1a) 8 textures = 8+ surfaces
1b) It should do. Whether its worth reducing 8 surfaces down to one in this way is another matter.
2) Yes. Definitely worth a reduction here (for particles etc).
3) A Surface is just collection of verts and tris that share the same common characteristics: texture, shininess, color, etc. It might help to imagine them as seperate 'entities', and that the Blitz Entity system is merely a convenient way of grouping them together.
1b) It should do. Whether its worth reducing 8 surfaces down to one in this way is another matter.
2) Yes. Definitely worth a reduction here (for particles etc).
3) A Surface is just collection of verts and tris that share the same common characteristics: texture, shininess, color, etc. It might help to imagine them as seperate 'entities', and that the Blitz Entity system is merely a convenient way of grouping them together.