YanBG
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I'm using png frames for the character animations and they have transparency. This is how the game looks now: http://media.indiedb.com/images/games/1/44/43236/Screenshot_5.png
I render blender models with a script that creates .sprite files for direct use in GM:S and it's just a few clicks but i had to crop each one manually in the resource tree.
The problem is that my game became too heavy(26 texture pages) and i still have to put more environmental objects, so i was thinking about re-rendering the characters in smaller resolution/size(maybe even a mobile port) because they are pretty big now. With half the size, less frames per animation and 5 angles instead of 8 they would use 4-5 times less space. The rendering would be a lot faster as well but i wonder how much manual work i have to do in GM:S itself, e.g. would they get cropped automaticly or there will be more texture pages and lag because of the transparent space?
Also recently i started to get "out of Memory Error" while compiling the texture pages on a fresh run of the game. Any ideas why is that, maybe my graphics card can't take anymore?
I render blender models with a script that creates .sprite files for direct use in GM:S and it's just a few clicks but i had to crop each one manually in the resource tree.
The problem is that my game became too heavy(26 texture pages) and i still have to put more environmental objects, so i was thinking about re-rendering the characters in smaller resolution/size(maybe even a mobile port) because they are pretty big now. With half the size, less frames per animation and 5 angles instead of 8 they would use 4-5 times less space. The rendering would be a lot faster as well but i wonder how much manual work i have to do in GM:S itself, e.g. would they get cropped automaticly or there will be more texture pages and lag because of the transparent space?
Also recently i started to get "out of Memory Error" while compiling the texture pages on a fresh run of the game. Any ideas why is that, maybe my graphics card can't take anymore?