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Newcomers DBPro Corner / does the sprite commands still eat alot of fps or is that an old issue?

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Cliff 3degs network
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Posted: 1st Feb 2006 00:03
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as iam using sprites for my unit icons at the bottom and the mini map at the top right corner?
see screenie.
would i earn alot more fps by simply making all the sprites in to 3d objects instead that i lock on to the screen?
thanks

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Tywald
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Posted: 1st Feb 2006 10:56
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Not really, Have you tried to use the "SET SPRITE" command to disable the "backsave" setting?
It's evil and will eat up your processing power, esp when using a lot of sprites.
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crighton
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Posted: 1st Feb 2006 17:48
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Nah, i use over 300 sprites in my game just on the mini map, actually the mini map is a sprite aswell.



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Posted: 1st Feb 2006 18:06
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300 sprites for just the minimap eh? Perhaps you should use the "SET CURRENT BITMAP", "PASTE IMAGE" and "GET IMAGE" commands to paste the symbols on a single sprite.
Probably a little faster than using that many sprites.

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Posted: 2nd Feb 2006 03:03
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Tywald, you realise getting and pasting images is slower than using a single sprite?

I use a memblock for the mini map, all changes are done directly into memory, then when needed, my mp is made by 1 command.
make image from memblock.

then if need be, i can size rotate and move it to any location without any trouble at all.

The other sprites are good/evil position and the position of spells when they occur.




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Tywald
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Posted: 2nd Feb 2006 11:37
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crighton:
Aha, i though you were using 300 active sprites that you placed on top of the minimap. Guess i got a little confused there, you're actually just using "one" active sprite for the minimap? The map itself. The minimap "blips" are just images that's written into the memblock?
I've never used a memblock for image manipulation before but it sounds intresting the way you describe it.
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Posted: 2nd Feb 2006 19:42
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where can i learn it the easy way to use memblocks everyone is talking about it.
and i dont know crapp about it.
everybody says it speeds everything upp alot.

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and thanks everybody for the input iam trying to cattch up on dbp as i havent used it for over a year i think.

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