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20fps increase in tge but one problem

by Skylar Kelty · in Torque Game Engine · 07/25/2006 (9:55 am) · 17 replies

Hi,

I managed to increase overall fps in my game by doing this:
function onMissionDownloadComplete()
{
   if(isObject(LoadingGui))
   LoadingGui.delete();
}

Now that increases the fps by 20, which is very good, but then if i loaded another mission it wont work will it? Beacuse the loadinggui has been demolished.

My question is: How would I recreate the loadinggui on mission exit?
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Torque Owner Clint S. Brewer
#1
07/25/2006 (10:32 am)
Hi, James are you sure that that was what caused the fps increas, not something else? I dont' know why it would cause an increase that drastic. I tested it in my game and it made no change.

Torque Owner Cliff
#2
07/25/2006 (10:38 am)
You should be able to do:

exec("~/client/ui/loadingGui.gui");

Your path may vary, yadda yadda, but that should then reload it for you.

Torque Owner Skylar Kelty
SkylarK
#3
07/25/2006 (10:54 am)
@ Clint - Yep certain
@ Cliff - Thanks, I tried that before but it didnt work

Torque Owner Tim Heldna
#4
07/25/2006 (11:06 am)
Could you use...?
Canvas.add(LoadingGui);
And
Canvas.remove(LoadingGui);

Torque Owner Skylar Kelty
SkylarK
#5
07/26/2006 (1:05 am)
@ Tim - thanks but that doesnt give the performance increase, ill just take out the code and find some other way to increase performance

Torque Owner Cliff
#6
07/26/2006 (10:53 am)
What about using the exec, and then the Canvas.add?

Torque Owner Skylar Kelty
SkylarK
#7
07/26/2006 (11:10 am)
Thanks Cliff, I had tried that but it didnt work :(

Torque Owner Cliff
#8
07/26/2006 (11:22 am)
That's weird... I've have thought that would have worked for rediplaying the GUI. huh.

Torque Owner Skylar Kelty
SkylarK
#9
07/26/2006 (12:09 pm)
I put canvas.add in the wrong function. oops
Works fine now, thanks

Torque 3D Owner Kevin Rogers
#10
07/26/2006 (1:09 pm)
@James: An increase that big would seem to indicate that there is a problem that needs to be solved. Have you tried profiling to track down the source of the slow-down and if so, what's causing it and where?

Thanks!

Torque Owner Skylar Kelty
SkylarK
#11
07/26/2006 (1:46 pm)
To be honest I dont know how to profile/debug

Torque 3D Owner Kevin Rogers
#12
07/26/2006 (5:47 pm)
Hmm, not that I don't believe that you're seeing the results that you've mentioned, but with no definite proof of where the slow down occurs... Makes it hard to know if there is really an issue worth pursuing, ya know?

As for profiling, there is actually a Profiler class. I haven't had the need to use it yet so I can't tell you how to use it, but it looks pretty straight-forward. Check out www.garagegames.com/docs/tge/engine/classProfiler.php

Hopefully, we (or someone) can figure this out... =)

Torque Owner Skylar Kelty
SkylarK
#13
07/27/2006 (1:22 am)
I've done some profiling but i dont understand the results

[u]With loadgui.delete[/u]
www.sphyxgames.com/with.log

[u]Without loadgui.delete[/u]
www.sphyxgames.com/without.log

Your help is greatly appreciated

Torque 3D Owner Kevin Rogers
#14
07/28/2006 (1:35 am)
Cool. I don't make any promises, but I'm really curious why it would do this, so I'll dig into it a bit and see if anything pops out at me. =)

Edit: Is this in a Debug build or a Release build?

Torque Owner Skylar Kelty
SkylarK
#15
07/28/2006 (3:41 am)
Release, thanks for the help

Torque 3D Owner Kevin Rogers
#16
08/02/2006 (6:26 pm)
Hey James,

I've dug into it a bit, but I'm just not seeing anything in particular... It needs some in-depth attention, but I feel like with my current schedule, I simply can't take the time. Someone with more engine experience would probably be better able to determine what may be happening here anyway. Sorry, man!

Anyone else want to take a look at it? I'd be interested in any findings... Thanks!

Torque Owner Robin Degen
#17
08/03/2006 (5:44 pm)
I cant really see why "unloading" a gui can increase fps that drasticly. I have tried it aswell, and i haven't noticed any difference.