What is the best way to draw textures?

[AndreeU17]

I read the tutorial for sprite but i found a few things hard to understand. Before i go and reread it, i'd like to ask a few questions of the top of my head.

A texture is just a specific design, the entity is a specific shape, now the sprite is just a texture laid onto a shape.
Now i was wondering, would it be more convenient if instead of having numerous of textures in my resource folder, have one bit texture that contains multiple textures inside of it like a sprite sheet? Also lets say i did have a sprite sheet, how can i implicitly obtain a specific texture for a sprite? Would i need to use the sf::initRec (Not sure how it was spelled), then specify a value of were the texture is locate?

I'm just a bit confused as to how all this works, also what is the best way if i was trying to save idk graphics or save speed(images load faster)?

[dabbertorres]

You're on the right track! You'll want to look into using sf::Sprite::SetTextureRect(sf::IntRect) AFTER using sf::Sprite::SetTexture(sf::Texture).

[AndreeU17]

You're on the right track! You'll want to look into using sf::Sprite::SetTextureRect(sf::IntRect) AFTER using sf::Sprite::SetTexture(sf::Texture).

So using this, sf::Sprite::SetTexture(sf::Texture) will set the texture of a sprite and using this sf::Sprite::SetTextureRect(sf::IntRect) will outline what part of the texture will be on the sprite? Believe it or not but i feel like im confusing myself more than what i should! Curse my Second Guessing!

[Ixrec]

So using this, sf::Sprite::SetTexture(sf::Texture) will set the texture of a sprite and using this sf::Sprite::SetTextureRect(sf::IntRect) will outline what part of the texture will be on the sprite?

That's correct.