godot: Slow editor/project startup time Godot 4.0-stable

Godot version

4.0-stable

System information

Windows 11 - Godot v4.0-stable - AMD Ryzen 5 7600X - Radeon RX 6800 16G

Issue description

Opening the Project Manager and running a project in the editor in Godot 4.0-stable is slow.

4.0-stable:

Godot Engine v4.0.stable.official.92bee43ad - https://godotengine.org
OpenGL API 3.3.0 Core Profile Context 23.4.3.230420 - Compatibility - Using Device: ATI Technologies Inc. - AMD Radeon RX 6800

STARTUP BENCHMARK:
        - core :  0.008997  sec.
        - servers :  20.403408  sec.
        - scene :  0.076377  sec.
        - project_manager :  0.27369  sec.
        - total_time :  20.768751  sec.

4.0.1-stable:

Godot Engine v4.0.1.stable.official.cacf49999 - https://godotengine.org
OpenGL API 3.3.0 Core Profile Context 23.4.3.230420 - Compatibility - Using Device: ATI Technologies Inc. - AMD Radeon RX 6800

STARTUP BENCHMARK:
        - core :  0.010883  sec.
        - servers :  20.370848  sec.
        - scene :  0.074814  sec.
        - project_manager :  0.26566  sec.
        - total_time :  20.728743  sec.

4.0.3-stable:

OpenGL API 3.3.0 Core Profile Context 23.4.3.230420 - Compatibility - Using Device: ATI Technologies Inc. - AMD Radeon RX 6800

STARTUP BENCHMARK:
        - core :  0.008548  sec.
        - servers :  20.395994  sec.
        - scene :  0.06646  sec.
        - project_manager :  0.207452  sec.
        - total_time :  20.684741  sec.

Steps to reproduce

Put the Godot build in the projects folder and type the following into the command line:

./Godot_v4.0-stable_win64.exe --startup-benchmark -e

Minimal reproduction project

N/A – can be seen by running the editor.

About this issue

Original URL
State: open
Created a year ago
Reactions: 2
Comments: 16 (9 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

Alright so I just updated my Fedora System with todays System Update AND uninstalled the NVIDIA Graphics Drivers Control Panel And the delay is gone! I can’t particularly address if it was the update or the uninstall as I did them at the same time before testing again. Now I’m feeling kinda stupid, as this doesn’t seem to be a Godot 4.x issue anymore 😦

PS: As for this issue not being only Godot 4.x related: It also occurred when using Bevy Engine. So I think it’s more of a Vulkan -> Linux -> new Radeon 7600 issue.

MaasTL on Sep 14, 2023

Could it be related to initializing the text server? Not sure what’s happening when loading fonts and data there? For project startup, can we test with the fallback server (afair the advanced server is required for the editor)?

This hypothesis could be tested by adding --text-driver Dummy on the command line (it will break all text rendering, but if it’s much faster, that would indeed be a good indication of the culprit).

akien-mga on Jun 9, 2023

For the build, I am not sure whether @Calinou or @akien-mga have any builds available with program database.

I have https://github.com/Calinou/godot-debug-builds but it doesn’t have 4.0.1-4.0.3 yet, only 4.0.

Calinou on Jun 9, 2023

Does this only occur on the first startup? See #74292.

It happens every time on the following three occasions:

starting project manager
opening a project
running a project

adcoding on Jun 9, 2023