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Newcomers AppGameKit Corner / how often to use sync()?

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dandrews
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how often should i be calling sync()? specifically when loading elements for a "level". does it help with memory to call it more often? i ask because when playing my game on my phone it runs well but when i try to play on my kids tablets it sometimes crashes and exits the game while loading the level usually on higher levels that require more enemies to spawn at the beginning
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Virtual Nomad
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Posted: 29th Sep 2022 18:31
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you don't need to Sync() when loading media (and shouldn't). are the crashes offering a reason why?

when you advise "later levels" and "more enemies", i'm wondering how much media you've already loaded and, of that, how much will be re-used.

if you're not gonna need it again, delete it.

otherwise, if you've been loading massive amounts of media and continue to do so, at some point it will be "too much" for a given device.
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Posted: 29th Sep 2022 19:00 Edited at: 29th Sep 2022 19:00
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thanks no mad and my question is, i have code like below where at the beginning of my app i assign names for loading images until i need to create the sprite with the image like below

even if i delete the sprite using the image is the media still loaded??
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Quote: "even if i delete the sprite using the image is the media still loaded??"

yes, the images are still there.
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dandrews
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Posted: 29th Sep 2022 20:56
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i see and will address that. another question though if im using the same image on multiple sprites do i call loadimage for all of them or is there a more effective way? this is my current code for spawning one set of enemies
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I use a method similar to this
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Virtual Nomad
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@dandrews,

i'm dying to see what you've been working so hard on. Screenshot/GIF/Vid, please?
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dandrews
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i'm dying to see what you've been working so hard on. Screenshot/GIF/Vid, please?
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I will give some updates soon and I appreciate all the help it's been rough learning and creating at the same time. Btw after I use say

Should I then

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Quote: "Deleteimage(image)"

not if the image is still being used by a sprite, no.

same applies to images still in use in any other fashion beyond sprites (by text, 3D objects, etc).
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Posted: 2nd Oct 2022 03:18 Edited at: 2nd Oct 2022 04:01
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Here's a little peek

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Looking good! Keep at it
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