Re: [pygame] Anyone use Blender to create sprite sequences?

[Jasper Phillips <jasper@peak.org>]

Sure sounds like optimization to me, which is exactly why I've held off
moving to "filmstrips".  Plus the optimization seems fairly minor for
pure pygame rendering.

On the other hand, perhaps it's a big win when rendering through openGL?
I can see how if you put the filmstrip into texture memory their _might_
be a way to change the drawn subrect, which I think would allow you to
simply change the "Frame Index" and avoid the cost of blitting.

Only problem is that looking at the pyopenGL docs nothing like this leaps
out at me. :-/  Anyone know off hand if something like this works?

-Jasper

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, [utf-8] Bruno Martínez Aguerre wrote:

> You don't have to split them up to use them.  You can just blit the exact  
> frame from the surface.  Also, this may save memory and simplify the  
> managment of the surfaces, as you have fewer.
> 
> Bruno
> 
> On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:10:21 -0400 (EDT), <shandy@geeky.net> wrote:
> 
> > what does it matter?  it's up to the coder to split them up into
> > animation frames anyways, right?
> >
> > this is the reason why i don't bother with putting all the frames into
> > one image.  I consider that optimization, something to be done when the
> > rest of your game is finished.
> >
> > -sjbrown
> >
> >
> >> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the sprites in solarwolf are
> >> assembled the wrong way.  Each .png is a horizontally large image, when
> >> it should be a vertical strip, to improve memory coherence.
> >>
> >> What am I missing?
> >>
> >> Bruno