Stride – Open-source C# Game Engine

Re:Stride – Open-source C# Game Engine by starburst on Sunday February 05, 2023 @02:29PM (#34668171)

This is NOT a great strategy, although better than waiting for the 100-1000ms collection you're still at the mercy of the GC which can be very random and you will miss some VSync for sure doing that even if you're supposed to have some "room".

Missing a VSync in mobile means that the refresh rate will switch to 30hz for a brief moment, there is no in-between (ie; 54 FPS or something like that) which is pretty noticeable.

The only "great strategy" is to have zero alloc (or close) while gameplay is running and if you want to go the extra miles, disable GC completely and call it only in some appropriate moment (level loading, bringing up the menu, etc.).

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Re:Stride – Open-source C# Game Engine by bob1029 on Sunday February 05, 2023 @03:08PM (#34668714)

> The only "great strategy" is to have zero alloc (or close)

This is the path I am taking.

Ultimately, I would try as hard as I can to not allocate, but having a good plan for dealing with some per-frame blips is going to be essential. It gives me a reasonable starting point to work with on the journey to zero alloc.

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