One of the uses of Managix is that you can enter a room and load only what that level needs to function (sprites, audio, etc.), and after leaving the room, these things are released from memory, leaving you free to use in another level / room - You are responsible and have full control of what is loaded/unloaded. Besides, Managix allows you to save and load buffers, useful for saving and loading game progress, localization files, settings and countless things. And all of this is compatible with all platforms, you just need to setup once :D
I don't have a programming background, so I apologize if this is a dumb question, but isn't this 'loading only what the level needs to function' also achievable by grouping sprites into texture groups and then prefetching the sprite? Or does Managix have some advantage to that system?
My game is laggy as hell on non-gaming rigs, but I am a bit too unexperienced to know why. XD
You'll still be using texture groups. The point of Managix is to combine all the confusing and manual work of GameMaker functions into an intuitive API, giving you greater control over when to load, unload, or even keep them in memory.
Each Managix_Resource can be a texture group containing sprites. And a special thing about Managix is that you can load sprites without freezing the game, and there's even support for loading things on-demand - that is, while you are already in the level, without freezing the game.
Without Managix, it's much harder to know when texture groups have finished loading - also harder to know the loading progress, and you still have to deal with GM's async functions which are cumbersome to handle manually.
There is a documentation (with a quick start guide) and a project (.yyz) showing the code in practice, I can't record videos unfortunately. But I'll be happy to answer all questions you have on Discord.
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Managix can be extremely useful for visual novel games, as these games usually have a lot of sprites and backgrounds
Managix solved my issue of sprites lagging the game when loading them for the first time,my kids likes it very much 5/5
Amazing! Thanks for sharing ^^
One of the uses of Managix is that you can enter a room and load only what that level needs to function (sprites, audio, etc.), and after leaving the room, these things are released from memory, leaving you free to use in another level / room - You are responsible and have full control of what is loaded/unloaded. Besides, Managix allows you to save and load buffers, useful for saving and loading game progress, localization files, settings and countless things. And all of this is compatible with all platforms, you just need to setup once :D
I don't have a programming background, so I apologize if this is a dumb question, but isn't this 'loading only what the level needs to function' also achievable by grouping sprites into texture groups and then prefetching the sprite? Or does Managix have some advantage to that system?
My game is laggy as hell on non-gaming rigs, but I am a bit too unexperienced to know why. XD
Hi Pycho! Don't worry.
You'll still be using texture groups. The point of Managix is to combine all the confusing and manual work of GameMaker functions into an intuitive API, giving you greater control over when to load, unload, or even keep them in memory.
Each Managix_Resource can be a texture group containing sprites. And a special thing about Managix is that you can load sprites without freezing the game, and there's even support for loading things on-demand - that is, while you are already in the level, without freezing the game.
Without Managix, it's much harder to know when texture groups have finished loading - also harder to know the loading progress, and you still have to deal with GM's async functions which are cumbersome to handle manually.
Thank you, that clears things up for me!
Is that something that help us to make a saving/loading system of our game that fit even for consoles?
For example the player save the game and the next time that run the game he can load and restart where he saved the last time.
Yes, Managix allows you to save and load buffers, this way you can save and load game data as well. And the same system will work on all platforms :)
Is there any chance to see a tutorial on YouTube on how this library work?
There is a documentation (with a quick start guide) and a project (.yyz) showing the code in practice, I can't record videos unfortunately. But I'll be happy to answer all questions you have on Discord.
Thank you!
Wow, it sounds very useful, I’ll try it soon.
Neat extension! Bookmarked for when needed.
Thank you! 😊