Difference between revisions of "Category:TextureFormatRuntime"

Latest revision as of 12:43, 14 March 2015

These are texture file formats that are used at runtime (in-game).

The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.

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-= Category Texture Format Runtime =
 These are texture file formats that are used at runtime (in-game).
-To save memory, runtime textures often use compression. However typically a few very specific compression formats are supported in hardware. This means if you use [[Category:TextureFormat|other texture formats]] they must be uncompressed when they're loaded off the hard drive or disc and into video memory to be used in-game, which in turn increases their memory cost. Hardware-supported compression saves memory, allowing the artist to use larger or more textures.
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-Runtime formats also commonly have pre-created [[MipMap|mip levels]] stored in them, so the game engine doesn't have to create the mips on load, which helps to reduce the time it takes to load the game level.
-Pages in this category:
 [[Category:Texturing]]