How can I optimize my game?

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Hello, it’s me again I have taken a break from my game but now I’m back and determined to make some good progress.

But enough of that what I’m really here to do is to ask you how I can optimize my game to reduce lag. I have already compressed almost every texture in my game, and I try to keep my game simple by using low poly models and basic particles, but I still experience lag.

I know it’s not the computer because I switched from a Chromebook laptop to an Asus Tuf Gaming 15

And this laptop is really good at running high end games, (I have downloaded and played such games myself) so I don’t understand how I can have an almost lagless playthrough with a Game like Beamngdrive, Teardown, Minecraft, or even all the other horror games I have downloaded, (For inspiration) yet I’m drowning in lag with my simple game.

So, I decided to ask you guys for help. If there is anything I can do to help ease this lag.

Thank you ahead of time, to be honest I would not have gotten this far without you. (I guess that is your Job here anyway, to help people like me:)) But thank you very much and have a nice day!

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Hi @DinoCalebProductions!

The resolution of your textures is also very important. Also the amount of lights and cameras in your scene can make a big different. More information on the page below. (If you share a link of your project someone can take a look if you want).

https://developer.playcanvas.com/en/user-manual/optimization/guidelines/

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OK thank you very much for your help. I will read into this and see what else I can do. Thank you!

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You may want to check the resolution difference of displays. Usually the first culprit is fillrate and the other is the refresh rate of your display. If you have a link to the project, there could something simple in your game causing the issue.

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Here you go, PlayCanvas | HTML5 Game Engine

This should be the editor. Thank you very much for taking a look.

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After all the shader compiles, it seems to be running at a smooth 60 on my display. Do you have a video showing the frame drops?

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Sorry for the late reply I had to get some school work done.

I tried to post a video once before on the forum, but it didn’t let me.

Also, last night I did batch some of the objects in my ‘Game’ scene, mainly all the characters, But I didn’t have time to test the frame rate.

I will try to record a video but I don’t know if I will be able to show it here.

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I tested my game now after batching my characters, and for some reason they are all acting funny.
It’s like batched objects don’t play animations. Is there a way to fix this or I just have to batch static objects only.

also, template objects with bones stay in a T-pose position rather than staying manipulated as I had left them.

The gameplay is smoother now though.

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I did an experiment and found out that I shouldn’t batch dynamic objects.

Thanks for the help now.

I guess its solved!

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Currently the batching feature does not support skinned meshes, as you have found out. They can be dynamic, e.g. a box can move around by physics, or you can move a model by script, but no animations.

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