j2me game slows down after a while
Author
Hi,
I pre-load all the images i need for drawing the background, but when i switch background images, it slows down. I didn`t call Image.createImage() anymore since the new background has been pre-loaded already at the start...i do something like:
switch(currentBackground) {
case 0: Draw_Background1(); break;
case 1: Draw_Background2(); break;
}
While I am playing with background 1, everything is fine and smooth, i tried playing with background 1 (w/out switching background) for a long time and it doesn`t slow down the game. The game only slows down after switching the background.
Any ideas why this is so? it's midp 1 by the way, and being tested on a SE Z600.
Thanks.
Well, it could one of a number of things. What exactly does Draw_Background1 and Draw_Background2 do?
Skizz
Skizz
Some phones have a limited amount of video memory, which can be quickly blitted to the screen. A few fall back to standard memory after the video memory is exhausted, which will be slower. Skizz is right--without seeing the real code, it's impossible to know what's happening--but you might try switching the creation order of the backgrounds and see if it affects things.
Author
hmm...that could be a possibility...the game works fine on nokia phones (doesn't slow down at all, no matter how long)...just on sony ericsson z600 phone...:(
It certainly sounds like that is the case (garbage collection working over time). Use the Runtime.freeMemory() method, and print it out on the screen to see the state of your free memory when the slow down starts happening. It could be that some buggy method on the Z600 is somehow leaking memory.
shmoove
shmoove
Ive just noticed the exact same thing on a t630 today, it is a memory issue with them, as far as I can figure the phone caches or places in a faster memory, some images, then by using any other images it has to swap them in and out of memory to draw them making it incredibly slow. A solution would be to only create the images as and when you need them, this leads to only a very small delay whilst the image is created but it is better than the whole game being slow. Well its worked for me, I hope this helps.
Author
Hi. Thanks for the suggestions/infos guys! Unfortunately, I've tried what fatjaba said (creating images only when needed and then setting unneeded images to null when no longer needed)...when i swap images for the 3rd time, it slows down already...first two times it is in ok speed...
...the images are large though, taking up 128x128 pixels combined (three images form the background, where i swap them)...and no, tiling won't do as this isn't a tile-based game...:)
i've succumbed to making the game work with one background only in Sony-Ericsson version, and four backgrounds on Nokia version...it's a bit discouraging to work on SE phones! :(
...the images are large though, taking up 128x128 pixels combined (three images form the background, where i swap them)...and no, tiling won't do as this isn't a tile-based game...:)
i've succumbed to making the game work with one background only in Sony-Ericsson version, and four backgrounds on Nokia version...it's a bit discouraging to work on SE phones! :(
Hi, are the images actually set to null before you load the new image? It may not have been garbage collected to re-allocate the memory. I cant think what else it might be, this works with mine but the images are smaller and I had to split them into strips to make it work at all. Each characters animations were in one file, now they are in 4, one for each direction... can you tell us any more about the game, what other images are loaded at the time? You need to free up some memory somehow. Sorry i cant be much more help.
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