Should I destroy an actor?

ozboybrian · January 2012

In a scene.

Would it be better to destroy an actor or just move him off the scene if he's not being used at all for the rest of the scene?
Or would it make no difference.

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JohnPapiomitis · January 2012

if your not going to use it again destroy it. If your gonna use it again later, move it off the scene or change the alpha to 0 so you dont have to spawn it again.

cheers

ozboybrian · January 2012

Is there an actually difference between destroying and spawning?
Also, if it's off screen why would I change the Alpha to 0?

JohnPapiomitis · January 2012

itll give you better fps by destroying it, since youll have less in the scene (maybe even free up some memory, not sure if gamesalads worked on that lately, thats what its supposed to do though)

And move it off screen OR change the alpha to 0, like you said you dont need to do both

cheers

RP · January 2012

@ozbotbrain I ran into the same question a while ago. This helped me out.

calvin9403 · January 2012

@JP change alpha to 0 in the scene is no good, because it is still there but you just can't see

@oz is the actor going to be on the scene a lot?

JohnPapiomitis · January 2012

@ Calvin

so? Obviously if you have have collide rules or triggers, youll want to move the actor of the screen or have your rules wrapped in a rule when alpha = 1. But its not thats its "no good" it just depends on your project and how your using it.

ozboybrian · January 2012

Thanks everyone

Not for any project in particular, but for all projects anyone works on I guess.
Was mainly information I just wanted to have in my noggin for the day I need it

So I guess, I should destroy it if it's not used again in the scene and move it out of view if it will be recycled later

Should I destroy an actor?

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