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Im not sure if it is my imagination but My game seems to, every few seconds, get a lag spike that is pretty consistent. I am thinking that it has something to do with the room size but the room is pretty much empty.
I copied over some stuff from the same game I was working on only that I was developing in GMS 1.4
With the new GMS 2.0 This problem seems to be here now. I have tried removing all objects from the game and I still get this issue. The game engine seems to be scanning things every so often at intervals. I will try making the room size much smaller and see if it does anything.
But the point of this thread is to discuss strategies on being able to create a semi large room for RTS type games. Is this even possible in Gamemaker anymore? I have been coding in Gamemaker for over 15 years.
I have heard about deactivating instances, but I dont think that is something I can do because I need those instances outside the view to still collide, and to still interact with things. It's an RTS not an RPG.
My current room relevant properties:
Width: 10240
Height: 20480
Room speed: 60
Views are enabled. I have 1 view
View Width: 1024
View Height: 768
Note, simply doing nothing with no objects or even moving the view, I get these intervals of lag spikes like I said. The game engine seems to be doing something to scan this room but Im not sure what and it does seems like a new thing. I can add 1 thousand new objects with no real difference in the FPS that is why I think it has something to do with the room size and the new engine.
I copied over some stuff from the same game I was working on only that I was developing in GMS 1.4
With the new GMS 2.0 This problem seems to be here now. I have tried removing all objects from the game and I still get this issue. The game engine seems to be scanning things every so often at intervals. I will try making the room size much smaller and see if it does anything.
But the point of this thread is to discuss strategies on being able to create a semi large room for RTS type games. Is this even possible in Gamemaker anymore? I have been coding in Gamemaker for over 15 years.
I have heard about deactivating instances, but I dont think that is something I can do because I need those instances outside the view to still collide, and to still interact with things. It's an RTS not an RPG.
My current room relevant properties:
Width: 10240
Height: 20480
Room speed: 60
Views are enabled. I have 1 view
View Width: 1024
View Height: 768
Note, simply doing nothing with no objects or even moving the view, I get these intervals of lag spikes like I said. The game engine seems to be doing something to scan this room but Im not sure what and it does seems like a new thing. I can add 1 thousand new objects with no real difference in the FPS that is why I think it has something to do with the room size and the new engine.
