Transition.to or enterFrame

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
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Hello,

i have a question, i cant find answer to it on forums so i’ll just ask)
What preferable to use if i have many objects on screen, what will help pefromance? Transition.to functions or enterFrame function for object movements?

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There was a Blog post on this I believe.

The difference is the animation is time based or frame based. If processing code takes longer than expected, the overall frame rate will degrade. I’t not recommended to take a frames based approach if you have lots of objects and don’t need absolute precision in movement of your objects.

-David
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What david97 said is true The only thing I dont like about Transition.to is there is no API to do a pause on transition and depending on your game this can be a problem. But there are sample codes in code exchange to help you accomplish a transition pause

Best of Luck,
Chris L. [import]uid: 30314 topic_id: 18611 reply_id: 71475[/import]

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great, so i tried to use http://developer.anscamobile.com/code/pausable-transitions-very-simple-method

this method to pause my transitions, but problem is:
i need to iterate through table to pause them and it works okay, but when i try to resume its giving me an error for #object.startTime
is there any workaround to it? [import]uid: 16142 topic_id: 18611 reply_id: 71478[/import]

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I haven’t used the code from your link, although Satheesh is very clever so I’m sure it is good - but it might be worth checking out this slightly older pause/resume from Karnak Games; http://karnakgames.com/wp/2011/03/transition-manager-for-corona-sdk-pause-resume-and-manage-all-transitions-in-a-scene/

Just to see if it will allow you to do what you want without errors.

Peach :slight_smile: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 18611 reply_id: 71511[/import]

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Thanks Peach for this, its exactly what i needed and i dont need to iterate through table anymore) coooool [import]uid: 16142 topic_id: 18611 reply_id: 71576[/import]

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Ha Ha! Thanks for the compliment Peach! :smiley: :smiley:
The thing is I sort of abandoned that module once I discovered THAT workaround for pausing transitions :slight_smile:

@darkconsoles sorry for that! will try to fix that if I ever I get some spare time… glad you found a solution anyway! :slight_smile: [import]uid: 64174 topic_id: 18611 reply_id: 71587[/import]

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satheesh, please respond to skype request sometime)) [import]uid: 16142 topic_id: 18611 reply_id: 71593[/import]

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No worries Satheesh, I’m glad you saw it :slight_smile: I enjoy reading your posts - it’s always great to see members of the community working to help others and I notice you put a lot of effort into that.

Peach :slight_smile: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 18611 reply_id: 71768[/import]