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Author Topic: Any way to improve play test performance with playMaker window up?[SOLVED]  (Read 1627 times)

Eidrog

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Hello and thank you for your time!

When I run a play test with the playMaker window open I'm getting laggy performance in my game. I've got maybe 15 FSMs running in my scene. Most are triggers that are in a 'wait for Enter event' state, but are otherwise not doing anything.

When I close the playMaker window I get a smooth frame rate. Is there anything I can do to keep the playMaker window open, and get smooth frame rate during play tests? Can I turn off debugging, or any other options to improve performance?

Unity version: 2017.3.1.P4
playMaker version: 1.8.4

Thanks for the help! :)
 
« Last Edit: July 18, 2018, 04:50:04 AM by jeanfabre »

MajorIdea

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Re: Any way to improve play test performance with playMaker window up?
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2018, 10:25:17 AM »
The only way I can think of it happening is if you have an FSM open with a ton of states which just naturally slows down the editor. I usually try to break big FSMs into smaller ones for this reason and because its usually better for organization imo. If they're a bunch of small FSMs I dont see why it's happening.

Although maybe you're using OnTriggerStay? That could slow things down since it's pretty expensive.
« Last Edit: July 15, 2018, 10:29:15 AM by MajorIdea »

djaydino

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Re: Any way to improve play test performance with playMaker window up?
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2018, 09:13:39 PM »
Hi.
In the Preferences (bottom right in the playmaker editor) are some settings to improve performance.

Eidrog

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Re: Any way to improve play test performance with playMaker window up?
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2018, 09:47:47 PM »
Thanks for the help! I've tweaked my settings and now I'm getting smooth playback during games test! :)