Comparing PB4.0 vs zSprite for BlitzMax....

[IceSoft]

I comparing PB vs zSprite for BlitzMax.

Result:
Looks good for PB.
Try it (if you want)!

http://people.freenet.de/icesoft/z1SpriteVsPB.zip 119 kB

Link to zSprite
http://www.zac-interactive.dk/tools/zsp ... eDemos.zip

Compare it with the zTest1.exe.
Compare also the CPU-Performance!

And let me know about your result.
I think you will love PB a little bit more

And I have not used the best (fast) way:
I used DrawText() which is not so fast as GLDrawText()

[va!n]

PB is the winner!!

[netmaestro]

The PB one looks good, nice job. But I can't get the Blitz demos to run on my computer, the exes just open a blank window and hang.

[IceSoft]

The PB one looks good, nice job. But I can't get the Blitz demos to run on my computer, the exes just open a blank window and hang.

Sorry! The Blitz demo is not written by me.
'...and hang' -> One more reason to use PB

[Psychophanta]

The PB one looks good, nice job. But I can't get the Blitz demos to run on my computer, the exes just open a blank window and hang.

I have WinXP Pro SP2 AMD 64 3000+, 512, ATI 9600 Radeon 64mb, and it works here.
But 100% CPU used

[IceSoft]

The PB one looks good, nice job. But I can't get the Blitz demos to run on my computer, the exes just open a blank window and hang.

I have WinXP Pro SP2 AMD 64 3000+, 512, ATI 9600 Radeon 64mb, and it works here.
But 100% CPU used

Which one? PB or BlitzMax with zSprite?

[va!n]

@netmaestro:
have you unpacked all stuff (exe and data stuff) to one directory? or have you just only unpacked the exe (possible?)

[netmaestro]

I reinstalled my video driver and it works now. On the PB test, there is a problem. At the higher sprite counts it slows down but if you move the mouse around it speeds up a lot - are you using some form of WaitWindowEvent()? WindowEvent() without a wait might be better, as the mouse moving creating window events shouldn't speed things up.

[Psychophanta]

Which one? PB or BlitzMax with zSprite?

The BlitzMAx ones eats 100%CPU with 100, 200, 300,... sprites.
But the PB one eats about 90%CPU with 300 sprites.

[IceSoft]

I reinstalled my video driver and it works now. On the PB test, there is a problem. At the higher sprite counts it slows down but if you move the mouse around it speeds up a lot - are you using some form of WaitWindowEvent()? WindowEvent() without a wait might be better, as the mouse moving creating window events shouldn't speed things up.

I do not using WaitWindowEvent()

Here the code snippet:

Code: Select all

Repeat
  event =  WindowEvent() 
  Select event
    Case 0
      Delay(1)
    Case #PB_Event_CloseWindow
      CloseWindow(0)
      End
     Case #WM_LBUTTONDOWN 
      ; Add the next 100 sprites
   EndSelect
   ;Draw all sprites and the rest of the screen (Text)
forever
end

[IceSoft]

Which one? PB or BlitzMax with zSprite?

The BlitzMAx ones eats 100%CPU with 100, 200, 300,... sprites.
But the PB one eats about 90%CPU with 300 sprites.

One reason why I bought PB

[Joakim Christiansen]

Which one? PB or BlitzMax with zSprite?

The BlitzMAx ones eats 100%CPU with 100, 200, 300,... sprites.
But the PB one eats about 90%CPU with 300 sprites.

One reason why I bought PB

lol...

[IceSoft]

The last one (v0.2):
Removed the DrawText().
You can remove the last 100 sprites (Right mouse button) too.

Tell me your FPSes please

Link:
http://people.freenet.de/icesoft/zSpriteVsPB.zip

[netmaestro]

@700 sprites: 55 if mouse is moving constantly, drops to 32 if I stop moving the mouse.

[IceSoft]

@700 sprites: 55 if mouse is moving constantly, drops to 32 if I stop moving the mouse.

I do not known why it is as you told it (See the code snippet)

But I think it is the delay(1) command?

Maybe @Fred as an idea?