# FPS loss with fade

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fps-loss-with-fade/314050>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 16, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fps-loss-with-fade/314050 "2010-09-16T20:36:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![jany](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@jany](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jany)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fps-loss-with-fade/314050/1 "2010-09-16T20:36:33Z")

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Hey,

In my game I am making, when the character dies, I call a MC with a 1.5 second fade. It goes from alpha 1 to alpha 0 within the 1.5 seconds. It drops the FPS drastically from 40 FPS to average of 15 FPS.

Any ideas what I could use instead, so I don’t lose FPS?

Ty! :thumb2::yoshi: