I have an app that has around 3000 pictures associated with people's names. This is a custom game for a kid's camp. It runs on a self contained Windows computer with the only user interaction being the game itself.
I want to be able to show their name and photo in my app.
I will not have the pictures ahead of time, more pictures and names will be added all the time, and all I know is what folder they will be in and that the name of the image will match the person's name.
How should I handle this? Trying to load 3000 images "At RunTime" doesn't seem to be a slick way to handle this.
"Load Image From URL" seems to be the way to go but so far I can't get this to work unless I "Load Image From URL" at "On Start Of Layout" .... How about "While Layout is running" ??? Can I do that ??
Seems like I should be able to do this for handling dynamic, update-able content in my games yet I can't see any method to handle this...
I need to be able to load an image into my "game" at anytime I want and show it. Pre-loading at "RunTime" is extremely cumbersome, at best...
It would also gives my users some level of easy customization, like replacing sounds in the old Maelstrom game on Macintosh...
Thanks!