UM engine lag fix, a code by hello

Hello gave me a sweet code for UM's engine that fixes everything!!!

Put this in Mario's step event

Another way is to put object like this (unless you have enemy object with a size of 8x8 or smaller).

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I have no clue what that means

Thanks for the tip.

EDIT: Tried it out, it works pretty well. Mario just seems to run a little too fast using this code.

This post has been edited by Mariotroid on May 5 2007, 01:24 PM

He probably runs fast only because the lag is gone.

I see what Ultramario means. Putting ground like that means there will be less ground objects; space is saved.

So the activate/deactivate thing doesn't cause any bugs with enemy starting points or anything? I guess it probably wouldn't.

Cool. It works really well, but may add some glitches.

No, Zisomek. You need to activate more objects like piper and Mario's death object.

EDIT: See below post for a better way of handing the object activation/deactivation.

This post has been edited by Mason on May 8 2007, 07:20 PM

Hello there, fellow MFGGers:

There's a better way to handle the object activation. On my engines, I use a parent object called objParentDeactivable, wich is set as the parents for all the other parent kinds (Solid, Items, etc). This way, I only need to deactivate all objParentDeactivable, and then activate the region again.

Solves the problem of deactivating objects that the controller shouldn't and is a heck lot less of checks for the GM engine.

Here's the code:

Hope this helps. Just try it out and decide wich works better.

-See ya!

Edit: Little typo on height activation area.

This post has been edited by The Damizean on May 8 2007, 07:33 PM

Hope this helps. Just try it out and decide wich works better.

-See ya!

That sounds like a really good idea. Seriously.

Welcome to MFGG! And great first post.

Hope this helps. Just try it out and decide wich works better.

-See ya!

Haha, I'm an idiot for not thinking of that. Great idea.

sorry by the off topic, but are you the same Damizean who did a bunch of 360° engines?

Yep

wall since you made the 360 sonic engine have you made an progress one it. on gmc you said you would update it soon but did not.

I don't mean to appear like a backseat moderator, but please stay on topic. You can private message (PM) him instead of replying here.

Damizean, that is GENIOUS.

I'll be sure to use that code if I ever end up with laggy game.

I mean...God damn, that is great.

You should use this even if you don't have any lag; as it'll make the engine handle less objects and with the processing power left you can use for other stuff, so... better safe than sorry. Anyway, it's not really that genious, just looking a little to the help anyone can realice this method is easier :e