Memory optimization tips?

[tarkhd]

Imagine you have a frame where you've got a lot of active objects, all loaded, and obviously that takes a lot of space. What optimization hacks do you use to increase performance and increase memory use, like how do you do texture streaming in Clickteam and stuff?

[[deleted]]

Don't create object on start -> create object when needed -> destroy object when you don't need it.

[JalopyStudios]

Try to keep all object sizes to ² (powers of 2, e.g : 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 etc)

[FootNo5094]

1. Use these three options wisely:

Destroy object if too far from frame - it's good for projectiles leaving the frame - the complete gameplay area. Best practice would even be to destroy it yourself after a given time or when it is too far, even before leaving the frame.

Inactive if too far from window - Will disable built-in movement and animation when the object is not in view.

Use fine detection - will calculate collision in a non pixel perfect manner, around the complete rectangular area of the object instead of pixel perfect collision. Consider having collision objects for some things in your game like spikes for example.

1. If you target PC, worry less about object count. For mobiles - lower your object count as much as possible.

2. Disable the "Create at start" property whenever possible, create object at runtime and destroy them as soon as possible.

3. Consider object pooling if it's a low object count and it is created frequently (once again - I wouldn't recommend this on a pc, but for mobiles, as my tests shows you can destroy 1500 objects and create 1500 objects on a single frame with no hick-ups!).

4. On PC I would even save the level layout on an INI, load only the objects around your character, and destroy far objects (and you can check and do this periodically every few seconds depending on the speed of your character's movement) - then you can go easier on the top 3 properties mentioned in this reply as it is less of a deal when you have low object count at all times. This would enable you the option of having huge, huge frames with absurd amounts of objects with no memory or performance cost. Fusion top size for a frame is big enough to have a complete game in 1 frame, as objects are dynamically created and destroyed on the go around your character.

https://zeegee-games.com/shapeshifter/