Posted by member 99 on 2004-05-21 11:35:01 link
afaik libpng is not loaded via LoadModule/GetProcAddress, so litestep won't start without it. (same deal for zlib)
PNGs might take less time to load off of the disk, or more time to decode. Hard to tell without some kind of benchmark and it'd be specific to your CPU/HD/MB.
Reducing the color depth will also decrease disk space and load time, but Windows has to convert it back to your display's color depth to draw it. Very similar tradeoff to what you get with PNG, hard to tell without benchmarking it.
PNGs might take less time to load off of the disk, or more time to decode. Hard to tell without some kind of benchmark and it'd be specific to your CPU/HD/MB.
Reducing the color depth will also decrease disk space and load time, but Windows has to convert it back to your display's color depth to draw it. Very similar tradeoff to what you get with PNG, hard to tell without benchmarking it.