SKShader performance slowdown

Question

I need to implement a custom shader node using SpriteKit. In simulator everything is ok. On a device (iPad 3rd gen) shader animation is smooth just for first ~30 seconds, after

Answer 1

This is an issue with the u_time uniform, I got around it by adding my own uniform float and using it instead of using u_time

Shader

void main(void)
     {
        float currTime = myUniform;
        ...
    }

Update

 override func update(currentTime: CFTimeInterval) {
        let shadedNode = self.childNodeWithName("shadedNode") as SKSpriteNode
        let uniform = shadedNode.shader!.uniformNamed("myUniform")
        uniform!.floatValue = Float(currentTime)
    }