Max actors before lag?

jsorr2

Just wondering how many actors I can spawn into my game before an iphone/ipad would start lagging? On the preview (iphone 5) within Gamesalad, I spawned around 180 actors with no logic inside them and the previewer started to lag. Wondering what an iphone is capable of?

Socks

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jsorr2

You're right. I tried to spawn 2 and my phone literally caught fire in my hand. Am typing this from the hospital.

jsorr2

@Socks‌
A little bit off topic, but would you know an easy way to save actors positions on the map if they are spawned in? Like if player tapped screen 3 times and 3 actors appeared, and they reset their phone, how could I save the location of all 3 actors uniquely using a single prototype actor?

Socks

@jsorr2 said:
You're right. I tried to spawn 2 and my phone literally caught fire in my hand. Am typing this from the hospital.

: )

I tried to warn you . . . .

Socks

@jsorr2 said:
Socks‌
A little bit off topic, but would you know an easy way to save actors positions on the map if they are spawned in? Like if player tapped screen 3 times and 3 actors appeared, and they reset their phone, how could I save the location of all 3 actors uniquely using a single prototype actor?

I think the best idea would be to write the data to a table and save that table.

jsorr2

I followed this guide: http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/56325/saving-spawned-actors-best-practices

Cheers for the responses Socks