RE: [Algorithms] Good 'ole texture managent. Still a valid option? pros/cons wanted

[Odin J. <od...@ps...>]

Ok. So, the old style of creating texture pages of say, 256x256 until
running out of memory, and then uploading smaller rects from sysmem when
the need arises is slow? I thought it would be faster uploading a
smaller rect to a texture. (This is the good old style)
It also seems to cool, that you can have a fixed amount of video memory
in use, and it's scalable if people have more video memory.

Packing smaller textures into larger, is always a good call but it
requires some knowledge of the scene. You have to group textures for
surfaces close to each other. A bit more difficult, but could lead to
some good speed improvements.

I just have to let go of the "my engine should be general and able to
handle all cases" thought I guess :)

Odin