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AppGameKit Classic Chat / [SOLVED] Memory Usage Increasing Due to Sprites?

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nickshepherd
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Posted: 5th Jul 2018 21:21
Hello,

I am making a slot machine app that basically moves a sprite down the screen and when it is out of view I call the function NewIcon() which changes the sprite image to be that which corresponds to the symbol set to pay. However, my memory usage increases as I continue running the program until it slows and crashes. Am I going about this incorrectly? Thank you!



Function NewIcon()
if getspriteexists(spot1.spr) = 1 then deletesprite(spot1.spr)
if spot1t = 1
hat.img = LoadImage( "icon_1.png" )
spot1.spr = CreateSprite( hat.img )
endif

if spot1t = 2
axe.img = LoadImage( "icon_2.png" )
spot1.spr = CreateSprite( axe.img )
endif
Endfunction

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IronManhood
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Posted: 5th Jul 2018 22:19
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You are using LoadImage() incorrectly. Move that outside any loop and only call it once. If you need to use the same variable to load a different image, make sure to delete the previously loaded image before loading any other image. Also, you could just use SetSpriteImage() instead of deleting the sprite and recreating it every time you need to change sprite images.



nickshepherd
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Posted: 6th Jul 2018 19:08
Thank you, that makes sense!

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