Hello! I’m currently working on a boss fight for my game. When you die, the boss despawns, and you can click a button to respawn and restart the boss fight. The issue is that after around 11+ respawns I start noticing a consistent drop in frame rate.
I’m relatively new so I can’t read the f9 memory tracker in-depth, but it looks to me that the average memory increases by about 6-7mb every time the boss respawns.
So I have a few guesses for the reasons:
1: Animation loading
At the very top of my boss module a lot of animation instances are defined, followed by a lot of Animator:LoadAnimation() variables. When the boss respawns, a function re-defines and reloads the animations for the new animator:
local Animation = Instance.new("Animation", script)
Animation.AnimationID = 0000000
local PlayAnim = Animator:LoadAnimation(Animation) --Animator is defined based on the first boss that's in workspace
function Module.AnimReset(BossHumanoid) --redefine animator since a new boss was cloned in
Animator = BossHumanoid:FindFirstChild("Animator")
PlayAnim = Animator:LoadAnimation(Animation)
end
2: Boss fight function
In the main boss script, the boss is spawned in with a remote event that calls the function. The meat of it is a simple repeat until the boss or player is dead. Before that, though, the boss is cloned in from replicated storage, and necessary variables such as the Humanoid and Root Part are redefined in a way similar to the above animation code: variables are defined outside the function for the first boss, and subsequent attempts just redefine them.
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Stray errors
Sometimes when the boss attacks your dead limbs, some “attempted to index nil” errors pop up. I’ve done a lot of proof-coding to stop them but every couple of deaths one of them pops up. However, all the things tied to them (hitboxes, effects, disconnections) are scheduled to be cleared by the code before the error, so I don’t suspect this is the main issue. But, could these cause a leak? -
Tweens
I made an effect where the boss’ limbs change colors via a tween with a -1 repeat count. If those limbs are destroyed (like when the boss respawns) are the tweens cleared from memory? -
Skill issue
If none of these are the issue, it’s probably just some small memory leaks with vfx/attacks adding up over time that I’ve failed to notice. It’s probably this, honestly, but I have hope, haha.
Based on these descriptions, does anybody see where the issues may lie?
I am about to go to sleep, so sorry if I don’t respond for a while! Thank you in advance to anybody who responds!
