Memory increase over multiple scenes - fixed?

DigiChain

Hi, I've read numerous things about this, and I realise I may be dragging up a long fixed issue here but...

Can anyone confirm whether this is now fixed - does GS clear memory from scene to scene or does it creep up until the device can't handle it and crash still?

Thanks

cyclops-games

Hi, I posted about this same issue last week, after experiencing memory leak in my current game.

From my own experience and from the replies I had to my post, I think this is still a problem unfortunately. (Although some of it may be down to the viewer not being 100% reliable when it comes to reading performance- at least that's what I'm hoping!)

Cheers

DigiChain

Oh dear, how many levels do you have in your game then? Do you see memory just increasing as you go from scene to scene?

I haven't had chance to do any of my own tests just yet.

cyclops-games

Unfortunately its after the first level!
I'm using quite a few rules and behaviours but nothing too complex and not a huge amount of actors. I'm also using recycling techniques rather than spawn and destroy so I've kept it as optimised as possible.
When I first load up the level, the overall total comes in at about 25MB. I then have a button which replays the same level (so exactly the same scene, which has just been reset), and it goes up by about another 2-3MB. . It carries on doing this until I restart the viewer.

SlickZero

Changing scenes does clear up some memory. It's better to change scene than it is to reset scene as far as memory is concerned. For Example, In my game I have 20 scenes, and each one starts off with about 14mb and works it way up to 20-25 by the time the level is done. Then it changes scene to the next level, and the memory is back down to 14mb, works up to 20-25mb for the level, level ends, rinse and repeat.

cyclops-games

Ok thanks for the tip SlickZero! I'll give changing scenes a go as opposed to resetting, and see if it makes a difference