koobas.hobune.stream
Memory Leak with creating a new Textrure2D
Hi all, simply making a new project and attaching the following code to a gameobject:
float time = 0;
void Update()
{
time += Time.deltaTime;
if(time >= .5f)
{
time = 0;
Texture2D screenShot = new Texture2D((int)1000, (int)1000, TextureFormat.RGBA32, false);
}
}
Anyone know why this makes the memory continuously increase? As far as I can tell, you cannot deallocate a Texture2D's memory -- it handles itself if it is not referenced by anything. The previous "screenshot" is not referenced by anything after the next iteration of the Update loop.
Best Answer
So I looked more into this and Texture2Ds are not automatically handled if they do not have a reference! However, you can reallocate the memory by using, "Texture2D.Destroy();". Hope this saves someone time in the future.
Textures are Resources, please Resources.UnloadUnusedAssets() or Unload that particular Resource manaully using Resources.UnloadAsset().
