As soon as I start this game, my machine overheats like crazy. Does anyone else have this problem?

Hello there! We're aware that such a problem may occur on certain Mac Systems. Are you running the game on Mac? In any case, there is a fix coming for this problem (on MAC) with update 24, which will go live tomorrow.

Thanks! But no, I'm no mac user. I'm on a PC of sorts, a Surface 3 Pro i5, so maybe they have some probs with the game, too?

Hi,

First of all I want to thank you to bring up to live such a great game :) It's incredible :)

I'm playing mac version and didn't notice any heat related problems (13' retina mid 2014)

Confirmed here.

The game uses massive amounts of CPU - there's little difference between when it's doing something and idling.

Playing on Linux x64, the CPU usage is at least 100% and temperature goes up to 80° on a Lenovo x230 (sorry, I can't measure exactly because the game is broken now).

EDIT:

I tested the usage and temperatures: the game's processes (nw and exe) use 103% CPU total (Xorg takes another 8%). This total does not change regardless of what happens on the screen. The temperature raises by over 20° compared to desktop, ending up at ~73°.

Since this is a computer with rather good cooling, I can believe that some people find theirs to overheat.

Oddly my laptop fan kicks in when I play. Surely it can't be taking that many resources.