Laggy SWFs

Why does this lag so horrendously?

There are 63 actors that move one pixel every frame, but they have have no physics, collisions, transformations, extensive 'always' code or anything I'd consider CPU-taxing.

Is this acceptable performance?

I'm getting a solid 60 fps on my end. Not lagging at all.

Seriously? Do you think FlashPlayer hates my PC?

It is very erratic for me. bouncing between 40 and 70 fps. but it is smooth.

I'm getting around 30.

I'm getting 20FPS at the absolute most, but mostly around 10FPS.

My FPS are jumping around, too. It would help to see your Behavior.

I've uploaded the game to forge; it's under the name Minelude.

Thanks.

The only thing I can think of is the large number of Actors (70) you have on screen at once, each processing something every logic frame.

Yeah, I really don't think that is many. If I wanted to make a bullet hell shmup (and use actors for the bullets, which is what you'd think would be normal in Stencyl), I'd be stuck in a hole.

In a bullet shmup, you'd be recycling Actors, and the bullets themselves probably wouldn't have any logic associated with them.

I also think it's particularly taxing because you're manually setting the positions. Box2D is still powering everything, after all, and it's not meant for this kind of movement. Typically you'd just modify the velocity (and certainly not every step).

Do you know if there's any way to disable Box2D? While it is good, clearly it's not suitable all the time...

I understand what you're saying but I mean, y'know, people have different ways of coding things and Box2D is crippling one method of making things move.

In a bullet shmup, you'd be recycling Actors, and the bullets themselves probably wouldn't have any logic associated with them.

I also think it's particularly taxing because you're manually setting the positions. Box2D is still powering everything, after all, and it's not meant for this kind of movement. Typically you'd just modify the velocity (and certainly not every step).

This is the kind of information that would be useful on StencylPedia on how to optimize game speed. I had no idea constant coordinate movement was slower than natural speed settings.

~ Blob

http://www.stencyl.com/help/viewArticle/52
http://www.stencyl.com/help/viewArticle/51

Ah, I missed those, they weren't there last time I checked StencylPedia (Though, one of them isn't that recent, so I'm wondering how I didn't catch it). Thanks.

~ Blob