How do I create a performance counter

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  • I am using CocoonJS for iOS and Android. I tried using Crosswalk and found the performance to be un-usable. On an iPhone 4s, I get great solid 30 FPS performance. On the Samsung Galaxy S III. I get ~28 FPS, but huge drops when I take actions in my game. Down to 5-7 FPS.

    I want to add performance counters into my project so I can see exactly what method/function/timer is doing this.

    I am not using physics, there are no more than 100 sprites on the screen and I am not using many if any effects/particles.

    On the PC it is always 60 FPS. The issue is mainly older android. But this is also a platform I can't avoid.

    Any tips for tracking down very specific perf issues?

  • I suggest you do a preview over wifi of your game if possible (cocoonJS can do that, I don't remember the procedure correctly though), with the debuger enabled (the url should be something like http://XX.XX.XX.XX:50000/debug )

    The debuger could help you to see what is the problem

  • I suggest you do a preview over wifi of your game if possible (cocoonJS can do that, I don't remember the procedure correctly though), with the debuger enabled (the url should be something like http://XX.XX.XX.XX:50000/debug )

    The debuger could help you to see what is the problem

    So the default cocoonjs debugger tells me a couple things, warnings, actions, errors. There is a profiler inside CocoonJS Launcher, but it only knows how to deal with native commands. So if you open up the logs from the launcher, it will be nothing but more low level api calls. See here: http://support.ludei.com/hc/en-us/articles/200767218-Profiling.

    If you look at this image here

    You will see the slices are great for telling me where the slow draws are, but they have no meaning to me in Construct 2.

    In C2 I know "Fighting Methods", "Touch Methods for Puzzle".

    I'm looking to get to that level.

    Secondly, I am testing on slower phones, so my PC shows GPU/CPU always at like 0.1 - 4% max. That never translates to the phone equally.

  • > I suggest you do a preview over wifi of your game if possible (cocoonJS can do that, I don't remember the procedure correctly though), with the debuger enabled (the url should be something like http://XX.XX.XX.XX:50000/debug )

    >

    > The debuger could help you to see what is the problem

    >

    So the default cocoonjs debugger tells me a couple things, warnings, actions, errors. There is a profiler inside CocoonJS Launcher, but it only knows how to deal with native commands. So if you open up the logs from the launcher, it will be nothing but more low level api calls. See here: http://support.ludei.com/hc/en-us/articles/200767218-Profiling.

    If you look at this image here

    You will see the slices are great for telling me where the slow draws are, but they have no meaning to me in Construct 2.

    In C2 I know "Fighting Methods", "Touch Methods for Puzzle".

    I'm looking to get to that level.

    Secondly, I am testing on slower phones, so my PC shows GPU/CPU always at like 0.1 - 4% max. That never translates to the phone equally.

    I was more thinking about https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/247/how-to-preview-on-a-local-network/page-1 if it is possible

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  • I was more thinking about https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/247/how-to-preview-on-a-local-network/page-1 if it is possible

    Yes, this is what I use for testing.

    I export to a local folder (using cocoon export) and share with mongoose web server, then just reload the zip each time. This gives me as close to a real release as possible with least effort, plus C2 can be open or closed.

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