Memory leak in AnimatedSprite ?

[Oxey405]

Hello @Whitebrim !
I am using AnimatedSprite for a game I am making where there are some sprites (around 30 max) that are animated.
Unfortunately, it look likes there is a memory leak when updating animations every frame... I don't know how specific this is to my code but what I can show you is the stats window of the device (I ran the game on device to check real performances).

I have looked into the profiler and determined that this indeed comes from calling updateAnimation() every frame.
One thing though, I am not making a class to create objects, I am just storing objects in a table and I have function that creates them like a class because for some reason Playdate SDK won't allow to extend a class from a class that already is extended from something.

I'll be glad to provide more informations and even contribute to AnimatedSprite. Looking forward to your answer and have a nice day !

[Whitebrim]

Do you have problem with fps or with garbage collector running frequently?

[Oxey405]

Do you have problem with fps or with garbage collector running frequently?

I think both. Really the problem is : memory is slowly eaten away by something (maybe it's not AnimatedSprite but I don't really create new data to memory every frame) and then CG quicks in and slows the game every what... 30 seconds or so ?

[Whitebrim]

Do you have problem with fps or with garbage collector running frequently?

I think both. Really the problem is : memory is slowly eaten away by something (maybe it's not AnimatedSprite but I don't really create new data to memory every frame) and then CG quicks in and slows the game every what... 30 seconds or so ?

You should use memory profiler and track down what is deleted by GC. In my endless runner game with target 40 fps I don't get freezes.