Re: [pygame] Load Graphics 30x faster than pygame.image.load

[Kamilche <kamilche@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Luke Paireepinart wrote:
> Kamilche wrote:
> > Bob Ippolito wrote:
> > > That doesn't seem to make any sense... you've already loaded the
> > > picture, why convert it to a string just to convert it back to a
> > > picture? It's using up about the same amount of RAM as a string or as
> > > an image object.
> >
> > Assume the string is read from disk, instead of doing a pygame image 
> > load. The speed bump truly surprised me!
> So every time you change your graphics you have to run a separate script 
> to convert the images to strings?
> It seems like this introduces unneeded complexity since your graphics 
> shouldn't be loading at runtime anyway, except
> perhaps in your case in a MMORPG where you may want small loading times 
> (to the point where the user won't notice it
> or at least fast enough that you don't need a loading screen.)
> > --Kamilche

Well, I estimate I'll have 180,000 or so graphics. I'm hoping it will 
fit on a single DVD by the time I'm done; obviously, loading them all at 
runtime isn't an option.

--Kamilche