slowdown

how do i get graphics to display quicker first time they are drawn? in my game it takes about 5 seconds to run through an animation of 32 880*600 images (which should take less than 1) the first time each frame is drawn, after that i'ts smooth as it should be.

is there a way of getting around this problem? i know they are large images, but compatibility with slow computers isn't an issue, plus it all runs fine on my Intel graphics chip.

Cheers
Charlie

use 4 times as many images at 1/4 the size?

Draw them off screen first. The graphics card loads the images from system memory the first time they are used, that's why it's slower.

ok, drawing them off screen makes sense. thanks.

Cheers
Charlie

Or precache them in VRAM like this:

Function ccCreateFrames(image:TImage) 
	'Use this to cache an image or animimage in VRAM for quicker drawing later.
	For Local c=0 Until image.frames.length
		image.Frame(c)
	Next
End Function

But drawing them off-screen will ahve the same effect.