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Windows Store Apps debug performance - low framerate

Discussion in 'Windows' started by IDoAllTheWork, Dec 20, 2015.

  1. IDoAllTheWork

    IDoAllTheWork

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    Hello,

    I recently switched from Unity 5.2 to 5.3, and due to its missing Windows Phone 8 support, I built my app as a Windows Phone 8.1 app (as this is what I have anyway). But while the WP8 app ran perfectly smooth on my Lumia 920, deploying it as a WS WP8.1 app really works badly. Building it as "Debug", the frame rate drops to an unplayable level. If I build it as "Master" to my device, it seems to run quite good (but I haven't made any FPS test, so I don't know if it has taken a FPS hit there). What is the problem there?

    Is it the same issue like this one?
     
    IDoAllTheWork, Dec 20, 2015
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  2. AcidArrow

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    Did you try the workaround that the dev proposed? It didn't work for me, but maybe it works for you?

    My issue seems to be with Windows Phone 10 and it's only in landscape mode. Did you check if there is significant difference between landscape and portrait mode?
     
    AcidArrow, Dec 20, 2015
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  3. Tautvydas-Zilys

    Tautvydas-Zilys

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    By design. For "Windows Store" platforms, we actually ship players build in debug configuration, while on WP8.0 they were actually still built as "release".
     
    Tautvydas-Zilys, Dec 20, 2015
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  4. IDoAllTheWork

    IDoAllTheWork

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    No, I have to check this when I find the time to.

    So we're not supposed to use the "Debug"-option but rather use "Master"/"Release" instead?

    Thanks for the quick replies!
     
    IDoAllTheWork, Dec 20, 2015
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  5. Aurimas-Cernius

    Aurimas-Cernius

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    You can use Debug configuration, just it will be very slow, so use it for debugging purposes only (when you actually need to debug code). If you want to just try out your game, then Release is probably better.
     
    Aurimas-Cernius, Dec 21, 2015
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