Jittery / Unsmooth movement of the Character (Actual fps lower than scene settings)

[TonyPham247]

Dear CH folks,

I am rigging my Charcter and have almost finished. But when I try recording it, my character movements are jittery. I tried other "complicated" characters from @oksamurai and dont have this issue.

I also noticed that the actual FPS is lower than the scene settings (I am not sure if this cause the problem tho and i dont know how to fix it, either :D).

Please watch it in this video: https://vimeo.com/901563229/ddfa53801b 

You help is really appreciated.

Thank you so much for your time,

Tony

[oksamurai · Accepted solution]

Usually this kind of thing happens if a file is too large and/or has too many behaviors and the computer can't handle it in realtime. You can test behaviors performance by turning off their red dots and see if performance improves. Physics, Body, and Head/Body Turner are three that tend to drain a lot of resources. I would also take a look at your PSD or AI file and see how big it is compared to example puppets. If there is any optimization you can do by flattening layers or simplifying things that helps too (and also make sure your resolution is 72dpi). Hope that helps!

[TonyPham247]

Thank you so much Dave. It seems to sove the issue. I have simplified my PSD and it is approaching the scene's settings (22.5 fps compared to 11 fps before).  Not sure how my PSD is still... 146MB with just a bunch of layers. Will continue this process.

[TheOriginalGC]

CH will process hidden layers as well as visible ones. Check to see if you have any large reference layers that are hidden and remove them.