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What is smarter: several smaller textures or one bigger texture atlas

Discussion in 'Editor & General Support' started by Tech-Labs, Oct 18, 2019.

  1. Tech-Labs

    Tech-Labs

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    Hi,

    So say I have three 1k textures that I apply to a block of houses (one object).
    What is smarter to do in balancing memory use and speed:

    1) Keep using the three separate textures, using less memory in total
    2) Create a 2k atlas for these textures, using just 1 textures but of a total size that's bigger than the three 1k textures

    Cheer!

    Marco