Unigine.Profiler Class
The Profiler class is used to create counters for the engine Performance Profiler. Allows using counters in your code in the following manner:
Source code (C#)
Profiler.Begin("my_counter");
// ...code to profile...
Profiler.End();
Notice
Counters can be nested.
Usage Example#
The following example contains different approaches to creating counters:
- Two counters are added via the setValue() function: one shows the number of dynamic mesh vertices, the other shows the update time. This approach should be used when you need to show, for example, a value of a setting, the number of objects, and so on.
- Another two counters are added by using the begin()/end() construction. They shows the time spent for mesh grid modifying and the time spent for mesh normal vectors, tangent vectors and a mesh bounding box calculation. This approach should be used when you need to show time spent for executing a part of the code.
In AppWorldLogic.cs, a dynamic mesh is created and then modified on the engine update. All counters are created on update() too.
Source code (C#)
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Unigine;
#if UNIGINE_DOUBLE
using Vec3 = Unigine.dvec3;
using Vec4 = Unigine.dvec4;
using Mat4 = Unigine.dmat4;
#else
using Vec3 = Unigine.vec3;
using Vec4 = Unigine.vec4;
using Mat4 = Unigine.mat4;
#endif
namespace UnigineApp
{
class AppWorldLogic : WorldLogic
{
// declare variables
int size = 128;
ObjectMeshDynamic mesh;
public override bool init()
{
// create a dynamic mesh
mesh = new ObjectMeshDynamic(ObjectMeshDynamic.DYNAMIC_VERTEX | ObjectMeshDynamic.IMMUTABLE_INDICES);
// set the mesh settings
mesh.WorldTransform = MathLib.Translate(new Vec3(0.0f,0.0f,2.0f));
mesh.SetMaterial("mesh_base","*");
// create dynamic mesh vertices
for(int y = 0; y < size; y++) {
for (int x = 0; x < size; x++)
{
mesh.addVertex(new vec3(0));
mesh.addTexCoord(new vec4((float)x / size,(float)y / size,0.0f,0.0f));
}
}
// create dynamic mesh indices
for(int y = 0; y < size - 1; y++) {
int offset = size * y;
for(int x = 0; x < size - 1; x++) {
mesh.addIndex(offset);
mesh.addIndex(offset + 1);
mesh.addIndex(offset + size);
mesh.addIndex(offset + size);
mesh.addIndex(offset + 1);
mesh.addIndex(offset + size + 1);
offset++;
}
}
return true;
}
public override bool update()
{
// initialize the graph color
float[] color = new float [4] {0.0f,0.0f,0.0f,1.0f};
// add a counter that shows time spent between the previous frame update and the current one
Profiler.SetValue("Frame update time", "sec", Game.FTime, 1.0f, color);
float time = Game.Time;
float isize = 30.0f / size;
// start the counter that shows the time spent for dymanic mesh grid modifying
Profiler.Begin("Grid", new vec4(1.0f));
for(int y = 0; y < size; y++)
{
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
{
float Y = y * isize - 15.0f;
float Z = MathLib.Cos(Y + time);
for (int x = 0; x < size; x++)
{
float X = x * isize - 15.0f;
mesh.setVertex(i++, new vec3(X, Y, Z * MathLib.Sin(X + time)));
}
}
}
// stop the counter
Profiler.End();
// start the counter that shows the time spent for
// dynamic mesh normal vectors, tangent vectors and a mesh bounding box calculation
Profiler.Begin("Mesh");
mesh.updateBounds();
mesh.updateTangents();
mesh.flushVertex();
// stop the counter
Profiler.End();
// add the counter that shows the number of dynamic mesh vertices
Profiler.SetValue("Num vertices", "", mesh.getNumVertex(), 20000, null);
return true;
}
}
}Profiler Class
Properties
Gui Gui#
A pointer to the GUI of the engine Performance Profiler.
set
bool IsEnabled#
A value indicating if the profiler is enabled.
set
Enables or disables the profiler.
set value -
1 to enable the profiler, 0 to disable it.
string MicroprofileUrl#
The microprofile web server url.
