I have a 14x2 spritesheet which has 125 Kb in raw .png. But as soon as I compile that to .xnb, it mutates to 4 MB.
So my question is: Why is that? And how can I fix that?
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- \$\begingroup\$ Different formats, different sizes. Have you tried different source file sizes? What are you compiling into the .xnb? Are you sure it's only that sprite sheet going in? \$\endgroup\$House– House2013-06-27 15:43:47 +00:00Commented Jun 27, 2013 at 15:43
- \$\begingroup\$ Yes I am pretty sure. I have another spritesheet which has 10 MB in .xnb format. I think these filesize changes originate from spritesheets with a lot of frames. I would even go so far that the .xnb is every frame * original filesize \$\endgroup\$IMX– IMX2013-06-27 16:19:23 +00:00Commented Jun 27, 2013 at 16:19
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2 I believe images in xnb format are uncompressed so image file size is purely a function of image size and colour depth.
Width * Height * Depth = Size
If your image is 1024px square at 32 bits per pixel, it'll be 4mb in size.
Edit
You could try using the DxtCompressed option, in the solution explorer > content project > image file > properties > texture format - change Color to DxtCompressed
- \$\begingroup\$ So, reducing the bits from 32 to 16 will make the file 50% smaller \$\endgroup\$IMX– IMX2013-06-27 16:22:56 +00:00Commented Jun 27, 2013 at 16:22
- 1\$\begingroup\$ That is Correct \$\endgroup\$gareththegeek– gareththegeek2013-06-27 16:24:09 +00:00Commented Jun 27, 2013 at 16:24
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6 The resources compiled in Debug mode generally comes bigger than the original. Try to compile in Release mode and see the size of the file in the Release folder.
- \$\begingroup\$ I don't belive this is true. Do you have a source? \$\endgroup\$ClassicThunder– ClassicThunder2013-06-28 16:32:19 +00:00Commented Jun 28, 2013 at 16:32
- \$\begingroup\$ Just test yourself. \$\endgroup\$Emir Lima– Emir Lima2013-06-28 17:05:40 +00:00Commented Jun 28, 2013 at 17:05
- \$\begingroup\$ is true.. xnb are optimized in release mode and are smaller \$\endgroup\$Blau– Blau2013-06-28 17:16:45 +00:00Commented Jun 28, 2013 at 17:16
- \$\begingroup\$ I just checked it: Filesizes are all the same \$\endgroup\$IMX– IMX2013-06-28 21:27:18 +00:00Commented Jun 28, 2013 at 21:27
- \$\begingroup\$ IMX, how are the files you have tested? I have sprite sheets that in Debug mode gets size of 3mb and in Release mode, they change to 100kb. \$\endgroup\$Emir Lima– Emir Lima2013-07-01 16:33:00 +00:00Commented Jul 1, 2013 at 16:33