OpenFeint 2.1 Performance Problems?

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OpenFeint 2.1 Performance Problems?

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Started 2 years ago by SmallMike
Latest reply from David994A

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SmallMike
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Is anyone else using the latest release (2.1) of OpenFeint in their games? If I have OF initialized I get random slow-downs in my game at times when OpenFeint shouldn't be doing anything. I am quite certain it is OpenFeint because if I do not initialize it, then I do not see the slow downs. This happening when I am already targeting 30 fps.

The support guys at OpenFeint are generally very helpful, but they're clearly backed up so I though I'd see if anyone here had run into this issue.

thanks,
Mike

Posted 2 years ago #
jd
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I have it, but did not notice random slowdowns. My game has lots going on so it's hard to tell though, especially since I only have 2 friends on there :(. I'll be looking closer now that you mention it. Do you think it's from notifications coming in? That's one thing I'm worried about but haven't been able to test. Do notifications show up randomly in your game if you don't filter them? I can't have that because it will go right over my buttons and I don't feel like customizing it to go to top. I'll let you know if I see that too. I do know the entire 2.1 experience within OF is slower.

Posted 2 years ago #
SmallMike
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Notifications definitely cause a slowdown, but it's not what I was referring to actually. You can do custom notifications and/or not show certain notifications. I use a CocosNode to show certain notifications which is far smoother then the UIView default ones. However, there is still a slight stutter just before the notification shows up. I am actually going to do some experimenting with launching off random NSURLConnections during my game to see what kind of effect they have on performance.

My bigger problem is two other issues. The first is only relevant to the iPhone 3gs. If you open and then close the OpenFeint dashboard, it destroys your frame rate for the remainder of the applications lifetime. Even when targeting 30 fps. I know the 3gs has known OpenGL problems which this might be related to.

The other is far more subtle. On my 2nd gen iPod I can occasional slow downs when OpenFeint is enabled. It creates a very slight jerkiness, maybe I wouldn't notice if I wasn't looking so closely.

Posted 2 years ago #
David994A
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Sorry to resurrect this old thread...but...I've been having problems similar to what @SmallMike was talking about.

After opening the OpenFeint dashboard and then closing it, I get a subtle jerkiness. Switching to another scene (with replaceScene) causes this problem to go away.

I just updated the OpenFeint in my upcoming game from 2.4.10 to 2.7.5 but this did not make any difference.

I am running on an iPhone 4 with iOS 4.1 and am using cocos2D 0.99.4 (will probably upgrade to 0.99.5 soon as time allows now that the stable release is out).

Does anyone have any ideas? Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Dave

EDIT: Ok, If I activate "Airplane Mode" in my iPhone and then launch the game I do not have this problem when opening and closing the dashboard...strange...

Posted 1 year ago #

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