Texture Swaps and Vertex Batches - Optimizing Games in GameMaker
56Vertex batch breaks and texture swaps have a reputation for being the cause of a lot of performance issues in GameMaker. It turns out to be a lot more complicated than that! Let's have a look at some sample projects to try and learn what kind of effect batch breaks and texture swaps will (and won't) have on your game's performance.
If game development on a Raspberry Pi is something that interests you, I've made a video on that:
https://youtu.be/OH6LskFeD8Q
Textures and texture pages in GameMaker:
https://youtu.be/qstoJb9NMZk
The Diorama Camera in GameMaker:
https://youtu.be/WURIeXi4rJ8
Here's the repository where I'll be putting the demo code:
https://github.com/DragoniteSpam-GameMaker-Tutorials/3DOptimizationDemos
The changes made in this video are on their own branch.
https://github.com/DragoniteSpam-GameMaker-Tutorials/3DOptimizationDemos/tree/optimization-texture-swaps
3D optimization playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_hT--4HOvrf_CJSA7fVU1tkjGVv5Sq2t
0:00 Introduction
0:35 Explaining the sample project
3:17 What are texture swaps and vertex batches?
5:56 Running the demos as inefficiently as I possibly can
6:58 fps vs fps_real vs frame time
8:04 What happens when we cut down on texture swaps
10:19 What happens when we cut down on vertex batch breaks
13:56 The all-important matter of context
18:08 The slightly less important matter of mobile games
19:06 The end
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