Use texture packed sheet or Images?

Favfly

When loading a texture into a bitmap, I could use an image or a texture sheet:

--Using images:
gfx.potato = Bitmap.new(Texture.new(“images/mySpud.png”))

--Using texture sheet:
gfx.potato = Bitmap.new(self.g:getTextureRegion("mySpud.png"))


However, using images, I can load a texture without it immediately having to be a bitmap:

texture.spud = Texture.new(“images/mySpud.png”)

This is very useful to me. My question is: Can I do the same with a graphic from a texture sheet?

Cheers, in advance.

keszegh

well, you can certainly do e.g.

mytextureregion=self.g:getTextureRegion("mySpud.png")

and use this textureregion anytime you want later. isn't this good for you?

antix

All of the images contained within a texture pack are just textures until you make them into bitmaps.

SinisterSoft

The main advantage is that if you can pack most of your game sprites into the single large texture sheet then the gfx system won't have to keep swapping textures - so it will be faster at displaying the images.

Favfly

Thanks, everyone. This has been very useful. :-)