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Sorry for the double post, but I wanted to bump the topic at the same time as updating it. :)
Iopred, your Particles System proved to be far faster than even the BitmapData buffer:
http://www.birchlabs.co.uk/ParticlesSystem.swf
:) Goes about 9 fps faster than the buffered one when in the browser. Possibly more. 1,000 troops runs at 4 fps in standalone player, and 100 troops runs at pretty much constant 31 fps (sometimes dropping a fraction of an fps, but that's negligible).
Score!
You may want to cull the troops that leave the right side of the screen, that'll cause slowdown.
wow, thats ridiculous xD its in a browser too
In the final game, troops will never be able to go offscreen anyway. :) Invasion has a big castle on the battlefield that you can't walk through. Although I might not necessarily make this an Invasion game.Quote:
Originally Posted by iopred
Would I be correct in assuming that you thought up this particle engine yourself to use on Heli Attack 3? Or is it something that you devised since then?
Mh, thank you guys for the good reading.
Interesting thread =)
Also a very good test of Flash Player 8's power. Compare what I started with:
http://www.birchlabs.co.uk/WithoutBMPData.swf
To Iopred's attachBitmap particle system:
http://www.birchlabs.co.uk/ParticlesSystem.swf
At least three times faster, and no compromises had to be made!
Please let me see if i got it
To sumarize:the last one is faster cos instead of draw() one bitmap in each soldier each frame, you just link each soldier to a bitmapData with all the frames just once and onEnterFrame you change the scrollRect of the soldier, rigth?
No, the last one's faster because it uses attachBitmap() instead of draw(). But yes, scrollRect() is used for the animation.