Hello,

its not really a 'coding' horror, more of a development horror, but oh well..

So there I was stress testing the latest version of the game I am currently developing, to my delight I only dropped an average of 1(ish) frame/second (198fps), which was a lot less that my expectations. I decide to call it a night, and upload the current version of the project and go to bed. When I next came to open the project, and run it (just because), to my horror, my frames kept dropping and dropping until they hit a steady 40fps

After a few hours of trying to get the performance back up, by removing new code / double checking im on performance mode etc etc, I realise I have a blinking symbol on the right of my screen.

[spoiler]

My laptop was charging. and thus automatically limiting the performance of my laptop.[/spoiler]

There was a few hours of my life I wont see again.

Has anyone else had similar issues?

Cheers!

Why did my game slow to a crawl, and all the shaders fallback to legacy mode? Because the damn laptop decided it was no longer plugged in, and switched to the integrated GPU.

Switchable discrete/integrated GPUs in laptops are the bane of my existence.

Why did my game slow to a crawl, and all the shaders fallback to legacy mode? Because the damn laptop decided it was no longer plugged in, and switched to the integrated GPU.

Switchable discrete/integrated GPUs in laptops are the bane of my existence.

haha, I just remembered another one.

Opening Android emulator load up times:

Unplugged "power saver mode": ??I got fed up??

Unplugged "Performance mode": 20 mins

plugged "Powersaver": 7 mins

plugged "Performance mode": 2 mins

now if I want to program for android, I make sure I boot up the emulator THEN unplug lol

Switchable discrete/integrated GPUs in laptops are the bane of my existence.

I hope there's a way to disable that. I was considering getting a laptop next year but this is basically denying you hardware when you need it

I hope there's a way to disable that. I was considering getting a laptop next year but this is basically denying you hardware when you need it

I've actually never had a laptop, however i'm thinking of getting a galaxy.

I want the universe.

My laptop was charging. and thus automatically limiting the performance of my laptop.

That's weird. Your laptop limits your performance when it's plugged in and charging? I thought most laptops only limited things when they were unplugged running off of battery...

I want the universe.

I'll take one multi-verse please.