Texture Memory Usage

zoolax

Hi

I am monitoring the Texture memory using this method:

print(math.floor(collectgarbage("count")))

After entering the scene and exiting the scene,I am using scene manager.
It gives me something around 200 KB

but I get a different number using

-- print(application:getTextureMemoryUsage())

This method gives me (10208) which means around 10 MB.

Any body knows why is that?

Thanks:)

atilim

collectgarbage("count") returns the memory that only Lua uses but application:getTextureMemoryUsage() returns the texture memory usage. Your total memory usage is near the summation of these two.

zoolax

@atilim
Thanks.
Is there any limit for texture memory usage?

atilim

It totally depends to your device. (Unfortunately, it not possible to get the available texture memory within OpenGL)

But for iOS and Android, CPU and GPU share the system memory therefore all system memory available is also available for textures.

OZApps

collectgarbage("count") returns the memory that only Lua uses but application:getTextureMemoryUsege() returns the texture memory usage. Your total memory usage is near the summation of these two.

You might want to fix the Usage so that if anyone copy/pastes that, they do not face errors.

atilim

@OZApps uh.. Thank you, updated.