cocos2d for iPhone

A fast, easy to use, free, and community supported 2D game engine

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   javy
   Member

   I have many different objects each with their own image or multiple images. To combine all the images into one single image is not practical, as not all objects are used at the same time, and on the same scene. I would be loading many images that would likely not get used.

   My initial thought at this point in the design is to have multiple AtlasSpriteManagers, one for each object. However, this could quickly explode into 10 or 20 different managers.

   Is this a potential problem? Should I consider using Sprite instead?

   The documentation says that AtlasSprite is MUCH faster, and I would like to have the rendering speed, if possible.

   Thanks for any advice offered to help clarify this!

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Clain
   Member

   An AtlasSpriteManager containing only one AtlasSprite is not faster than a regular Sprite, it's about the same. It is much faster when it holds several AtlasSprites because it can draw all of its AtlasSprite children in as many OpenGL calls as one regular Sprite would.

   You could think there's no point in having AtlasSpriteManagers with only one AtlasSprite child. There's at least one : you can use AtlasAnimation. Keep in mind that a sprite sheet with all the images is faster to load into memory and it often reduces the total amount of memory taken compared to the different images loaded one by one.

   10 or 20 AtlasSpriteManagers is like having 10 or 20 Sprites. No big deal.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   javy
   Member

   Thank you, that cleared a lot up!

   Posted 2 years ago #

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