cocos2d for iPhone » Topic: Labels vs. AtlasLabels. Labels slow down game. What is the best practice?

Codemattic on "Labels vs. AtlasLabels. Labels slow down game. What is the best practice?"

Codemattic — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:37:22 +0000

jonathan0382, that works! I did a spotlight search for "java web start", but I guess it doesnt search /System/Library/CoreServices

riq, I didnt try yours, the -kill looked scary, but Im sure it would of worked too. :)

thanks guys

jonathan0382 on "Labels vs. AtlasLabels. Labels slow down game. What is the best practice?"

jonathan0382 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:05:56 +0000

Ok, here's a fix I found. The source is listed below.

Open this:/System/Library/CoreServices and click on Java Web Start.

After this the .jnlp opens fine in both firefox and safari.

Source:
http://lists.apple.com/archives/java-dev/2009/Jun/msg00244.html

riq on "Labels vs. AtlasLabels. Labels slow down game. What is the best practice?"

riq — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:07:17 +0000

@codemattic:

/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Framework/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

Codemattic on "Labels vs. AtlasLabels. Labels slow down game. What is the best practice?"

Codemattic — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:25:33 +0000

you know whats weird - when I click on it in Firefox it asks if I want to open it in Java Web Start (default) - so I click OK - but it opens in Dashcode. I cant find JWS on my computer - I used to have it. Could the newer XCode versions have uninstalled it? Sorry jonathan0382, this used to work for me, but now it doesnt. Anybody else having this problem?

Codemattic on "Labels vs. AtlasLabels. Labels slow down game. What is the best practice?"

Codemattic — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:16:58 +0000

Try saving the .jnlp file - right click on it and try to open with Java Web Start. Good luck!

jonathan0382 on "Labels vs. AtlasLabels. Labels slow down game. What is the best practice?"

jonathan0382 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:00:58 +0000

Ok, stupid question, but how do I run this under osx leopard? My java is at level 6 (fully updated afaik) but when I click on the .jnlp all i get is a bunch of text opening in dashcode.

GameBit on "Labels vs. AtlasLabels. Labels slow down game. What is the best practice?"

GameBit — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:19:48 +0000

false. hiero written in java

jonathan0382 on "Labels vs. AtlasLabels. Labels slow down game. What is the best practice?"

jonathan0382 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:43:35 +0000

The bitmap font tool is windows only, right?

Clain on "Labels vs. AtlasLabels. Labels slow down game. What is the best practice?"

Clain — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:59:32 +0000

You can make your own charMapFile, or use BitmapFontAtlas if you use v0.8 or above. Check this thread.

jonathan0382 on "Labels vs. AtlasLabels. Labels slow down game. What is the best practice?"

jonathan0382 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:46:57 +0000

Hi all,

I've just changed all my atlasLabel from this:

// timeTakenLabel = [LabelAtlas labelAtlasWithString:@"0.0" charMapFile:@"charmap6.png" itemWidth:48 itemHeight:70 startCharMap:' '];

To this:
timeTakenLabel = [Label labelWithString:NSLocalizedString(@"", @"") dimensions:CGSizeMake(300, 60) alignment:UITextAlignmentLeft fontName:@"Marker Felt" fontSize:30];

Obviously, I am going from labelAtlases to Labels, and as such I'm getting some major slowdown in game as the labels are constantly updated. I made the change because I want to use the Marker Felt font in the label.

Is there a way to use this font without changing the atlaslabel to a label, and so avoid the slowdown? The font looks excellent!