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[Art]

Hallo.
I've got a problem
I have got several sprites for one character, which should be changed in some different sequences.
For example i play first sprite, then second, then again first and after that - third
So after first sprite i can play second or third.
I use entity.PlayAnim method to choose next animation
There is a very annoying delay before staring new sprite

Is there any possibilite for preloading sprite into the game before first playing it? 

Thank you

[Mnemonic]

I suppose the sprites have lots of frames? Usually the loading time is fast enough...

Anyway, to preload the images, you can create a hidden entity in a given scene and attach a temporary animation to it. This animation would contain all the frames you want to preload. That way the images are loaded at scene startup and the sprite switching should be ok then.

[Art]

I see delay every time new sprite should begin, even when i don't leave scene.
Actually sprites are really big enough (about 2-3 Mb in 30 frames)
I plan to reduce size by converting them from 32 bit tgas to 8bit compressed bmps. I think this should help
BUT, why delay is seen even after sprite is loaded (after it has been played once)? It's seems to be strange...

[Mnemonic]

BUT, why delay is seen even after sprite is loaded (after it has been played once)? It's seems to be strange...

If the sprite is executed by PlayAnim only, it's unloaded from memory once it's finished. So in your case it needs to be loaded again from disk, hence the delay. If you use the method I described above, it should stay in memory all the time.