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APM Planner runs so slow, its impossible to use!

Posted by Gareth Rens on September 28, 2011 at 4:50am

Hey Guys,

 

I need help! APM Planner used to work perfectly on my notebook, now it runs so slow I cant use it.

It takes 5-10 seconds to register a click!

 

Any suggestions, i really dont want to reinstall windows.

 

Im running win 7 32 with APM planner 1.0.76

 

Thanks! :)

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  • Developer
    davidbuzz December 21, 2011 at 10:12pm

    really I'm just saying a "me too" to this problem... or a very similar one.     Pretty much all version of APM planner since .net 4 got involved have been so unusable for me that it won't even load the *menu*/s  .... so I can't "manually switch back to GDI+."

    Task Manager shows ArdupilotMegaPlanner.exe taking 99% CPU, and approx 110Meg of ram. ( 110,156)

    Is there a way I can try disabling OpenGL from the command-line?

  • Allen Bishop September 29, 2011 at 11:34am


    I just updated to .45 and also Planner .76. I erased everything and
    re-configured the quad. I also set the PLANNER tab to Feet and MPH.

     

    Now the GPS with 11 sats and 3D lock is displaying 20 in the Altitude bar.
    For my location it should display 5100 ~ as it did in the earlier version. Any
    suggestions?

     

    This occured in an earlier release and it was determined to be a bug.  It may have re-surfaced again.

     

    Thanks,

     

    Allen

  • Moderator
    Michael Pursifull September 28, 2011 at 5:23pm

    Here you go:

     1) try changing to 16 bit color on your display

     2) restart MP and see if it is faster, if not

     3) MP->Configuration->Planner, set for GDI+

     4) restart MP, enjoy!

  • DaveyWaveyBunsenBurner September 28, 2011 at 1:15pm
    Ive updated my Graphics drivers to the last Intel release but still cant get any of the 7x releases to run properly on my Dell netbook. Will try updating .Net but it seems a shame we seem tobe going into this 900fps gaming territory for something that really doesnt need it.
  • Gareth Rens September 28, 2011 at 11:49am

    Alas, the problem remains..... :((((((((((

  • Brad Hughey September 28, 2011 at 7:50am

    I have the exact same issue on my laptop; the new version never really fully loads, and the old versions worked fine with no trouble.  However, my LT is a 5-year-old Toshiba with XP.  The new Planner 1.0.76 works fine on my much newer HP desktop with Win 7.  So, Gareth, I do not believe reinstalling anything could be a recommended fix.  I did notice references to .NET 4.0 in the config file, so I tried updating that (from 3.5) to no avail.

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