cocos2d for iPhone

A fast, easy to use, free, and community supported 2D game engine

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   zivina
   Member

   i use 2 meteor particles at same time (not a big deal, but...), on 3g simulator i have 60 fps, on 4g simulator it drops to 15-20fps, since i dont have 4g for testing is this normal behaviour of 4g simulator so i can expect it'll work normally or?

   thx in advance for reply

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   itlgames
   Moderator

   Last thing you have to do is rely on simulator for performance. Go try in real devices, it's the only way to be sure sorry. Get someone to test for you if you don't have a 4g iPhone.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   zivina
   Member

   ok, but i was hoping someone can give me info like: 4g wont have any problem with 2 particles, i have x of em and fps is good... or use only 1 particle otherwise iphone will blow up... :)

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Dragyn
   Member

   A good rule of thumb is that newer devices will perform better than older devices. So if you can test on a 3rd gen device (iPhone 3GS or iPod Touch 3rd gen), then you can be pretty confident that the 4th gen devices (iPhone 4 or iPod Touch 4th gen) will perform at an equal or better framerate.

   The simulator is really horrible, as everyone here will agree with. It uses different libraries than a real device, and some of them really don't work well (especially audio). Before you even consider performance, you need to get a real device to test on. I know, the last thing most new developers want to hear is that they need to spend more money first, but it's worth it in the long run.

   For example: my current game runs around 35 FPS on the simulator on my MacBook Air. On a real iPod Touch 3rd gen, it is a steady 60 FPS.

   (Of course, you will also need to pay Apple their developer license fee to test on a real device, so that's something to remember, as well.)

   Posted 1 year ago #

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