"pattern" support - i.e. fill defined area with a pattern? (to limit backgrounds size)

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Question - Does Corona support the concept of defining an area and then filing with a pattern?  (as Photoshop can do?)

Background 

* Developing a game with many levels

* At the moment for each level I have a background image (at different resolutions)

* The background has a different ground level that the car goes across.  Under ground level is an earth pattern (using photoshop) and above is sky.

* I have to separately define the ground area to use for the physics engine (physicseditor)

Objective

* How can I minimise the size of the all the different background images I have for each level?

Idea

* the idea for my question was, given I already define the area of the ground for the physics engine, if I could just have an API call like “FillAreaWithPattern”, then that would almost mean I could drop all the different PNG images I have and just have one, then dynamically add the ground line in Corona.

thanks

#2

We don’t have any thing like that, but in most cases, using this example, people would load a full screen “sky” background, then load the smaller ground graphic and have it on top. 

#3

ok thanks Rob - I guess it’s then call on a case-by-case basis regarding whether, if the ground image takes up a reasonable amount, whether it’s just not easier to have a total separate background for each level.   

#4

We don’t have any thing like that, but in most cases, using this example, people would load a full screen “sky” background, then load the smaller ground graphic and have it on top. 

#5

ok thanks Rob - I guess it’s then call on a case-by-case basis regarding whether, if the ground image takes up a reasonable amount, whether it’s just not easier to have a total separate background for each level.