Members
void SetValue ( string name, string units, int value, int max_value, float[] arg5 ) #
Updates settings of the integer counter.Source code (C#)
// graph color
float[] color = new float [4] {1.0f,1.0f,1.0f,1.0f};
// add a counter without a graph
Profiler.SetValue("Random value 1", "", new Random().Next(0,5), 4, null);
// add a counter with a colored graph
Profiler.SetValue("Random value 2", "", new Random().Next(0,10), 9, color);Arguments
- string name - Name of the counter.
- string units - Counter units.
- int value - Value of the counter.
- int max_value - Counter maximum value.
- float[] arg5 - Color of the graph. Pass NULL if no graph is required.
void SetValue ( string name, string units, float value, float max_value, float[] arg5 ) #
Updates settings of the float counter.Source code (C#)
// graph color
float[] color = new float [4] {1.0f,1.0f,1.0f,1.0f};
float rvalue = (float)new Random().NextDouble() * 1;
// add a counter without a graph
Profiler.SetValue("Random value 1", "", rvalue, 1.0f, null);
// add a counter with a colored graph
Profiler.SetValue("Random value 2", "", 1 + rvalue, 10.0f, color);Arguments
- string name - Name of the counter.
- string units - Counter units.
- float value - Value of the counter.
- float max_value - Counter maximum value.
- float[] arg5 - Color of the graph. Pass NULL if no graph is required.
float GetValue ( string name ) #
Returns a value of the specified counter.Arguments
- string name - The name of the counter.
Return value
Value of the counter in milliseconds.void Begin ( string name, vec4 color ) #
Starts a counter with a given name and shows a colored graph (if the show_profiler 2 console variable is set). The counter shows user how many millisecods have been spent for the operation that is performed between the begin() and the end() functions.Source code (C#)
int size = 128;
ObjectMeshDynamic mesh;
// ...
float time = Game.Time;
float isize = 30.0f / size;
// start the counter that shows the time spent for dymanic mesh grid modifying
Profiler.Begin("grid", new vec4(1.0f));
// modify a mesh grid
for(int y = 0; y < size; y++)
{
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
{
float Y = y * isize - 15.0f;
float Z = MathLib.Cos(Y + time);
for (int x = 0; x < size; x++)
{
float X = x * isize - 15.0f;
mesh.setVertex(i++, new vec3(X, Y, Z * MathLib.Sin(X + time)));
}
}
}
// stop the counter
Profiler.end();Arguments
- string name - Name of the counter.
- vec4 color - Color of the graph.
void Begin ( string name ) #
Starts a counter with a given name. The counter shows user how many millisecods have been spent for the operation that is performed between the begin() and the end() functions.Source code (C#)
ObjectMeshDynamic mesh;
// ...
// start the counter that shows the time spent for
// dynamic mesh normal vectors, tangent vectors and a mesh bounding box calculation
Profiler.begin("mesh");
mesh.updateBounds();
mesh.updateTangents();
mesh.flushVertex();
// stop the counter
Profiler.End();Arguments
- string name - Name of the counter.
float End ( ) #
Stops the last activated counter and returns its value.Return value
Value of the counter in milliseconds.int BeginMicro ( string name, bool gpu = 0 ) #
Starts a counter with a given name in the Microprofile only, without overloading the Performance Profiler layout. The counter shows user how many millisecods have been spent for the operation that is performed between the beginMicro() and the endMicro() functions.Notice
Each counter has an ID. Thus, several nested beginMicro() / endMicro() blocks can be created, which can't be done in the Performance Profiler.
Source code (C#)
ObjectMeshDynamic mesh;
// ...
// start the counter that shows the time spent for
// dynamic mesh normal vectors, tangent vectors and a mesh bounding box calculation, with a nested counter for tangent vectors only
int c_id = Profiler.BeginMicro("mesh");
mesh.updateBounds();
int c_nested_id = Profiler.BeginMicro("mesh_tangents");
mesh.updateTangents();
Profiler.EndMicro(c_nested_id);
mesh.flushVertex();
// stop the counter
Profiler.EndMicro(c_id);Arguments
- string name - Name of the counter.
- bool gpu - Use 1 for a GPU counter, or 0 - for a CPU one. The default value is 0.
Return value
ID of the new added counter.void EndMicro ( int id ) #
Stops a previously activated Microprofile counter with the specified ID.Arguments
- int id - Microoprofile counter ID.
Last update:
2020-07-31
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