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ios5 sdk and msaa+image effects

Discussion in 'iOS and tvOS' started by Alexey, Oct 16, 2011.

  1. Alexey

    Alexey

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    If you plan to use msaa coupled with image effects *and* build with ios5 sdk, please make sure that "Use 32-bit Display Buffer" is checked
     
    Alexey, Oct 16, 2011
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  2. defjr

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    Thanks for the tip!
     
    defjr, Oct 16, 2011
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  3. hippocoder

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    Thanks - some questions though:

    1. does this affect devices running ios5, or just if I build with a target above 4.3 ?
    2. is it a big performance hit?
    3. any benefit really to building for ios5? is it faster, for example?
     
    hippocoder, Oct 17, 2011
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  4. Dreamora

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    you know that it will work when you are forced to provide builds with iOS5 SDK as base sdk later this year / early next year at latest
     
    Dreamora, Oct 17, 2011
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  5. Alexey

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    it *seems* like it is affecting only ios5 *sdk* builds, but anyway. If you need to use new api - you are forced to do this ;-)
    it shouldn't be really.
     
    Alexey, Oct 17, 2011
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  6. BigRedSwitch

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    Is there any way to turn this on dynamically? My game pretty much runs at the edge of what is possible on earlier devices (3GS), so I don't have anti-aliasing on, but on the iPhone 4S, I do use Anti-Aliasing. Any way I can just use 32 bit buffer for the faster phone, as I suspect that a 32bit screen buffer will take a while to memcopy when using it on a slower device?
     
    BigRedSwitch, Feb 8, 2012
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