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

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

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Started 2 years ago by jonathan0382
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jonathan0382
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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!

Posted 2 years ago #
Clain
Member

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

Posted 2 years ago #
jonathan0382
Member

The bitmap font tool is windows only, right?

Posted 2 years ago #
GameBit
Member

false. hiero written in java

Posted 2 years ago #
jonathan0382
Member

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.

Posted 2 years ago #
Codemattic
Moderator

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

Posted 2 years ago #
Codemattic
Moderator

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?

Posted 2 years ago #

riq
Key Master

@codemattic:

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

Posted 2 years ago #

jonathan0382
Member

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

Posted 2 years ago #
Codemattic
Moderator

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

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