Animation performance issue

hrsmedia

So when I collide with this object an animation plays with 3 images
img1=20kb img2=37kb img3=61kb all image dimensions are 448x448 & png24

When the animation plays the first time on a level, the game pauses/freezes for a second to load in the frames. Do the images need to be smaller than they are currently?
I swear I've used larger images and longer animations in 0.8.9 with less performance lag?

hrsmedia

Well I got around it without changing the images. I created 3 instances off screen with 1 image on each instance. So it loads the images into memory straight away without animating them. This has stopped it pausing/freezing when loading the animation when it's needed.

simo103

thanks for the tip .. will keep that in mind.

MLCinema

Hello, Can you explain how to get the images to load into memory. I am still new to GS.

Thank you.