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Last AIR version to support GPU mode for desktop?

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April 20, 2016
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Hello,

Does anyone know the last AIR version that supported GPU render mode for desktop?

Thanks in advance.

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Correct answer KarlCfs

that sucks. Future support is exactly why I merged over to starling. I was using gpu mode before and indeed it is really great on mobile.

I suppose u have already tried cpu render mode with your game?

I have created a feature request to be able to use GPU mode for Desktop Publishing. There are tons of apps using GPU mode on mobile and I believe many developers should want to be able to publish them to Steam with the same performance.

I would really appreciate your votes for this feature!

Feature#4145057 - GPU render mode for Desktop publishing (Steam)!

Thanks!

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swfisgood

Inspiring

gpu mode is depreciated I believe. So I wish you luck, but I would be quite surprised if you get this feature request granted

Colin Holgate

Inspiring

There was talk of it being deprecated a few years ago, but fortunately that never happened, at least on mobile. It's too useful, and Direct cannot do the same things that it does.

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Josh Tynjala

Inspiring

I'm not sure that's correct, Colin. When they announced that renderMode gpu would be deprecated, I'm pretty sure that they said that they weren't going to actively maintain it anymore, but they also wouldn't be removing it either. Basically, use at your own risk.

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swfisgood

Inspiring

I could be wrong, but I don't remember rendermode gpu ever being available for desktop, at least not since mobile support was introduced

I dont want to spread misinformation, im just thinking back I never recall being done

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KarlCfsAuthor

Inspiring

Hi swfisgood, thanks for your input.

It is really frustrating not getting a clear answer from the Adobe team about this. Moving to Direct mode is clearly not an option when the game is built from ground up for gpu mode using the Stage and Bitmaps (with great performance on mobile).

I really need the same performance on PC/Mac for publishing to Steam. What should I do?

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swfisgood

Inspiring

that sucks. Future support is exactly why I merged over to starling. I was using gpu mode before and indeed it is really great on mobile.

I suppose u have already tried cpu render mode with your game?

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Anonymous

I have tested several versions of AIR from version 3.2 in CS6 up to 21 in Flash CC 2015 and CS6. None of them let me pick GPU in the Flash Pro AIR UI settings.

When I initially booted up Flash CC 2015 and selected AIR for Desktop, it was version 17.0 listed in Flash and it let me select GPU as an option. After adding and removing multiple AIR versions from the Help -> Manage AIR SDK... option in the menu bar, I can now no longer see that option. I have tried multiple times of quitting and re-launching CC 2015 but it no longer gives me the option. Either I selected AIR for Android on accident and I saw it working then, or Flash CC is goofing up. After removing all manually added AIR SDKs from CC 2015, quitting and then re-launching, I am seeing AIR 17.0 and AIR 17.0.0.124 as options to chose from. Both don't let me pick GPU render mode.

I am almost wondering if there was an update made to both Flash applications that doesn't allow the GUI to give you the option to pick GPU as a rendering mode for desktop. I would find that strange though as I cannot find any documentation or change logs indicating that AIR for Desktop no longer supports GPU rendering mode (and I went through all the AIR release notes).

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KarlCfsAuthor

Inspiring

Wow, that sounds very strange.

Can anyone from Adobe comment on this? Can we use an older version of AIR to support GPU render mode for desktop publishing (pc and mac)?

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Nitanwar

Adobe Employee

HI ,

On desktop, using RenderMode as ’gpu’ will fall back to direct mode. So you can use the latest AIR version .

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Rehnberg

Known Participant

Hi Nitwar,

Unfortunately I can't use direct mode as the performance is not good enough. The game runs at a smooth 60 fps on an iPhone 4 in gpu mode but I see a lot of slow downs in direct mode for desktop on a brand new PC or Mac...

So I will need gpu mode for desktop I'm afraid. Can you tell me what version of AIR it was removed please?