cocos2d for iPhone

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   zenkimoto
   Member

   Hi All,

   As I am learning Cocos2d, I'm seeing that it allows textures. This is a bit confusing to me as textures are usually in 3D games. What is the difference between a sprite and a texture in Cocos2D? When would you use one vs the other?

   I guess the more simple question would be what is a CCTexture2D and when would you use it?

   Thanks!

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   zenkimoto
   Member

   I've been reviewing the Cocos2D source code. CCTexture2D is used by CCSprite to generate the sprite. But what instances would you use CCTexture2D over a CCSprite? Is it when you need to directly manipulate the OpenGL texture? If that is the case, why would you want to?

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Codemattic
   Moderator

   Cocos2D used textures so it can get the benefits of OpenGL hardware acceleration. Its basically drawing these textures on a 2d plane. If you use effects like orbit camera you can see that its really a 2d plane of textures in a 3d world.

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. 

   Joethemonkey101
   On probation

   So if you wanted a background, you could use a CCSprite and make it z:-1?

   Posted 1 year ago #
5. 

   ltgbau
   Member

   In case I want to draw 10000 cells, which better (faster and low memory usage) between CCSprite and texture drawing?

   Posted 8 months ago #

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