Check if it's running with WebGL or Canvas?

[isfuturebright]

Is there any way to know which way he's rendering?

[xerver]

Check the renderer instance:

if(myrenderer instanceof PIXI.CanvasRenderer) {    //canvas renderer} else {    //webgl renderer}

[isfuturebright]

@rolnaaba It is rendering to webgl! So any idea why I can't render with webgl when using phaser?

[xerver]

Not without seeing your code.

[rich]

Agreed, need to see some source code.

 

You can check if your browser supports WebGL by just launching any of the three.js demos for example.

[isfuturebright]

@Rich we were able to run this three.js demo http://threejs.org/examples/#webgl_animation_skinning_morph though with a bit of lag. I'll set up a phaser project like the bunny benchmark on the Pixi and get back to you guys.

[isfuturebright]

So I made a quick example here that works like the bunny benchmark on pixijs. It works when I set the render to CANVAS but the screen stays black when it's set to either WEBGL or AUTO.

 

Here is the example running on the Smart TV emulator. It works the same on TV with worse performance, obvious

 

I've attached the full project for you guys to take a look. It won't work on a normal browser since it will try to find the referenced TV APIs. 

phaserjs_bunnybenchmark.zip

[rich]

If the Pixi WebGL demos work for you, but Phaser in WebGL mode doesn't, then it can only really be a few things. I have never used the Smart TV emulator, does it have a standard console you can inspect? My guess is there will be an error in there somewhere.

 

Try toggling the transparent and anti-alias flags too.

[isfuturebright]

@rich It worked! I had to set the tranparent to true! Wow what a difference in performance!

[rich]

That's really strange, but I'm glad it works One to add to the docs!!

[isfuturebright]

@rich the TV is a weird place, believe me hahaha.