Unchaos for Mac
by rennie moffat · in iTorque 2D · 07/11/2010 (7:25 pm) · 12 replies
Hi,
I am simply looking to optimize my game, and I understand that Unchaos is good as it groups images onto a single sheet, maximizing loading time efficiency. I work on a Mac however and am unable to open and work with Unchaos as provided by iTGB. I am wondering is there a comparable program for Mac users?
I am simply looking to optimize my game, and I understand that Unchaos is good as it groups images onto a single sheet, maximizing loading time efficiency. I work on a Mac however and am unable to open and work with Unchaos as provided by iTGB. I am wondering is there a comparable program for Mac users?
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My thanks to Garage Games and the Garage Games Community combined with owned determination I got one game up, Temple Racer and I am looking to build more interesting, fun games for the mass market of the iOS app store.
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07/12/2010 (7:40 am)
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#4
I went thru BC's rain forests, and the trees were epic there too. I remember I once saw one huge one, growing in the stump of another GIGANTIC one. Holy shmorgasborg.
07/12/2010 (10:27 am)
Swweeet.I went thru BC's rain forests, and the trees were epic there too. I remember I once saw one huge one, growing in the stump of another GIGANTIC one. Holy shmorgasborg.
#5
Use the words. sprite sheet generator Mac
I found a bunch that work for you.
07/14/2010 (3:27 pm)
Since we last talked, I have been doing some surfing on googleUse the words. sprite sheet generator Mac
I found a bunch that work for you.
#6
Hope this helps - good luck
07/14/2010 (4:47 pm)
You can get Unchaos running on your Mac using Crossover (I posted on here about this in another thread). Apparently you should be able to use Winebottler to run it as well, which would be better as Winebottler is free, but I couldn't get that to work.Hope this helps - good luck
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I have used both Crossover and WineBottler to use various PC programs, but both, I felt were glitchy and problematic.
Thanks tho. When/if needed I will try Dean's and Michael's approach.
Cheers.
07/14/2010 (4:52 pm)
@Seb, I have used both Crossover and WineBottler to use various PC programs, but both, I felt were glitchy and problematic.
Thanks tho. When/if needed I will try Dean's and Michael's approach.
Cheers.
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07/14/2010 (7:06 pm)
Winebottler works perfectly for me with UnChaos...
#9
Anyhoo...
07/14/2010 (7:17 pm)
ok, I am newbish to computers and cross over stuff just seems fancy, it does not have my full trust yet. Anyhoo...
#10
It "unhappily" costs (a mere $25 bucks) but is hell fast and its capability to remember what images are in to update the sheet from the corresponding source images without fucking up the layout is a serious gain :) also it throws out a plist (->xml) so really iphone -osx friendly
07/14/2010 (11:52 pm)
The only really solid alternative I so far found is http://zwoptexapp.com/It "unhappily" costs (a mere $25 bucks) but is hell fast and its capability to remember what images are in to update the sheet from the corresponding source images without fucking up the layout is a serious gain :) also it throws out a plist (->xml) so really iphone -osx friendly
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As in, is it only needed/is a good way to save memory? Increase load speed?
07/15/2010 (1:52 am)
How essential is source rects? As in, is it only needed/is a good way to save memory? Increase load speed?
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Rennie, source rects are only useful if you have a bunch of images of different sizes and you want to store them all on one image sheet. You can then create a single POT image, comprised of many different sized sprites, and you can then PVR them. Source rects provides a mechanism for extracting individual images of different sizes. It's basically a sprite sheet containing sprites of different sizes.
Personally, I only have one image that uses source rects. Most of my images are comprised of sprites that are the same size (either 32x32, or 64x64), so I pack those into a CELL image.
Not sure if source rects is a standard in the industry or not, so I always try to make my sprites all the same size and use CELLS. I'm pretty sure that most gaming engines will support CELL and KEY, because people have been using those methods for years.
07/15/2010 (4:16 am)
Marc, that looks like an interesting app. I will check it out.Rennie, source rects are only useful if you have a bunch of images of different sizes and you want to store them all on one image sheet. You can then create a single POT image, comprised of many different sized sprites, and you can then PVR them. Source rects provides a mechanism for extracting individual images of different sizes. It's basically a sprite sheet containing sprites of different sizes.
Personally, I only have one image that uses source rects. Most of my images are comprised of sprites that are the same size (either 32x32, or 64x64), so I pack those into a CELL image.
Not sure if source rects is a standard in the industry or not, so I always try to make my sprites all the same size and use CELLS. I'm pretty sure that most gaming engines will support CELL and KEY, because people have been using those methods for years.
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