Should I use Paste into Background for large levels

[BrashMonkey]

Hi,

I'm trying to reuse art as much as possible for levels, which means "tiles" and other repeating objects.. I want them global so they need to be actives...at least at the start...

For a very large level, maybe 10 screens wide, should I leave them as actives or paste them all into BG at the start of the level, then destroy them? I'm worried about making a giant "texture" image.... is this fear unfounded? If I paste all into background (with "no effect on collisions" checked), will it merge them all into a massive image or does it keep them as seperate BG images?


Whats the best approach for frame rate?
thanks

[Anders]

The performance would pretty much be the same I think. Added backdrops are not stored in a huge texture. Instead they are stored as individual images.

It would be nice if you could try it out in a real-world example like your game if there are any performance differences between the two methods. It would maybe be of interest to other game developers