Is there a way to compare framerate/ adjust effects for weak devices?

Hey there!

I'm on the making of a mobile game for Android. While Android's a bliss, there are so many models that it's hard to create a single thing that works everywhere (even older phones).

I wanted to do something like "dynamic scaling" for the game based on the phone running it, so if the game hits a low fps, the game reduces its effects/disables some sprites/behaviors to try to keep up.

Is there a way in C3 to check for something like this? like

If device fps < 30 ---> Disable Effect "water"

I can add a settings menu to fine tune that, but would be cool to have a "fire and forget" option for casual players.

Thanks in advance!

Like this?

dropbox.com/s/hx8qs1h3flglmxi/DisableEffectBasedOnFPS.c3p

looool it was so painfully simple it hurts!

Thank you so much, I didn't even think about looking over the available expressions. That's exactly what I needed.

It's not a great solution, because there may be small lags due to other processes running on the phone etc. So if fps is 60 and then for a brief moment drops to 25, the effect will be disabled permanently.

It's better to measure average fps over a period of 1-2 seconds.

Here is how I did this in my game:

dop2000

Ok, this is awesome. I noticed that the fps may naturally drop during screen transitions, solid screens and so on, so your solution makes more sense. Thanks a lot, I'm going to give it a go :)