Re: [pygame] Animated sprites

[Simon Wittber <simonwittber@xxxxxxxxx>]

> If you're using OpenGL it depends.  Texture sizes only come in powers of
> two, so you can potentially save space by packing odd sized frames into
> a single image of the correct size, or waste a bunch if you pack
> texture-sized images into an odd size filmstrip.  On balance it'll
> probably save space if done well, provided your frames aren't all sized
> in powers of 2 to begin with.

If you've got plenty of memory, using mipmapped textures allows you to
use any dimension texture, and also help's with texture quality if you
are doing a lot of zooming in and out.


Sw.