FPS and Heat on iPhone 3G

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07-23-2010, 02:03 AM
hornee

FPS and Heat on iPhone 3G

Hi everyone,

I play PL using the iPhone 3G version 4.0.1 and sometimes I get FPS issues, especially when a lot of things are going on at once on screen. In addition, I notice my phone will get hot.

My question is, what are the best settings to use both in game and on the phone to prevent or reduce the effects of these two things?

Thanks
07-23-2010, 03:13 AM
Violentsaint

i donno what fps means besides 'first person shooter' but im guessing your talking about pixels or framerate or sumthing along those lines.

i suggest going into options in pocket legends and turning high detail off.
07-23-2010, 04:05 AM
KingFu

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Originally Posted by Violentsaint

i donno what fps means besides 'first person shooter' but im guessing your talking about pixels or framerate or sumthing along those lines.

i suggest going into options in pocket legends and turning high detail off.

FPS=Frames Per Second. If you care that much, turn on pixel double and go Mario style! :D

EDIT: Check your ping, the lower, the better, might just be bad wi-fi connection.
07-23-2010, 09:45 AM
Jstizar

Quote:

Originally Posted by hornee

Hi everyone,

I play PL using the iPhone 3G version 4.0.1 and sometimes I get FPS issues, especially when a lot of things are going on at once on screen. In addition, I notice my phone will get hot.

My question is, what are the best settings to use both in game and on the phone to prevent or reduce the effects of these two things?

Thanks

I'm using an iphone 3g but I haven't upgraded to 4 yet. Your fps issues are most likely both connection and hardware based. My iphone gets extremely hot when I play using 3g but I find that playing on airplane mode with wi-fi on is the most effective way to play. It keeps the phone cool and extends the battery life greatly. However, the downside to this is I can really only play on airplane mode late at night when nobody would be contacting me.
07-23-2010, 10:43 AM
v5point0

Never tested airplane + wifi, will give it a go, didn't know it was possible coz I thought airplane mode disables all communication utility but since wifi has it's on standalone switch, I guess it can be operated separately.
07-23-2010, 10:52 AM
Futumsh

Pixel double mode will not help on the 3g. Low detail helps, and disabling whichever network interface you aren't using helps.
07-23-2010, 10:57 AM
v5point0

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Originally Posted by Futumsh

Pixel double mode will not help on the 3g. Low detail helps, and disabling whichever network interface you aren't using helps.

Actually I was just testing this yesterday, and your right. The ping significantly decreases when you disable HQ. Is this more of a hardware not being able to support issue or a connection quality issue?
07-23-2010, 01:00 PM
LIGHTNINGLORD67

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mysticaldream

FPS=Frames Per Second. If you care that much, turn on pixel double and go Mario style! :D

EDIT: Check your ping, the lower, the better, might just be bad wi-fi connection.

Lol Mario style
07-23-2010, 01:18 PM
Purearch

Quote:

Originally Posted by hornee

Hi everyone,

I play PL using the iPhone 3G version 4.0.1 and sometimes I get FPS issues, especially when a lot of things are going on at once on screen. In addition, I notice my phone will get hot.

My question is, what are the best settings to use both in game and on the phone to prevent or reduce the effects of these two things?

Thanks

Another q to add on whats the memory like on ur phone? Updatin to 4.0 or higher on the 3g has been causin the 3g to become EXTREMELY slow... this is also sometging to take into consideration when it comes to FPS and playin an mmo on the iphone
07-23-2010, 04:33 PM
hornee

hi everyone thanks for the replies.

Well, I now realize that the source of my issue may be that I'm not using wifi. It seems like all of you guys are using it, and I use 3G because the wifi on my phone broke (the phone is unable to find any networks even if I'm at my house in a place where my laptop can connect to the router using wifi). So i usually get around 300-500 ping which may be the source of the issue. Jstizar's post helped me the most because my phone is doing the exact same thing; getting hot and having a lower battery life when playing PL on 3G.

Oh also I've been using low quality since the beginning.

purearch I am not sure what you are asking... but I have the 8gb 3G iphone updated to 4.0.