How do I reduce engine fps costs?

I am so stuck.

My game was running at 60fps early yesterday. I edited a lot of things that I forgot to keep proper track of. When I saw fps was at 27%, I clawed through the code looking for anything triggering often. Found 2 things with a 10% count and squashed them- fps rose to 42%.

But it seems that despite extremely low draw calls and code being actively used, the fps has dived because of the engine.

What does that even mean? How can I reduce the engine costs?

Thanks.

See where it says 5454?

See where it says 5454?

Yeh it turns out the object count was slightly too high. I reduced it to 5000 and it runs at 60fps

I originally didnt think that would be the issue though as I thought that would come under draw count

Most common causes are listed in Performance tips.

However if you can spot a big difference like that after making a change, you know it must be the change that caused it. Narrowing down what that is can be tricky, which is why it's important to check regularly.

Kenthria 5000 objects on screen still being too much I think. Not every PC configuration will do the 60 fps that you have.

Kenthria 5000 objects on screen still being too much I think. Not every PC configuration will do the 60 fps that you have.

Not all but my PC is far from great. Below average- graphics card with a broken fan, 4gig RAM ( i use a lot of apps and stuff in Chrome when testing too ).

Thankfully too- anything above 30fps is fine for the type of game it is, but I'm fighting to not let it close. No physics, no pathfinding, just tiles that are mostly idle- until interacted with.