Massive slowdown when changing room transition style

Alynn · Sun 22/02/2004 21:26:57

I started with it fade in/out worked fine... just out of curiosity I wondered if it would look better with a different style. So under General Settings I changed to disolve, and tested the game... and encountered the most horrendous slowdown ever... i'ts the same for all the others except Fade in/out and instant those are the only two that work with no slowdown...

2.60 sp1 version 2GHz 512MB Ram....

bug, or is this normal when changing styles in the middle of development?

Gilbert · Mon 23/02/2004 02:18:17

I think it has nothing to do with changing it in the middle of development. If you found these styles slow when setting them in the middle of the development, they'll certainly be slow also when you set them initially.

Screen transitions involve redrawing all the pixels on screen. What resolution and colour depth is your game in?

Alynn · Mon 23/02/2004 04:24:25

16 bit 320X240....

Ytterbium · Wed 25/02/2004 21:08:59

That's odd. I had to change from fade to black box after converting to 32 bit color. Fade was just too slow after that.

Gilbert · Thu 26/02/2004 02:04:01

Maybe it's specific problem with certain graphic card drivers, I can't reproduce it aand is not sure of the real problem.

MrColossal · Thu 26/02/2004 04:08:14

doesn't dissolve have to load both background images into memory, dissolve between them and then take out the old one?

or am i stupid?

Gilbert · Thu 26/02/2004 04:18:51

Yep, if the room file is large, it can also be the cause I think.

InCreator · Sat 28/02/2004 19:35:56

Before I got new computer, dissolve was fastest transition after 'instant'. Fade and crossfade were painfully slow, so whole problem sounds strange...

Pumaman · Sun 29/02/2004 17:34:05

Strange, I can't replicate anything like this myself. Box Out should certainly not be slow.

At 320x240x16, they all work at full speed on my 750 Mhz system, so I'm a bit puzzled by this.

Does it happen both full-screen and windowed?