[LUA] Unloading an image and font?

[Zasisem]

It is a interesting sharing......

What is?

[Killerfeeshy]

Am I right in saying that if you have already loaded a font you can replace it with another one of the same name, for example

Font1 has been previously loaded

Now you load a new font but again call it Font1

Does this overwrite the first Font1?

Thanks

[Zasisem]

Am I right in saying that if you have already loaded a font you can replace it with another one of the same name, for example

Font1 has been previously loaded

Now you load a new font but again call it Font1

Does this overwrite the first Font1?

Thanks

There's 2 ways someone can answer your question.

Answer 1
font_1 = Font.load("verdana.ttf")
font_2 = Font.load("verdana.ttf")
Notice we use the same font verdana.ttf but with different variable names. This is fine.

Answer 2
font_1 = Font.load("verdana.ttf")
font_1 = Font.load("spacefont.ttf")
The last font that was loaded spacefont will work as the variable font_1

So your answer is yes.. It will replace it

[Killerfeeshy]

Am I right in saying that if you have already loaded a font you can replace it with another one of the same name, for example

Font1 has been previously loaded

Now you load a new font but again call it Font1

Does this overwrite the first Font1?

Thanks

There's 2 ways someone can answer your question.

Answer 1
font_1 = Font.load("verdana.ttf")
font_2 = Font.load("verdana.ttf")
Notice we use the same font verdana.ttf but with different variable names. This is fine.

Answer 2
font_1 = Font.load("verdana.ttf")
font_1 = Font.load("spacefont.ttf")
The last font that was loaded spacefont will work as the variable font_1

So your answer is yes.. It will replace it

Thanks man, I was looking for answer 2 but I do that in scripts anyway :p also I should have been more specific, does answer 2 overwrite the font that's loaded in the ram, therefor using less ram (memory)

[10$man]

I think that both fonts are still loaded, but you can't access the first of the two. Thus the command, collect.garbage() which removes unused data from memory.

I have loaded a massive amount of images into Luaplayer and had no problem with memory, so don't kill yourself over this.

[cmbeke]

The easiest way to check if it overwrites or replaces would be to use System.getFreeMemory(), then load and unload a font a couple times to see if it works.

[Zasisem]

I think that both fonts are still loaded, but you can't access the first of the two.

This.

I have loaded a massive amount of images into Luaplayer and had no problem with memory, so don't kill yourself over this.

So have I.

The easiest way to check if it overwrites or replaces would be to use System.getFreeMemory(), then load and unload a font a couple times to see if it works.

It will load both.

[Killerfeeshy]

Thanks for the feedback peeps, I'll carry on using collect.garbage() as I've been doing then

Thanks