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  • Hello!

    I have some characters based on a template. When I start the layout I load the config from the Json and call a function that changes the sprites to the frame, size and color I want.

    I have 3 sizes: Adult, Kid and baby. For the baby, additionaly to the sizing I wanted to modify the scale of the arms and head.

    this is the intended result.

    The problem I found is that when I try to load it by the condition for the body scale (since the condition doesn't exist I stored it as a var) It affects all the bodies, not just the "baby". I only could make it work by a trigger like 'on drag' or "on drop" but not in the normal loading where it should be :/

    Any ideas on how to trigger this?

  • I did some tests and I also ran into a thousand problems, I thought it was simpler to manage the timeline, I hope some expert user can explain to us if it's possible to change states without it going haywire.

    In any case you can obtain these angular movements for sure and very easily with the sine

    Yeah the thing is that I will have severala animations: idle, dragging, sitting, dancing, etc. So I would prefer them to all of them be tweens or all of them be timelines in a closed system :/ Thank you for for your help anyways! I appreciate it.

  • In my opinion you should change the conditions to start the timelines, perhaps using variables

    Well... that's another thing, this setup is placeholder. I actually couldn't get the timelines to play only in the replicas that are dragging for example, they play in all of them... I tried to pick them in different ways, tried with a state machine, etc. Nothing worked :/

    As for the angles, any idea of what it is happening? :/ is there an angle restriction?

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  • Hello!

    I created this animation with the arms up.

    However when I play it the angles act funny, as you see instead of being up, they are closed behind.

    I have another animation that works just fine. In the photo I was not playing any other animation, so I don't have any weird value overlapping, and the setting in this one and the idle that works correctly are the same... default, default, loop. Also I tried with relative but looks the same...

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  • Yeah sure, you can send it to diegoglh@scirra.com

    Mail sent ^^ Thank you!

  • Can you share your example project?

    Maybe there are some performance improvements that can be done on Construct's side.

    Yes! Is it okay if I share it privately by DM?

  • > Thank you for those insights! My games are exclusive to android devices, is it still work to switch to 60hz and observe performance?

    You should definitely try your game with different monitor refresh rates, I do this regularly to make sure I didn't forget to use delta-time or something like that.

    But the performance on mobile is vastly different. The game that works perfectly on PC may lag pretty bad even on a high-spec mobile phone. So I suggest you test it on different mobiles.

    I'll try! Thank you very much! I have another game shipped and it works more or less okay!

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  • One thing I'd note, is, you have a 240hz monitor, and get around 70% gpu usage. Can assume if you divide by 4, that would be a more common result (so around 17% gpu usage for 60hz monitors).

    Maybe performance is fine but is struggling to render so quickly!

    To lower gpu usage overall, be mindful of any effects you use. You could also make a "quality" system by using System>Set Canvas Size, where you'd get a blurred result but allows people with weak GPU's or high refresh rates to be able to get a more stable FPS.

    Your cpu seems pretty good for 240hz.

    I'd recommend switching your refresh rate to 60hz to observe performance, so you have good idea of what most people would experience.

    Thank you for those insights! My games are exclusive to android devices, is it still work to switch to 60hz and observe performance?

  • I think this is tricking you as Construct doesn't draw when nothing is moving but instead keeps showing the front buffer instead.

    So in that case the cpu draw calls and gpu usages goes down to basically 0. So I think it's not due to the tweens themselves but instead because the tween causes a new frame to be drawn ~220 times a second as now the screen is changing every tick.

    Try adding a simple rotating box to make sure the screen is still redrawn every tick in the tween off benchmark.

    Yep, you are completely right, I did the test with a rotating cube + characters without tween and I obtained the same performance... Is there any way to make it better?

  • Hello!

    I've seen old posts about this issue, and I believe it was improved, however I'm seeing my performance going up real quick when tweening. I attached a video. Basically all the characters are replicas made of several sprites that load a config from a Json. When I have the tweens off, performance is good. When I turn it on it goes up so quick... This is an exploration, so the full game has a lot of other stuff going on, that summed to this may be very problematic. I was trying to go for timelines to see if the performance was better (also I have more visual control) but I couldn't make them work in the replicas...

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    Any ideas on what to try?

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  • It will work. Import the images into the project (in Files folder). Then simply use the image file name as URL.

    Oh wow! I'm gonna try:) Thank you very much!

    Update: It worked perfectly, Thank you!

  • TiledBackground object has "Load image from URL" action, you don't need scripting.

    This will however replace the image in all instances of this object.

    Heya! Yeah I know, however my game is for android, and I'm not sure this will work without connection ^^U

  • Hello!

    I was wondering if there's any way of 'swapping' the png of a tiled background. I was searching in the forum but couldn't find anything :/ I want to add decoration to my game and having different objects for that is kinda a mess.

    I've seen this in the script documentation, and I'm not sure it's related...?

    Thank you!