Game FPS goes down when there are too many XP orbs in the game

[valkyrienyanko]

The game still had low fps when I moved away from the xp orbs. I thought that would increase my FPS but I guess not.

Video showing the FPS drops https://youtu.be/R0kOxmvTHFg

Partial Solution

• Merge other xp orbs in close proximity with each other for increased xp value

[WaleBa]

Haven't tested myself but it looks like the issue lies in spawninig the enemies(which is resource heavy) and as xpOrbs lie on the ground with time they become heavier to take care of by engine. Test this amount of Orbs without spawning enemies or make orbs disapear over time. (Also I think it's common among bigger games(see btd battles))
As I said it's only a guess.

[valkyrienyanko]

I see two solutions

• XP orbs are not a thing
• XP orbs disappear after X seconds

I think I like the former because with the latter the player will be missing XP orbs and that does not seem fun.

[WaleBa]

I've never digged into that but what about multi-threading?

[valkyrienyanko]

I've only used multi-threading when doing multiplayer so I wouldn't know.

If a game requires multi-threading for a simple mechanic like this then it is probably better to not add it at all.