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Profiler ?

Started by Endemoniada Aug 13, 2003 at 9:46 AM 1 replies 600+ views

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Aug 13, 2003 at 9:46 AM

Hi guys, I''ve been programming in VC++ for years but never used a profiler before. I always tried to make my programs fast but it didn''t really matter if something took a half second to compute. Now I''m making a game so it does matter. I use Visual C++ 6.0 with SP5, does that include a profiler ? If not which one should I use ? Also, I''m using DirectX so should I test the algorithms without rendering ? To be honest, I don''t even know how to step through code with DirectX because when I set a break point it never goes back to the debugger. Any help is appreciated.

timiscool999

Aug 13, 2003 at 9:53 AM

Read the Enginuity series hosted here on Gamedev. The author goes through the process of writing a pretty good homebrew profiler. Commercial ones are quite expensive, and the one in Enginuity is "good enough."

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CpMan

Aug 13, 2003 at 10:24 AM

Compuware has a free profiler for VS.NET and the older versions of CodeAnalyst were very good, and free.

VSEDebug Visual Studio.NET Add-In. Enhances debugging in ways never thought possible.

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