Lighter Extension

[Blood_Wist]

Does anyone knows what extension would be a good replacement for Active Object that would make my games to have a higher Frame Rate and work with Events?

The most lighter please.

[Stephen]

Why do need a replacement?

stephen1980

[Blood_Wist]

Because when I walk around the map the Frame Rate goes down to 60 (max when stopped is 100) and this is affect a lot on the game play... =/ I'm using Active Objects for the interface (Menus, Hotkeys, Buttons). I noticed that the extension "Active System Box" is lighter then Active Object and I was wondering if there's a lighter one.

[Stephen]

For buttons, you could use the Active System Box or Button extensions. That may help you, unless you need something specific that the Active Object does.

stephen1980

[Blood_Wist]

So... Active System Box is the lighter extension in MMF2 that interacts with Event Editor? I don't need many Events, just some position calculations and collision detection.

[Blood_Wist]

I did 2 tests...
I was moving around in a 5000x5000 frame with 768 Active Objects in the screen (Follow the Frame OFF, like a menu or something) and the same test but with 768 Active System Boxes.

With Active Objects the frame rate while moving was 95~100.
With Active System Box the frame rate while moving was 85~95 (sometimes it reached 100).

Looks like Active Object uses less video memory then Active System Box.

[uprize]

I think active system box uses windows controls so that might be why its slightly higher in usage. I am using an active system box currently for my menu background but thats only temorarily. I too would like to find out what the most efficient solution is, so if you figure it out let me know!