SpriteKit fps drops at first animation call

Question

I have the function that moves an object and runs animation on move:

func animateMove(move: MoveTo, completion: () -> ()) {
    let object = move.object
    let spriteName = "\(object.spriteName)\(move.direction.name)"

    let textures = TextureCache.loadTextures(spriteName)
    let animate = SKAction.animateWithTextures(textures, timePerFrame: moveDuration/NSTimeInterval(textures.count))

    let point = pointForColumn(move.column, row: move.row)
    let move = SKAction.moveTo(point, duration: moveDuration)
    move.timingMode = .Linear

    let group = SKAction.group([move, animate])
    object.sprite!.removeAllActions()
    object.sprite!.runAction(group, completion: completion)
}

Also I have the cacher:

class TextureCache {
...

static func loadTextures(name: String) -> [SKTexture] {
    let atlas = "\(name).atlas"
    return TextureCache.sharedInstance.loadTexturesFromAtlas(atlas, name: name)
}

private func loadTexturesFromAtlas(atlas: String, name: String) -> [SKTexture] {
    if let textures = textureDictionary["\(atlas):\(name)"] {
        return textures
    }

    let textureAtlas = SKTextureAtlas(named: atlas)
    var textures = [SKTexture]()
    for i in 0..<textureAtlas.textureNames.count {
        textures.append(SKTexture(imageNamed: "\(name)\(i)"))
    }

    textureDictionary["\(atlas):\(name)"] = textures

    return textures
}

So, the problem is that during first call fps drops significantly and CPU time increases, for example: move object to the left - from 30 fps it drops to 8 fps.

in "init" method of derrived from SKScene class. Basically, animateMove method is a member of that class. — Taras Shchybovyk
Have you actually tried this : preloadTextures: withCompletionHandler — Whirlwind
For some reason when I am using preloadTextures: withCompletionHandler program crashes, need to figure out why. But I tried another way, mentioned in the topic, call size method for each texture. Problem still exists. — Taras Shchybovyk
Look at this example and try it like that : stackoverflow.com/a/29421625/3402095 That would be one way (UI elements should be updated on main thread)... The other is to use size property, but you said that way didn't worked either. Personally, I can't reproduce what you are saying,so I can't comment more on this. Also I am not aware of your current setup, so it can happen that the error is on your side. As last resort, try to reproduce what you are saying in an empty project. Just use textures / atlas needed and see if you still getting that crash. If not,double check your code logic. — Whirlwind

Taras Shchybovyk Taras Shchybovyk · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-21T09:59:45

The problem was on my side in cacher, was:

let textureAtlas = SKTextureAtlas(named: atlas)
var textures = [SKTexture]()
for i in 0..<textureAtlas.textureNames.count {
    textures.append(SKTexture(imageNamed: "\(name)\(i)"))
}

now:

let textureAtlas = SKTextureAtlas(named: atlas)
var textures = [SKTexture]()
for i in 0..<textureAtlas.textureNames.count {
    let texture = textureAtlas.textureNamed("\(name)\(i)")
    texture.size()
    textures.append(texture)
}

SpriteKit fps drops at first animation call

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