How to best manage embedded assets?

[jacobalbano]

We were getting waaaay off topic, so:

Continuing the discussion from Access of undefined property:

Access of undefined property

@SHiLLySiT, @jacobalbano i’ve a little question about this “multiplication” stuff, i mean, actually not instance multiplication, so it’s not multiplication i think anyway, my question is about embedding things, i’m using a global store class to embed everything and get from there to entities while entities creating… is that wrong? also, what if i embed “same file with same path” to “two or more different classes in their own package” is compilation combines them or adds two different image files to swf?

My rule against globals only applies to mutable data. Since embedded assets are constant, there’s no problem with having them globally accessible. With FLAKit I actually generate an Assets class that includes every image, audio, and text file in the project.

I don’t know if the compiler combines duplicate assets, but my hunch is that it doesn’t. Could be interesting to experiment and see if it increases the size of the SWF.