Preloading, memory effectiveness

[Xeeko]

Hi

I'm working on a game that's having a slight bit of lading problems. The levels are quite graphics and sound intense, and every once in a while the application crashes while loading a level. Other times I get massive slowdowns the first time a series of objects created.

My question is simply, what's the best way to be efficient when handling objects? Does the Load on call function work well? Is it better to have objects as global, or does it take more RAM? Is there a way to preload graphics or sound? I have read the guide on top of the forum, but it didn't really answer my questions.

[Francois]

The load on call function does not work on iOS.
You can do a frame to preload some of the elements : just drop the objects and sounds you want to be loaded in memory, and then jump directly to the game frame. The graphics and sound will stay in memory. As long as the frame contains the objects, you can go from one to another and the data will remain intact.

[Xeeko]

Thanks, I'll try that. That's assuming the objects are global, right? Or does that make a difference? Isn't there a risk the RAM will be overloaded?

[paobrasil]

"The load on call function does not work on iOS."

And the CREATE AT START option?

[Renatos]

That works. I use it all the time on my games...

[paobrasil]

ok man...thank you!