Loading Images

Posted by Slick2175 on Sun 07 Dec 2014 06:45 AM — 4 posts, 15,848 views.

Slick2175 USA Sun 07 Dec 2014 06:45 AM #0

If I make a database of images for mushclient to use in miniwindows would I notice a performance increase with loading images?

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Sun 07 Dec 2014 07:37 PM #1

Compared to what other method?

Slick2175 USA Sun 07 Dec 2014 07:44 PM #2


for a in db:nrows([[SELECT * FROM images WHERE name = 'sword']]) do 
   WindowLoadImageMemory (win, "im", a.image)
   WindowDrawImage (win, "im", 20, 20, 0, 0, 1)  -- straight copy
end

Compared to just using the standard. just trying to figure out the fastest way of loading and drawing images.


WindowLoadImage(win, "img", etc)
WindowDrawImage(win, etc

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Sun 07 Dec 2014 08:50 PM #3

I imagine the database would be slightly slower, as it has to look the data up. However it would save having to open the file. Whether you would notice the difference it is hard to say.