# Reading takes a very long time in 7.1

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reading-takes-a-very-long-time-in-7-1/2406>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [July 25, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reading-takes-a-very-long-time-in-7-1/2406 "2013-07-25T15:30:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ferodaktyl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ferodaktyl/32/56_2.png) [@Ferodaktyl](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ferodaktyl)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reading-takes-a-very-long-time-in-7-1/2406/1 "2013-07-25T15:30:42Z")

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And i mean real time, not game time. I use SDL version on Cata 7.1 on win7. Can this time be somehow decreased, more like sleeping time ?

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reading-takes-a-very-long-time-in-7-1/2406/2 "2013-07-25T16:01:57Z")

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How is your intelligence? 10? 12?

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**Author:** ![Ferodaktyl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ferodaktyl/32/56_2.png) [@Ferodaktyl](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ferodaktyl)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reading-takes-a-very-long-time-in-7-1/2406/3 "2013-07-25T17:29:43Z")

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my RL intelligence ? 😃

I have a char with 10 int i think, and fast reader, but what i mean it that it is not about game time, but real time. It takes too long to read. I don’t mind about taking 1 week in game to read a playboy, but i hate staying IFS waiting for my char to understand the purpose of meaning

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reading-takes-a-very-long-time-in-7-1/2406/4 "2013-07-25T17:32:22Z")

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Oh well, then.

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**Author:** ![Oragepoilu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@Oragepoilu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Oragepoilu)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reading-takes-a-very-long-time-in-7-1/2406/5 "2013-07-25T18:16:51Z")

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it take about 3s between each “tic” of learning when you read so yeah it get quickly pretty damn long. it used to be way more faster before.

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**Author:** ![1942rob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/1942rob/32/979_2.png) [@1942rob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/1942rob)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reading-takes-a-very-long-time-in-7-1/2406/6 "2013-07-25T20:01:25Z")

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This should be fixed in the experimental build, assuming you use the regular windows version.

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**Author:** ![Tal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/54ee81/32.png) [@Tal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Tal)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reading-takes-a-very-long-time-in-7-1/2406/7 "2013-07-25T21:19:49Z")

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Try curses instead of SDL. Since 7.1, SDL has been extremely slow in my experience. This includes the latest experimental releases.

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**Author:** ![Ferodaktyl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ferodaktyl/32/56_2.png) [@Ferodaktyl](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ferodaktyl)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reading-takes-a-very-long-time-in-7-1/2406/8 "2013-07-25T22:35:36Z")

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So the “stable release” is sdl or curses ?  
because that’s the one i use atm

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**Author:** ![1942rob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/1942rob/32/979_2.png) [@1942rob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/1942rob)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reading-takes-a-very-long-time-in-7-1/2406/9 "2013-07-25T22:41:18Z")

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The stable release (as on the frontpage) is a SDL build.

Though i recommend to the experimental curses build, as it seems to run smoother atm.