Update: If you want te test the usage of the texture atlas in game, use this branch: https://code.launchpad.net/~widelands-dev/widelands/use_image_cache
After you generated the texture atlas, you have to move the files into a directory called cache: $ build/src/graphic/wl_make_texture_atlas 8192 $ mkdir cache $ mv output* cache Then start Widelands as usual. > Can the building be part of installation process? No, since it requires an OpenGL context to build the texture atlas. Therefore, a GUI is needed. > I dont understand that stuff fully, but an user can pick various resolutions > + windowed/fullscreen mode on his/her PC - no problem with this? No, no problem with that. > If one changes graphics, he has to put the atlas into a branch and upload for > testing? No, a graphic dev would need to run the program like described in this merge request - they could do that locally. The problem is that we'd need to build texture atlases at various sizes: 16384, 8192, 4096, 2048 and check all images in. If a dev changes one of the source images, all of these atlases would change again - this would yield huge changes to the bzr repo (since the images are big, 50MB). > Will this restrict the resolution options? F.e. no 800x600 resolution > anymore? No, I meant the max texture resolution of graphics cards. The game will not loose any features, just gain performance. > May there could be some kind of slideshow and/or descriptions of the game to > bridge the time for the user while in the background the atlas is made? That is hard - since all graphics need to go into the atlas. We could probably show a still image or some text, maybe also a progress bar. -- https://code.launchpad.net/~widelands-dev/widelands/full_texture_atlas/+merge/281909 Your team Widelands Developers is requested to review the proposed merge of lp:~widelands-dev/widelands/full_texture_atlas into lp:widelands. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~widelands-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~widelands-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
