SpriteBatch -> 2x performance improvement anyone?

[moppelg]

Good morning,

it seems a nice thing. But how can I apply this on the Particle.class? Is that something I have to do in my code or does this need changes in the andengine?
Because this should really boost the particle performance since it is using always the same particle.

Best regards,

Moppel

[Nicolas Gramlich]

Hi,

Good morning,

it seems a nice thing. But how can I apply this on the Particle.class? Is that something I have to do in my code or does this need changes in the andengine?
Because this should really boost the particle performance since it is using always the same particle.

Best regards,

Moppel

the Problem is that the (or at least the current implementation of) SpriteBatch makes individual alpha and coloring impossible
The ParticleSystems would be much less awesome (only position, rotation, scale).

Best Regards,
Nicolas

[illserveu]

What about TiledSprite please? I mean, TiledSprites that have the same animation?

[Nicolas Gramlich]

Hi,

What about TiledSprite please? I mean, TiledSprites that have the same animation?

Those sould work to, but you have to use a SpriteGroup instead of a SpriteBatch, because the "data" in the AnimatedSprite needs to be refreshed potentially every frame and is not static like desired for the SpriteBatch.

The http://code.google.com/p/andengineexamp ... hmark.java shows the use of a SpriteGroup.

Best Regards,
Nicolas

[aerobowl]

is great to hear that there is new enhancement on AndEngine
will eager to find out and replace my AndEngine projects with the latest

[myrddin]

HI,

It's a good idea, it's like a bitmapdata (in flash).
I have a question, can we use sprites with different sizes ? Or we have to use the same size for each sprite ?
Thanks

[Nicolas Gramlich]

Hi,

HI,

It's a good idea, it's like a bitmapdata (in flash).
I have a question, can we use sprites with different sizes ? Or we have to use the same size for each sprite ?
Thanks

sizes don't matter.
You can even scale/rotate.

Best Regards,
Nicolas

[aerobowl]

im abit confuse where would be the best place to update spritegroup or add/remove sprites from spritegroup?

for the moment i detach, make new spritegroup and attach it back in scene's onUpdate
thou working but not too sure is that the good way.

thank you

[salami]

Thanks for the update.

I used SpriteGroup with an ObjectPool and it worked ok, only problem was that it took too long to make sprites invisible.

I attached a SpriteGroup to a scene and in onAllocatePoolItem() i added a sprite to the SpriteGroup. In onHandleRecycleItem(Sprite) I set sprite.setVisible(false).

Is there a way to make sprites disappear faster?

[Nicolas Gramlich]

Hi,

im abit confuse where would be the best place to update spritegroup or add/remove sprites from spritegroup?

for the moment i detach, make new spritegroup and attach it back in scene's onUpdate
thou working but not too sure is that the good way.

It was the only way up to the changeset I just commited. I kind of forgot to add remove methods, as I hadn't needed them for the Benchmark I did.

Changeset: http://code.google.com/p/andengine/sour ... 2e20d696d9

The andengine.jar from the AndEngineExamples is also updated.

I used SpriteGroup with an ObjectPool and it worked ok, only problem was that it took too long to make sprites invisible.

I attached a SpriteGroup to a scene and in onAllocatePoolItem() i added a sprite to the SpriteGroup. In onHandleRecycleItem(Sprite) I set sprite.setVisible(false).

Is there a way to make sprites disappear faster?

When calling setVisible(false) the update is reflected on the very next frame being drawn!

Best Regards,
Nicolas