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2D All the way! / Sprite vs Paste Image

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GameMaker Jason
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Posted: 26th Feb 2004 23:31
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Is there any advantage of using sprite instead of images apart form rotate a move sprite and does it save proccessor time?

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Pincho Paxton
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Posted: 26th Feb 2004 23:45
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In DB Classic, sprites have perfect collision, so that easy collision system is an advantage. In DBPro, I'm not actually sure what the advantages are for sprites. They are supposed to be fast, but they require an extra collision routine, so I'm not sure if they end up faster than pasted images or not.

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CloseToPerfect
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Posted: 27th Feb 2004 06:23
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sprties give realtime rotation, scaling, alpha function and sprite automatically track positions, sprite x or sprite y, you can set draw priority with sprites easily, as well as use box collision easy. sprites have alot of built in handles that you may or may not need but using image you will have to make handle function yourself. neither is noticable faster or slower, sprite may take some getting used to but they can really shorten you programming time. That said I still almost always use paste image for my backgrounds, no real reason just habit I guess.

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Prep
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Posted: 28th Feb 2004 02:33
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One of my favourite things about using sprites is if you make a sprite with its image set to 1 and change image 1 it updates without the need for any more code.

I like that. Good for animating water tiles and such I find.

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Chaos
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Posted: 28th Feb 2004 20:38
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Well i use DBPRO and normally i will create maps using paste image and then have my charcter as a sprite. Also sprites are usfull for animatng water and other effects. But it is really a matter of choice.


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