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Type Slowing Game Down

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BLaBZ(Posted 2009) [#1]
My game speeds having been slowing down dramatically due to the creation of a large type.

I go from 340 fps to 15 fps because I do this before the main while loop.

Help much appreciated!

Type unit
	Field playerNum
	Field team
	Field ID
	Field x#,y#,z#
	Field mesh
	Field colorR,colorG,colorB
	Field ISselected;;if ISselected, sprite is created
	Field ISmoving;;
	Field selectID;;number given to unit when selected, if 10 units are selected selectID will be 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
	Field starthealth#;;used to properly position health bar, when unit is hit, health bar shrinks and moves to the left
	Field health#;;currenthealth
	Field speed#	
	;;sprite
	Field selectsprite;;the select sprite unit uses when its selected
	Field selectspritetexture
	Field healthsprite;;sprite displays the units health	
	;;weapon
	Field weapon;;weapon graphic
	Field weaponrange#
	Field weapondamage#
	Field weaponalpha#
	Field weaponrate;;how frequently weapon is fired in millisecs
	Field weaponlast;;last time(gametime) weapon was fired
	;;pivot
	Field pivot;;wherever the pivot is the unit goes
	Field pivotx#,pivoty#,pivotz#
	;;;;AI fields
	Field AI;;0 - player controlled, 1 - find and destroy the nearest enemy
	
End Type

For i = 0 to 300
       aunit.unit = new unit
Next



Warner(Posted 2009) [#2]
Just to make sure: you are *only* using this code before the loop, you don't fill in the fields or loop through this type, right ?


BLaBZ(Posted 2009) [#3]
Yeah, the speed doesn't decrease progressively, it gets down to 15 fps and stays there.

I just found a post about types being slow, I believe the alternative might be to use banks?!?! Although I'm not sure.


smilertoo(Posted 2009) [#4]
i dont any reason why having 300 of those type should slow it down. I wouldnt expect any issues until it came to drawing them.


Nate the Great(Posted 2009) [#5]
thats odd... I get over 1000 fps when I use the following code...

Type unit
	Field playerNum
	Field team
	Field ID
	Field x#,y#,z#
	Field mesh
	Field colorR,colorG,colorB
	Field ISselected;;if ISselected, sprite is created
	Field ISmoving;;
	Field selectID;;number given to unit when selected, if 10 units are selected selectID will be 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
	Field starthealth#;;used to properly position health bar, when unit is hit, health bar shrinks and moves to the left
	Field health#;;currenthealth
	Field speed#	
	;;sprite
	Field selectsprite;;the select sprite unit uses when its selected
	Field selectspritetexture
	Field healthsprite;;sprite displays the units health	
	;;weapon
	Field weapon;;weapon graphic
	Field weaponrange#
	Field weapondamage#
	Field weaponalpha#
	Field weaponrate;;how frequently weapon is fired in millisecs
	Field weaponlast;;last time(gametime) weapon was fired
	;;pivot
	Field pivot;;wherever the pivot is the unit goes
	Field pivotx#,pivoty#,pivotz#
	;;;;AI fields
	Field AI;;0 - player controlled, 1 - find and destroy the nearest enemy
	
End Type

For i = 0 To 300
       aunit.unit = New unit
Next

Graphics 640,480,0,2
SetBuffer BackBuffer()

While Not KeyDown(1)
Cls

dif = MilliSecs()-tim
If dif >0 Then Text 1,1,1000/dif

tim = MilliSecs()


Flip False
Wend


is that what you mean?


BLaBZ(Posted 2009) [#6]
Oh man do I feel stupid, I figured out what the problem was,
I accidentally assigned a game timer to each unit, so every unit was keeping track of how long the game had lasted


Warner(Posted 2009) [#7]
Glad it's nothing serious then. :)