Object Hiding

[mechadude]

I'm trying to work on game featuring a semi-open world (pretty much an explorable overworld)But I have a lot of objects in the map, actives or backgrounds. I found in a play test that it seems to slow down, even on my decent-spec computer. It seems to be because every object in that frame is loaded at all times. Is there anyway to only load objects the player can see, and hide the ones not in the players sight?
Note: It's a top-down viewpoint.

[Hddek]

I am not expert but I think you should use create object and destroy action,
And you should try to use MMF2 Hardware Accelerated Runtime it will speed up your application a lot

[dudeman129]

Most icons have a "Inactive if too far from window" checked by default in their RunTime Options. Of course, every object will still load at the start of the frame.

[RickyRombo]

Yes you can load levels at runtime as needed, and it will save a lot of size and speed issues. Nifflas did this for his game.

It's really up to you how you do it. I'd personally try making the objects only when I'm with them. Then, destroy the old ones. To really maximize this you'll need to uncheck "Create at start"

You might like some other approach though, such as multiple frames that blend together perfectly.