The animations run at 25 fps and if I set the movie to 25fps
it actually
runs at like 20fps.
That's why I set the movie fps to 99 and limit the
animations to 25 fps
using a timer.
Elia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lon Koenig" <lon mediagods.com>
To: "Director - Shockwave - and Flash Game
Production"
<dirgames-lnuttybar.drama.uga.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: [dirGames-L] Shockwave CPU Hog
> On 1/10/07, Elia Morling wrote:
>>I have a shockwave game that is close to completion.
However some testers
>>are complaining that the game is running extremely
slow and that the CPU
>>is at 100%. They have new computers, so I don't
think it has to do with
>>that. Besides the game runs without complaints on
computers with much
>>lower specs.
>>
>>I have set the movie to 99 fps, and the screen is
redrawn at 25 fps. The
>>game is in 2D.
>>
>>Do you have any idea why the CPU is at 100% and what
is causing random
>>slowness?
>>Should I be doing something on idle to allow the
game to share CPU?
>>Are there any known shockwave bugs or issues that
could cause this type of
>>slugishness, even on high performance computers?
>
> I have to ask about the frame rates:
> If the movie is set to 99fps and there are frame
scripts, then those are
> going to get executed constantly.
> The fast machines will actually be able call those
more, and if they
> trigger other events, I can see how that might slow
things down.
>
> If you're all message-based, then (IIRC) you can set
your frame rate very
> low.
> For Shockwave stuff, I know I usually go with medium
rate of 15fps, but I
> don't know if thats a valid choice anymore. My
reasoning was that for a
> long time, Flash was 12fps and people seemed OK with
that.
> --
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