cocos2d for iPhone

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   natanavra
   Member

   Heya,
   I've read a bit in the wiki (to freshen my memory) and best practices includes drawing in - (void)draw method and calcs in a tick method...
   I am looking for ways to tweak my game... pre-alloc and stuff...
   so.. would it affect performance??

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   rpmobile
   Member

   I'm glad someone asked this. I was going to post something like it myself.

   I have tried both and can't seem to see any benefits of either yet. My project is still small so I may not have enough logic to make a difference.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   riq
   Key Master

   please, try to be more specific regarding your doubts about the best practices.
   Generally, pre-allocing objects won't reduce performance.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   rpmobile
   Member

   I think I misunderstood the original question. The topic I was going to post on draw vs. tick seems to be addressed in the best practices.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   natanavra
   Member

   Pre-allocate should basically give a performance boost ( a huge one from what I understand)...
   The question should be rephrased...
   My question is:
   if I use draw + tick (the way described in best practices) would I be able to gain some FPS, would it affect performance for the better? Will there be any benefits for this method vs drawing and calcs inside a tick... ?

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   riq
   Key Master

   no, if you draw on tick or if you update on draw you won't gain any performance, and you will have problems with transformations / pausing / resuming.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   natanavra
   Member

   Ok, so we should all use draw + tick in order to dodge all kinds of jerky method calls, but we won't gain anything from it really...

   Gotcha, Thanks Riq!

   Posted 2 years ago #

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