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3Dski

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Posted: 11th Jan 2020 21:37

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It seems to me that if you have multiple sprites represented by the same sprite that you'd only call LoadImage() once, then use the returned ID to create as many sprites as you want using CreateSprite()?

This may be an odd question, but I think I saw some code where someone always called LoadImage() before CreateSprite() even though the same image was previously loaded, so I'm asking as a reality check here : )

Also, If you want to do clean-up, do you need to delete sprites before you delete their images (does the deletion order matter)? AND... If you created all the sprites you wanted, can you delete the backing image for those Sprites without harming the existence of those sprites?

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Posted: 11th Jan 2020 22:12

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Quote: "It seems to me that if you have multiple sprites represented by the same sprite that you'd only call LoadImage() once, then use the returned ID to create as many sprites as you want using CreateSprite()?"

Correct. You could also use CloneSprite() to create multiple copies of the same sprite

Quote: "Also, If you want to do clean-up, do you need to delete sprites before you delete their images (does the deletion order matter)?"

I don't think it matters but i would delete sprites before images just to make sure

Quote: "If you created all the sprites you wanted, can you delete the backing image for those Sprites without harming the existence of those sprites?"

I'm not 100% sure but i think that would not be adviseable

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Posted: 16th Jan 2020 23:48

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Quote: ""If you created all the sprites you wanted, can you delete the backing image for those Sprites without harming the existence of those sprites?""

if you delete the image the sprites will revert back to the "missing image" image

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Posted: 20th Jan 2020 17:18

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Quote: "if you delete the image the sprites will revert back to the "missing image" image"

Yes, I tested this. My original thought was, "If I created the sprite with the image, maybe I don't need that image anymore.". It turns out you have to keep that image.

My line of questioning originated from the fact that I saw that Studio was creating a scene file that loads the same image file again for each copy of a sprite you drag into the scene, and this struck me as odd and inefficient.

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