didnt have to do my usual close client to reset CPU usage. Tonight will try 5 clients I have to say that it felt great to run 4 clients again…

EDit: One thing Im noticing… is the launcher is more prone to crash, forcing you to close clients to load it up if you want to online more clients ;( but other than this… which is annoying… I can run 5 clients again… CPU usage is at 88%, and temps arent that bad neither. It just so happens that the launcher disappears from the running aps, not even shown in the ‘system tray’.