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One very large texture vs many small textures

Discussion in 'Troubleshooting: Bugs, Questions and Support' started by ThreeDTech21, May 4, 2016.

  1. ThreeDTech21

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    I was wondering if there would be an advantage to 1 very large texture vs many smaller textures?

    For example what if there was a single texture file for a whole car, most BeamNG cars have 10-15 texture files but what of a single huge 8192x8192 (or 16,384x16,384 if possible) texture file that had everything in it?
     
    #1 ThreeDTech21, May 4, 2016
  2. Nadeox1

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    Different textures means a different material for each.
    Each material is a drawcall.
    If then each material has multiple layers, each layer is another drawcall.
    More drawcalls, less FPS (Not as bad as it sounds, FPS goes down only when you got a complex setup + complex meshes).

    But, one huge texture (means 1 single texture) can be tasking on the VRAM, and on the loading times.
     
    #2 Nadeox1, May 4, 2016
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