love.graphics.getStats

Available since LÖVE 0.9.2
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Gets performance-related rendering statistics.

Function

Synopsis

stats = love.graphics.getStats( )

Arguments

None.

Returns

table stats

A table with the following fields:

number drawcalls

The number of draw calls made so far during the current frame.

number canvasswitches

The number of times the active Canvas has been switched so far during the current frame.

number texturememory

The estimated total size in bytes of video memory used by all loaded Images, Canvases, and Fonts.

number images

The number of Image objects currently loaded.

number canvases

The number of Canvas objects currently loaded.

number fonts

The number of Font objects currently loaded.

number shaderswitches Available since 0.10.2

The number of times the active Shader has been changed so far during the current frame.

Examples

display the estimated amount of video memory used for textures

function love.load()
    love.graphics.setNewFont(24)
end
 
function love.draw()
    local stats = love.graphics.getStats()
 
    local str = string.format("Estimated amount of texture memory used: %.2f MB", stats.texturememory / 1024 / 1024)
    love.graphics.print(str, 10, 10)
end

See Also

• love.graphics