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The biggest Texture you can create in Starling, which uses the Stage3D API, is limited to a maximum size of 2048 × 2048. Why is there such a size limit? I've read somewhere that a texture of this size should only consume ~16-17 MB of memory, which doesn't seem a lot to me. Is this limit based on limits on the most common devices? (impractically slow to load if any larger) Or it's a lower-level technological limitation? (It cannot get any higher even with the best GPU)

dayuloli
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  • New to all this so please don't burn me if this is basic to you! – dayuloli Dec 05 '14 at 04:30
  • 1 texture consumes 16.7MB. If you have 100 textures (which the case is common), your game will consume 1670MB RAM. Does it really make sense? – Raptor Dec 05 '14 at 04:32
  • But why is there a limit? Why not let the developer decide? Instead of 100 such textures, the developer can have 25 textures of 4096 x 4096? Maybe it will pack together even better as there'll be less wasted space? – dayuloli Dec 05 '14 at 04:35

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You can use 4096x4096 in starling but your application will only be supported by some devices. 2048x2048 is generally the best target for a good range of cross platform support. If you are targeting desktop or web you should be ok to use bigger textures. You should also avoid using multiple spritesheets, it is possible to have an entire game in 1 or 2 2048x2048 spritesheets. You could also look to using videos in starling (See Starling 1.6) if you want detailed animations.

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