How do I use 2 sets of textures ?

How do I use 2 sets of textures depending on resolution ?

For games that run under HD Ready resolution (1280x720 or 720x1280), there will be a set of textures and if the resolution is over HD Ready there will be another set of textures (4x size of the original ones).

I know how to check if Window Width * Window Height < 921600, but how do I make the game to choose the set of textures that should use ?

You could use a different animation to store the frames and select the fitting animation depending on the resolution.

mindfaQ

Thanks, I know that, my animations are Default and DefaultHD or Hurt and HurtHD ... etc

I was wondering if there is a way to make the game to auto-select animationHD when the resolution is bigger than HD Ready.

You could just use one set of textures, for HD, and use letterbox scale mode. Then it just scales down the textures for low-res devices.

Ashley

Thanks, but I'm a little greedy, I don't want to cover only more resolutions, but also different aspect ratios. My target is from 320x480 to 1920x1080 (landscape and portrait).

At the moment I am using Scale Inner since Letterbox Scale is bad with aspect ratios.

Also I want to use 2 sets of textures for the following reasons:

• It will optimize the performance on devices with smaller resolution (waste of resources)
• Pre-rendered smaller images looks a little better than scaled down images
• To add an option to use lower graphics on slower hardware (let's say a tablet that has a resolution of 1280x800 but a weak CPU and GPU)

I've found the following "solution":

• Animations will be named AnimationName and AnimationNameHD
• At the start of the first layout create a text global variable named isHD that have the value <font color=blue>""</font> and check if resolution is bigger or less then HD Ready.
• If resolution is bigger, then the value for isHD will be <font color=blue>"HD"</font>
• All the events that have the instructions to change the animation will have the following structure: <font color=blue>"AnimationName" & isHD</font>

I also want to add stuff like particles if <font color=blue>isHD = "HD"</font>.

Please correct me if I am wrong or if there is a better way to do what I want <img src="smileys/smiley20.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

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