Soooo… I'm making an Upgrade tree. And as of right now I have almost 2 upgrade trees (the research tree isn't quite finished yet) and Im working on my 3rd tree. and Im starting to experience LAG… So that means I have to start going through and trying to make my code simpler and better in order to make it less laggy and I tried to do it the simplest way I could but you guys might find flaws. The main things I need are a Buy Max system and just a bunch of code in the Main tree upgrades to be simplified. If you can find anything please let me know and TYSM for the help!!! (I will give credit!)

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1274714134/

Without having looked too in-depth at your project, I'd suggest switching to one main sprite that creates clones for each of the branches, instead of each one being a different sprite.

The basic clone scripts I use are as follows:

Create clone [whatever you want] :: custom // use this to generate a new clone with a specific clone id.

define Create clone (id)
set [tmp id v] to (id :: variables) // both of these variables are for this sprite only
set [id v] to (id)
create clone of [myself v]
set [id v] to (tmp id)

when I start as a clone // this same script can be duplicated for when I receive an event
if <(id)=[whatever you want]> then
...
else
if <(id)=[some other phrase]> then
...
else
and so on... :: #bfbfbf
end
end

I hope this is useful.

DanglyLegs wrote:

Without having looked too in-depth at your project, I'd suggest switching to one main sprite that creates clones for each of the branches, instead of each one being a different sprite.

The basic clone scripts I use are as follows:

Create clone [whatever you want] :: custom // use this to generate a new clone with a specific clone id.

define Create clone (id)
set [tmp id v] to (id :: variables) // both of these variables are for this sprite only
set [id v] to (id)
create clone of [myself v]
set [id v] to (tmp id)

when I start as a clone // this same script can be duplicated for when I receive an event
if <(id)=[whatever you want]> then
...
else
if <(id)=[some other phrase]> then
...
else
and so on... :: #bfbfbf
end
end

I hope this is useful.

tysm!! but heres the problem. i would have to put down all of the costs in a seperate list so thats like 30 lists not even including alll of the variables they all use. plus the fact that this one sprite would now have over 300+ costumes alltogether.

Could I suggest using a text engine to write the text instead of creating an individual costume for each button?

DanglyLegs wrote:

Could I suggest using a text engine to write the text instead of creating an individual costume for each button?

That's true and kinda what I thought of doing but idrk how to make one.

Qman09180 wrote:

DanglyLegs wrote:

Could I suggest using a text engine to write the text instead of creating an individual costume for each button?

That's true and kinda what I thought of doing but idrk how to make one.

create costumes for all letters a-z, then. Repeatedly clone/stamp the letters to create a sentence letter by letter to form a sentence! Try someone elses text Engine if its too time consuming or hard to understand briefly

THEIMPORTANT wrote:

Qman09180 wrote:

DanglyLegs wrote:

Could I suggest using a text engine to write the text instead of creating an individual costume for each button?

That's true and kinda what I thought of doing but idrk how to make one.

create costumes for all letters a-z, then. Repeatedly clone/stamp the letters to create a sentence letter by letter to form a sentence! Try someone elses text Engine if its too time consuming or hard to understand briefly

that sounds PAINFULLLL… Do you think it would be worth the time in the long run? Like what would the pros and cons be? out of curiosity.

Qman09180 wrote:

THEIMPORTANT wrote:

Qman09180 wrote:

DanglyLegs wrote:

Could I suggest using a text engine to write the text instead of creating an individual costume for each button?

That's true and kinda what I thought of doing but idrk how to make one.

create costumes for all letters a-z, then. Repeatedly clone/stamp the letters to create a sentence letter by letter to form a sentence! Try someone elses text Engine if its too time consuming or hard to understand briefly

that sounds PAINFULLLL… Do you think it would be worth the time in the long run? Like what would the pros and cons be? out of curiosity.

pros:

• means you don't have to have a load of costumes for each upgrade
  
• quicker to add more upgrades later - just type in the text you want and go
  
• could help stop lag especially if stamping is used
  

cons:

• limits your art for each upgrade
  
• severe character limitations if you use clones (max 300)
  
• looks pretty horrible if you stamp
  

Qman09180 wrote:

THEIMPORTANT wrote:

#7

that sounds PAINFULLLL… Do you think it would be worth the time in the long run? Like what would the pros and cons be? out of curiosity.

It is almost certainly not worth it. It will look worse, you will very quickly reach the 300 clone limit, since the scripts would be pasting each letter it would add to the lag, not lessen it. Editing button text will be a nightmare because you lose the benefit of seeing the results directly in the costume editor.

Is there any specific point where the game starts to lag or does it happen right from the start?

g6g6g66g6g wrote:

Qman09180 wrote:

THEIMPORTANT wrote:

#7

that sounds PAINFULLLL… Do you think it would be worth the time in the long run? Like what would the pros and cons be? out of curiosity.

It is almost certainly not worth it. It will look worse, you will very quickly reach the 300 clone limit, since the scripts would be pasting each letter it would add to the lag, not lessen it. Editing button text will be a nightmare because you lose the benefit of seeing the results directly in the costume editor.

Is there any specific point where the game starts to lag or does it happen right from the start?

It happens right at the start most likely due to other things running that need to be if called on. I'm also on a VERY low end device :p