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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Any tips on making this faster?

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HZence
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I've in the first stages of developing a multi-parallax sidescrolling engine, and I haven't even so much as added sprites yet. However, I'm getting FPS as low as 20! It's ridiculous! You can download the VERY first stages of the engine that I've been working on here:

www.freewebs.com/swgames/sidescroller.zip

Please, give your FPS and any advice on making it faster. I'm really looking forward to some replies to this, so don't hesitate!
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Shock
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8 FPS lol, on my shamefull:
P3 450 shmeglahurtz
256 shmeglabitez sd-ram
nVidia TNT2 32shmeglabitez PCI version

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HZence
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Ugh. Yeah, I wasn't expecting it to be fast, I just need advice on making it fast.

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Shock
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Posted: 2nd Aug 2003 22:27 Edited at: 2nd Aug 2003 22:28
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@ 16 bit colour = 12 FPS
and then with "Sync" command = 14 FPS

now i'll try playing with code...

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HZence
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Ah, thanks.

That doesn't mean this is resolved though! Still waiting for more people...

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Shock
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why does the dbp editor always break? agghh

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HZence
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I got it to scroll about twice as fast

Just go to settings and choose Full Screen Exclusive Mode - 800 x 600. Also, replace the code for generating the sprites with this:



Woohoo! I'm smart! Lol

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UberTuba
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use 3d!!!
if u create a 3d plain and texture it, it will be faster than the
built in sprite commands. plus u get built in parrallax

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HZence
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Hm...that's a good point. Maybe I'll try it eek.

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Shock
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2003 00:24
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my DBP editor AND compiler doesn't work anymore

might have to do a reinstall

it seems the editor unassocciated itself with .dbpro and .dba file extensions too, which is weired

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HZence
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On second thought, eek, I'm not gonna do that. I started doing a few tests and I don't like the results. The textured plains appear very dull, and it's complicated to get the camera angle just right to get a 2D perspective of things. I seem to be getting better results doing it the original way.

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UberTuba
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firstly to stop them being dull use the command
set object light [object number],0. and secondly u don't need to
have it perfect. if use 3d then you can zoom the image in and out
dynamically. also you have the option to switch to semi-3d at a late
stage in development wheras if you go for 2d your options close

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UberTuba
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ive just looked at your proggy. sorry but your gonna have to switch to 3d if you want to get a half decent speed.DBPro's
"Lighning FAst" 2d spites dont exist.

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HZence
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Lol, actually I fixed it (look 7 posts up).

I'm now getting speeds of up to 70 FPS...

Well, maybe I'll still try 3D. We'll see

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IanM
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2003 03:05
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Can you post the new code? I'd like to have a look at it to see what you did, and maybe (just maybe) add some more speed
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CloseToPerfect
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what is your fps with this code HZence, just wondering, I was getting about 70.
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UberTuba
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2003 03:56 Edited at: 3rd Aug 2003 03:58
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yknow actually theres no 2d sprites in Dbpro any more, its done in 3d now so actually its not gonna be any faster now. I havent used
sprites in any big way since dbc so i 4got

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That's true, but it's how you use it that matters.
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