Hi all

I’m building a small game with a 3d environment and 2d characters using away3d 4.0. For the 2d characters I’m thinking of using a png sequence on a single plane, or maybe a sprite… just wanting to know peoples thoughts on the best approach for this with fastest possible rendering.

for example i could apply a spritesheet via bitmapMaterial to a plane and then update the uv coordinates to the appropriate position each frame.

or (probably slower) have a bitmapMaterial for each frame and replace the material each frame.

or I’m sure there are a few other way?..

anyways I’ll probably give each a go… but just thought it would be a good idea to see if anyone else have any knowledge in this area.

Hi,

I’d probably start by looking at the AnimatedBitmapMaterial class, since it seems to be optimized for that kind of stuff, and see if I can extend it or just create my own out of it.

Hey Pete, yeah have a look at that class but I’d say do experiment on your animated UV idea. You could use a sprite sheet for a character and just move through this sheet as if it was a timeline, quite interesting and efficient I’m sure.

If you do so and feel like reporting how it goes here, it would be awesome!