Question about sprites

So I've started working on a prototype for a game.

not that it really matters why, But I needed a massive sprite for this which would simulate the earth so to speak.

whilst trying to create said sprite. construct crashes.

So my question is if there is a limit to size, or is it just that I cant use the build in sprite maker to make them?

were talking 100kx100k pixels here.

Generally speaking, massive sprites run into graphical memory issues. Best practice is to use a combination of tiled backgrounds and a variety of layered components (that can be resized, reshaped, or recolored for relatively low resource costs), or a tilemap.

Another technique can include using a lower resolution "outline", resized to be massive, as a blending mask over a tiled background "texture" to create layers for things such as biomes.

Read this article if you haven't already - construct.net/en/blogs/construct-official-blog-1/remember-not-to-waste-your-memory-796

Thanks oosyrag, I never thought a single sprite would run into issues. but thanks to the article it makes a lot of sense now. I'll have to think of a different way of doing this.