Why is it running so slow after publishing?!

Well my portfolio is being done from time to time with some animations from 3d max. I knew it would have to be optimized in the future because of that animations, but yesterday i realized that it was running too slow after publishing some test swf files onto my host.

I have the terrible habit of overusing the timeline also. This site is being modularized by the loadmovieNum technique.

The heaviest swf file is 4MB!! LOL! after compression it is 900Kb but that's not enough because i'm sure i didn't respected the basics in terms of site construction.

But the problem is that, even if i remove the heavy animation from the file, the file gets 40Kb and when i upload it, it remains slow AGAIN. What's causing this? Here's an example (the bio section) but with a file of 150Kb so you can see (click on ENTRAR). Forget the jaggy background cus it is just a guideline from the container as well as the intro html page.

Do i have to "break" the site even more? Is that going to improve it's speed? By using the loadmovieNum?

Thanks in advance because i'm starting to become desperate!

ps. The files are exported in 60FPS, flash 8, AS2.0.

What you mean as 'slow'? Too big?

Though as I checked your bio section I think the first file could be under 1k and then the second 20k enough. I could only guess whether you have cleaned all useless assets from library.

Thanks for your quick reply georgecalgary! ;)

When i view it in my computer it runs smooth as supposed to in 60fps. The problem is that when i publish it, whether it has 40Kb or 900Kb it runs slow comparing with what it was supposed to.

It appears that the frame rate changes to around 40fps. Just runs slow and not with the flowness that i wanted to.

This test file that i put so that you could see it, not even it is published in my host. This .swf file is exactly 173Kb.

Do you probably have a .swf where you load your other files into?

Because the first swf defines the fps for all other loaded fps in it...

Yes, i do. The main swf has the loadmovie parameter to load the others. All files are exported to 60FPS. But again, when published they really slow down and that aggravates me...

At first i would thought that it was because the files were heavy, but when i published a 40Kb version of the same, the results were the same...slow...

I just created a simple MovieClip at 120fps and put:
_root.loadMovie("http://tektest.com.sapo.pt/bio.swf");
in it.. it just runs fast as hell...

Please double-check that your main Movie is exported with 60fps.. i somehow doubt it.

[edit] wait... still testing...

Ok.. it is only fast as hell when i run this in the flashplayer.exe
or in my authoring environment, as soon, as i watch the swf in
my browser it gets this slowdown.

Must be one of these performance issues with the players for the browsers.
And i tested both FireFox and IE players...

I really appreciate your replies McUsher, thaks a lot! :) I'm positive that the file is exported at 60FPS.

So, in this case is there anything i can do to regain it's correct framerate upon publishing it? Maybe publishing it targeting flash 7?

Thanks again McUsher! ;)

Ok, i published targeting flash 6 and 7 but the slowness stays.

Upped the framerate to 80 and now when published it runs at around 60 and the file is the same 173Kb. Problem solved i guess. lol

Thissis really weird ?!?!

I have a class which i measure my FPS with.

PHP Code:

---

import ShowFPS;
new ShowFPS(mc,x_in_mc,y_in_mc); 


---

Maybe you've got use for it...

Thanks again McUsher! But my programming knowledge is limited. How does this class work? What do i have to do to make it work?

Thanks in advance! ;)

Oh..
It is quite simple:
- put the ShowFPS.as into the directory of your fla file,
- add the following lines to your fla:

PHP Code:

---

 import ShowFPS;
new ShowFPS(_root); 


---

What the ShowFPS will do, is get the next free depth in _root, and
put a small mc in there.. so you'd better put those 2 lines at the end
of your code to make sure, the layer the fps shows up is not beeing
overwritten.

alternativly you could put it like this:

PHP Code:

---

 import ShowFPS;
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("fps",34454);
new ShowFPS(fps_mc); 


---

to make sure, you'll get a layer (34454 i.E.) which
isn't used :)

Happy FPSing ;)

Yes, Flash Player is faster than the IE plugin. This is news to you? IE has always been a bit slower. Now it is ALOT slower. Netscape plugin is a little faster than IE's.

Your movie filesize has nothing to do with it. It's the dimensions that do. For example, Flash can draw a 400x400 window much faster than a 800x800 window.

Your site takes up the entire page, so you're gonna have slowdown no matter what.