Frozen vertex buffers can be drawn faster than regular vertex buffers! As with combining small vertex buffers into a single large one this can be great for reducing the CPU overhead of your game. As with all of the other optimization tricks I've talked about, some restrictions apply. I'll be running a lot of these tests on a Raspberry Pi. If you don't have one of those, don't worry; GameMaker games run pretty much the same on them as it does on a desktop PC. The only thing I'm going to be using it for is comparing performance on different devices, and using it to track down performance bottlenecks on weaker devices. In this case, you may notice that being smart about matrix use isn't quite as good about boosting performance as it is on my desktop computer, mainly because the Pi has a considerably weaker GPU and the matrix optimizations done here affect primarily the GML code that runs on the CPU. All the same, if game development on a Raspberry Pi is something that interests you, I've made a video on that: https://youtu.be/OH6LskFeD8Q Here's the repository where I'll be putting the demo code: https://github.com/DragoniteSpam-GameMaker-Tutorials/3DOptimizationDemos The changes made in this video are on the optimization-matrices branch. https://github.com/DragoniteSpam-GameMaker-Tutorials/3DOptimizationDemos/tree/optimization-freeze 3D optimization playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_hT--4HOvrf_CJSA7fVU1tkjGVv5Sq2t DirectX11 vertex object usage: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/d3d11/ne-d3d11-d3d11_usage (I forgot to include his name in the screenshot, but the user on the GameMaker Discord who sent it to me is SweetLuna, he's not around much anymore but if you ever see him remember to tell him thank-you.) The thumbnail icon is a combination of: optimization by IconPai from the Noun Project Time by libertetstudio from the Noun Project #GameMaker3D #GameMaker3DOptimization #GameMakerVertexBuffer - - - - - I've now made that Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wizardragon That promised social media link spam. https://twitter.com/DragoniteSpam Transition / idle music is by my old friend Kamex: https://www.youtube.com/user/GreatGabite/about Rate, comment, subscribe, watch more, enjoy! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80av1I8Lyl0

I've spent most of my time messing with the GMS2 beta lately and haven't had time to edit Sword / NieR, so I'm pulling some pickled video out of deep storage. Today I'll be replaying one of the older Epic Battle Fantasy games, the original Bullet Heaven! #EpicBattleFantasy #BulletHeaven - - - - - That promised social media link spam. https://twitter.com/DragoniteSpam Anyone wanna donate? https://tinyurl.com/DragoniteSpamSellsOut Rate, comment, subscribe, watch more, enjoy! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDByP2VSLOs

- - - - - That promised social media link spam. https://twitter.com/DragoniteSpam I do live streams sometimes! http://www.twitch.tv/dragonitespam Rate, comment, subscribe, watch more, enjoy! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5sBkBzfSxQ

I made a game for a game jam and something possessed me to go back and play it. - - - - - That promised social media link spam. https://twitter.com/DragoniteSpam I do live streams sometimes! http://www.twitch.tv/dragonitespam Rate, comment, subscribe, watch more, enjoy! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItNqJmKPZH4