Everything needs to be pooled.
This means that you create objects when they don't exist. When an enemy or bullet get destroyed it will only get destroyed visually, not in the logics of the game.
The engine places that enemy or bullet in a place in the screen that is not possible to interact. Then disable it and wait until a new enemy of the same kind comes into the screen , then we recycle the object and reuse it as new by refreshing or resiting all its variables.
Why this? Creating destroying objects can be very heavy on the CPU when done several times in a frame (or loop). So by avoiding the creation of new objects we will have a smoother game play.
When creating objects we enable themt and when we don't need them, we can just disable them. In my particular game I've created this function to be used with CitrusObjects (from CitrusEngine).
This means that you create objects when they don't exist. When an enemy or bullet get destroyed it will only get destroyed visually, not in the logics of the game.
The engine places that enemy or bullet in a place in the screen that is not possible to interact. Then disable it and wait until a new enemy of the same kind comes into the screen , then we recycle the object and reuse it as new by refreshing or resiting all its variables.
Why this? Creating destroying objects can be very heavy on the CPU when done several times in a frame (or loop). So by avoiding the creation of new objects we will have a smoother game play.
When creating objects we enable themt and when we don't need them, we can just disable them. In my particular game I've created this function to be used with CitrusObjects (from CitrusEngine).
private function enableObject(status:Boolean):void
{
view.pauseAnimation(status); //textures will not update.
view.visible = status; //will hide the object
updateCallEnabled = status;//will stop updating each frame.
_inUse = status;
set_bodyEnabled(status); //disable collisions
}
I hope it helps!
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