Deleting Loaded Images
Posted: Jun 26, 2003 @ 4:58pmPocketMatrix
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Deleting Loaded Images
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Posted: Jun 26, 2003 @ 4:58pmPosted: Jun 26, 2003 @ 5:07pmPosted: Jun 27, 2003 @ 12:15amPosted: Jun 27, 2003 @ 12:18amPosted: Jun 27, 2003 @ 5:01amPosted: Jun 27, 2003 @ 9:33pmPosted: Jun 27, 2003 @ 10:03pmPosted: Jun 28, 2003 @ 12:40amPosted: Jun 28, 2003 @ 12:50amPosted: Jun 28, 2003 @ 1:11amPosted: Jun 28, 2003 @ 1:51amPosted: Jun 28, 2003 @ 1:55amPosted: Jun 28, 2003 @ 6:59amPosted: Jun 28, 2003 @ 7:16amPosted: Jun 28, 2003 @ 1:08pmOne thing I learned in the process of doing I:T (after the fact actually, so it didn't help for that game) is that loading large images is faster than loading a number of smaller images that equals the larger. In other words, it's better speed-wise to have a big 1024x768 image containing a bunch of smaller images comprising animations and such and blitting them with source rectangles than storing each frame separately. I'm not sure of memory utilization implications, but it does improve load times.