Strange lag on iPhone

#1

Hello,

I have a strange issue on iPhone with the h2d.Graphics. I have a huge level for a car game which is generated with h2d.Graphics. After a few thousands pixel the generated graphic is starting to lag. There is no problem with the car and with the coin tile-animations and there is no any problem on pc.

graphic_lag

Any idea what can be the problem?

#2

You should run the game through Xcode’s profiler to check what’s going on

#3

Ahh yes, I forgot to mention the proper pre conditions :slight_smile:

1, Draw with h2d.Graphics
2, Move the container of the graphics to somewhere x: -5000px
3, Now try to move the container with a tweener or with “function update(d) { container.x–; }”
4, In some reason it’s starting to lag, but it’s no lag because of a performance - animations and other elements are smooth, there is a problem just with the h2d.Graphics

#4

Ok there could be many reasons for mobile Safari to run things slowly and you’re better off using the Safari debugger on a Mac to start with. It should give you some insights on what’s going on since you can connect the desktop Safari to the mobile one to see logs, performances, etc…

#5

Maybe you’re reaching some kind of limits in terms of what the GPU can process per frame. How many triangles/draw calls is there in total ? you can read these values from your hxd.App engine variables

#6

I just tried it with mobile chrome and it’s the same, it looks it’s not a Safari related issue and it looks it affects the ParticleGroup too. There is no problem with FPS and there is no problem with other positions and the strangest part - it happens only when the container’s x position is less than ~5000px (less x position = bigger lagg)

iPhone 6s / Safari
FPS 59-60
drawTriangles 1166
drawCalls 52

iPhone 6s / Chrome
FPS 59-60
drawTriangles 1166
drawCalls 52

Desktop / Chrome / PC
FPS 59-60
drawTriangles 1150
drawCalls 44

(drawTriangles and drawCalls are higher than on desktop because of the 4 extra touch controllers)

#7

I just made one more test - as simple as possible and it’s still strange
http://flashplusplus.net/haxe/demo/iw/test/index.html

var c = new Object(s2d);
c.x = -10000;
var g = new Graphics(c);
g.lineStyle(1, 0xFFFFFF, 1);

for (i in 0...50)
{
	g.drawRect(
		i * 300,
		200 + 200 * Math.cos(i / (Math.PI / 180)),
		250,
		250
	);

	var l = new Bitmap(Res.image.logo.toTile(), c);
	l.tile.scaleToSize(250, 144);
	l.x = i * 300;
	l.y = 200;
}

var t = new Text(FontBuilder.getFont("Arial", 40), s2d);

TweenMax.to(c, 300, {
	x: -c.getSize().width,
	ease: Linear.easeNone,
	onUpdate: function () {
		c.x = c.x;
		t.text = engine.fps + "FPS \n";
		t.text += "Container position: " + c.x;
	}
}).repeat(9999).yoyo(true);