Why is the Text function so slow in Blitz3d?
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| I have a game I created and using Text to put 4 UI elements on the screen (score, goal, highscore, title) adds 200-300 milliseconds to my game loop, making the game feel not very responsive. Is there a solution to this? Thanks |
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| You are using an nvidia card. You must download and install the latest drivers. Previous drivers had a bug in them. |
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| It does happen with older, non-NVidia cards too... |
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| IMO you should use text-commands ONLY for dev-time debugging info and such; use "bitmap" fonts in your "real" game. Faster and better looking... |
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| Definitely bitmap fonts. In 2D it is easy enough to use one of the free font tools but for 3D I highly recommend you purchase FONText. |
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| Many users have found FONText to be a good solution to this problem. :) |
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| You could also use just very small words ! ;) |
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| Okay I installed the latest nVidia drivers and that fixes it - adds about 2 milliseconds to my loop now, rather than 150. The reason I am using the built in text is this is my first game and I wanted to keep things relatively simple for now. |
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| Definitely switch to bitmap fonts before releasing your game though. I made the mistake of using the Text command in my initial release and was inundated with complaints about the game running slowly. |
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| Yeah. FONText is invaluable. It *will* end all your worries just like that. Pretty cool for a tenner. |
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| I use only 2 text commands in my game(final release), and I will hopefully remove even them for fontbitmap or for a texture solution. Here a few tests some people would like to see to open their mind on the argument. |
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