Hi,

I posted something about this issue some time ago in another topic but didn't have any example to show. Now I managed to create a very simple sketch which explodes with an out of memory exception in GL after a couple of minutes running. It loads 2 images (700Kb bmps) in loop. If I run it in P3D it runs smoothly.

Here's the code:
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import processing.opengl.*;

PImage bitmap;
int flag = 0;

void setup()
{
 size(640, 480, OPENGL);
 framerate(10);
}
void draw()
{
 if (flag==1)
   bitmap = loadImage("a.bmp");
 else
   bitmap = loadImage("b.bmp");
 flag = 1-flag;
 image(bitmap, 0, 0);
 println(millis());
}
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Please advise.

Thanks,
Nuno

Hi Fry,

Thank you for your reply.

Hum... I cannot avoid loading images during draw() because I have a pool of over 200 BMPs around 700Kb each and so it is completely impossible to pre-load them!

Flash: I already implemented it in Flash but it will not do because it doesn't use hardware acceleration and the result is not smooth at all.

P3D mode: I need to rotate the images and, while in OPENGL mode this works fine, in P3D after rotation they get all jagged. BTW, is there a way to turn anti-alias on in P3D? Anyway, in this mode the result is somewhat jumpy, like Flash, and I really need it to be veeeery smooth.

Any other ideas to solve this in Processing? Otherwise I'll have to find an alternative to Processing (which I love). ((

Thanks again,
Nuno