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Serge Camille edited this page Aug 24, 2015 · 1 revision

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General

What is the license?

Simulationcraft is licensed under the GPL v3. It is free and open-source. Anyone can contribute (help with the development, check the code, report issues, provide feedback, etc), including you.

Where are the changelogs / version notes?

See ReleaseNotes or the the list of commits.

Where are the sample outputs?

On simulationcraft.org.

How did you setup those bis profiles and default actions lists?

We monitor the usual theorycrafters' lairs such as the Sithwarrior.com forums and use the informations and profiles found there.

Have you thought about leveraging the GPU for SimC?

The GPU is good at iterating small pieces of code millions of times, in a parallel way. A typical example is matrix operations. For Simcraft, however, roughly half of its code is involved in the iterations (basically: anything found in sc_CLASSNAME.cpp, along with most of sc_player.cpp and sc_sim.cpp). We're not iterating one small algorithm (matrix inversion) but one big algorithm with many sub-components (a couple of algorithms per spell, one for buff application/removal, one for resources management, one for attack table resolution, etc.). Besides, while fights can be ran on parallel, every fight simulation is sequential and therefore not parallelizable.

Graphical user interface

Where are my files saved?

  • On windows, it is the application's directory, or the working directory if you specified one (through the shortcut's settings).
  • On OSX, when you use the GUI, it is $HOME/Library/Application Support/simcqt

Can I prevent the GUI to erase the generated profile anytime I perform a simulation?

No but you can easily retrieve previous profiles with the "<" and ">" buttons.

Results and reports

My results change across runs!

Of course since Simulationcraft is a simulation. Your results will slightly vary but will always stay close from the truth.

There is no way my dps can be so high on a target dummy

By default, you're considered to be in an optimal raid: the simulation will include all buffs (and target debuffs) you should have in a 25 men raid. You can use the options tab (graphical client) or optimal_raid (TCI) if you want to change that.