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Less Draw Calls the Better?

Matthew Diaz · 2011-09-17T10:58:31

I am currently learning Directx 11 in VC++. I am new to game programming and have been working on a font system which is going well. Basically, I noticed that every draw call my FPS drops considerably. I was originally calling Draw for every string I put on the screen. I decided to map multiple strings and have it go through one draw call. The performance improved, but my code looks sloppier and more confusing as a result. Is this normal? Does shooting for efficiency leave more complicated code? I am coding only in 2d and that is what my game will be, but nonetheless should I be spending so much time on figuring out ways on calling draw less?

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Started by MatthewDiaz September 14, 2011 04:30 AM

10 comments, last by Jacob Jingle 12 years, 7 months ago

Krohm

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September 15, 2011 06:37 AM

Why not just use DirectWrite?

Very interesting question. Have you tried it? As I already have interanational text running, I am in the position of being unable to run extensive tests "just for checks". Mind sharing some experience on that?
For the time being, I can only recall the main reason I didn't use it in the first place: steep OS requirements and the (not quite sure about that) apparent inability to deal with "3D" text.

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Jacob Jingle

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September 17, 2011 10:58 AM

The book I am learning from makes it clear that Directx 11 does not offer a built in solution for rendering text and must be done manually. If it lied to me I would be quite upset. I spent days getting these fonts up and running.

I believe this was discussed here.

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