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- Underdog
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Hi everyone,

probably a dumb question but on my project, I have several layouts that are aroung 850mb image memory size.

I tried the game on APK debug and obviously, it's running but at 15-20 fps.

So, I was wondering if it's because I run the game on Debug or if it's because some of my layouts are too big?

If they are too big, what would be an average good image size for mobile?

Thank you.
- lionz
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You're asking for recommendations on image size, but then referencing memory use, which one are you asking about? Did you mean using 850mb of memory?
- Underdog
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Hi Plinkie,

I meant 850mb of memory.
- lionz
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On mobile you're supposed to keep it down to around 100mb of memory, 850mb is crazy.

This blog post may help : construct.net/en/blogs/construct-official-blog-1/remember-not-waste-memory-796
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- Underdog
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Thanks — ,

indeed it's crazy.

I wanted to have some animated background 512x256 that I stretch and it has 30 frames.

Does it take memory use for each frame or only the active frame?

I might remove it then :(

Thank you again for your help
- lionz
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It loads all the frames into memory. 512x256 isn't the worst but 30 frames of animation seems redundant. Best practice if it's for mobile is to keep it simple.
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Which is crazy.

I reduced a lot my BG and saved 200Mb but even by reducing a lot, I still hit 550-600Mb.

Just my character that has only 6 animations (30 fps for 256x256) takes 100Mb.

Can't see how I can reduce more :(