hi all thought i'd share this tip...
i was always annoyed by the stuttering during the first 30 seconds of my java3d apps. after experimenting with various command line options http://java.sun.com/docs/hotspot/VMOptions.html it seems the pauses are happening whenever the hotspot compiler compiles bits of code after they have been executed n times (ie interpreted code is swapped for compiled code) by default for the client hotspot n=1500 using -XX:CompileThreshold=5 forces most code to be compiled upfront this increases startup time & jvm size but seems to eliminate most of these pauses i have since come across the undocumented option -Xcomp see http://dgarnier.etudier-online.com/java-tricks.html which forces compilation of all code upfront so now i generally run most java3d apps java -Xcomp -Xincgc 3dApp i've just done some comparisons using 1.4.2 it seems 1.4.2 hotspot is doing the compilation less intrusively - so the effect of -Xcomp is less noticible anyway... you might want to experiment for yourself j =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
