Spawn destroy vs recycle

KiwiLee

I've seen some videos on this - tick.
I've read posts that say that the performance hit of destroy/spawn is better now!

As a relative noob I wanted to get an idea of what is the best method! I will be spawning or pre populating around 50 of the same actor in any given scene!!!

I assume that you'll have your reasons why and why not so I'd been keen to hear the current views on this ;-)

Thanks

Braydon_SFX

I think recycling is the best option...period. Since you'll be having 50+ actors spawned, that will give the Ram a hard time...You'll be able to notice it for sure...

Recycling would be much better performance wise, I believe.

Just my two cents.

AcceleratedGames

I have actually tested out to see if spawning is worse for memory than recycling, and RECYCLING is much worse because of the extra "code" you have to put in each actor to tell it to recycle.
http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/46652/31-optimization-tips#latest

ORBZ

It depends on the situation... if an actor is never going to be used again, destroy it. if it's used infrequently destroy/spawn it. If it's used often then recycle it.

KiwiLee

It's a one level puzzle type game and all 50 actors get used each time at some stage during the level! But when done the solution you put forward is scored and then you have the chance to repeat or move on to next puzzle! The game is thinking paced and not a shooter!

My concern is not FPS at this stage but progressive play and consuming chunks of ram.

Kangavark

I'm curious about this as well. I'm making a one-scene shooter game kinda like missile defense. Would it be better to just recycle recurring enemies or bullets or both?