gui_chili_funks_console.lua StackPanel spikes CPU when there are many messages in console

[beherith]

If I have anything debugging that writes 1 line per frame to the console (with spring.echo), then performance instantly grinds to 1 fps, with chili framework adding a huge load.

This is probably due to the chili Stackpanel implementation. Disabling the widget solves the problem.

[Bluestone]

I tried adding a caching mechanism to it, where a new msgbox (i.e. a child of log) was only created 3 times per frame. It worked but then I decided it was a bit hacky & wondered if there there would be a better way to use chili for this, but I don't know how.

[Funkencool]

If they contain the same text the easy solution would be a duplicate indicator.

Otherwise I think your caching idea would do until the source of the issue is found/fixed.

[Bluestone]

It turns out that, at least for me, this problem is (mostly) due to the amount of children of the stackpanel - spamming messages doesn't cause a huge slowdown but it grinds to a halt as the stackpanel accumulates more and more children.