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AppGameKit Classic Chat / Does Moving Sprite Completely Off Screen Stop Sprite From Drawing?

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JeZxLee
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Posted: 10th Dec 2017 23:01
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Hi,

Have another question:
If I move a sprite completely off of the screen does AGK2 stop drawing the sprite?
(I ask in terms of overall game performance)

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Posted: 10th Dec 2017 23:11 Edited at: 10th Dec 2017 23:14
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i think the drawing buffer is only the visible part, means outside there is nothing where it can set pixels.
but collision handling should be also off screen.
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Posted: 11th Dec 2017 00:10
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I'm with Markus, I think once it's off screen it's not longer drawn. But it's probably still included in the collision operations (if you're using that).

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Posted: 11th Dec 2017 03:24
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Hi,

Ok, thanks for the verification.
Project is a puzzle game so there are no collision operations being used...
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Posted: 11th Dec 2017 16:19
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Hi,

This is not correct.
On the [How To Play] animated screen if I let it run for 20 minutes on Android the Frames Per Second slowly goes down.
There are alot of sprites active, but only about 15% of them are on the screen at a time(while others are completely off of the screen).

Let me hit this with a hammer and if I can't fix it I'll come back and ask for help.
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Posted: 11th Dec 2017 16:44
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It could be for a number of reasons.
If you're running for 20 mins, adding sprites and never deleting sprites that are not used, you'll have problems irrespective of if they are being drawn.
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see my link with benchmark commands and print them at screen.
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Posted: 11th Dec 2017 17:48
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Hi,

I think we are OK now.
Deleting the colored box sprites after use seems to have stopped the performance drain on Android.
(I have a Frames Per Second display to see performance)

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Posted: 11th Dec 2017 18:10 Edited at: 11th Dec 2017 18:51
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If it was a slowdown due to drawing, you'd notice it immediately not over time. Sounds like you were slowly consuming memory. How often were those colored boxes being created?

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Posted: 11th Dec 2017 21:15
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Hi,

Everything is ok...
The screen which had the performance issue is below.
It was the [How To Play] animated screen which shows player how the game works.
(the colored boxes would change every 5 seconds and then matches of 3 would disappear)

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