how to add a long animation without slowdown my app?

dmitriii

hello!
i need to add a long animation (more then 200 frames) in full screen,
when i'm adding it, it works very very slow!(

how to do it correctly?

dmitriii

is there no opportunites?

chosenonestudios

dmitriii said:
is there no opportunites?

I'd break up the animations into different chunks.

jstrahan

does it have to be full screen or can u cheat a little and have the images at say 256x384 it would leave a ring around the images but it would cut down on the size a good bit then if u save as png-8 you should be alot better

quantumsheep

you could make the images 256x256 to stay within the power of 2 limit, then stretch the actor to fill the screen.

I did it on bugzone - quick video here:



You can see the numbers in the background going down the screen on the main menu and on the main action screens - that's all one 256x256 image stretched to fit the screen

QS

synthesis

Best bet is to create an animated scene set to a time sequence. This will be the lightest and most flexible and allow for more animation without all the image overhead. In other words. Create different actors as different parts of the animated scene...as if it were animated paper dolls on a construction paper cutout/collage background. Only animate the pieces that move.

Its similar to the way they make low budget cartoons (like SouthPark).

dmitriii

Thanks,