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[web] Flash framerate?

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Funkymunky
Funkymunky
The default framerate in flash is 12. This is fine for animations or whatever, but for games it seems like it should definately be 30. Are there any drawbacks to setting it so high?
johnhattan
johnhattan
Shouldn't be a problem. Just be sure to check it out on slower machines to make sure it's not bogging down. All of my stuff is running at 31 FPS without a problem. I've seen AS3 stuff running at over 100 FPS.

Note that if you're doing banner-ads in Flash, you'll probably be required to make your ads 8-12 FPS. People usually aren't too wild about the banner ads killing the performance of their web pages.
(my byline from the Gamedev Collection series, which I co-edited) John Hattan has been working steadily in the casual game-space since the TRS-80 days and professionally since 1990. After seeing his small-format games turned down for what turned out to be Tandy's last PC release, he took them independent, eventually releasing them as several discount game-packs through a couple of publishers. The packs are actually

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