Re: [dcrpg-devel] Memory Question

[Ivan W. <ban...@ya...>]

Is there any dedicated surface for page flipping/temp, or all of the graphic
must be placed in the 8MB?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin McMillen" <fa...@us...>
To: <dcr...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: [dcrpg-devel] Memory Question


> > In this space we must fit:
> > -the engine
> > -the data (NPC(s), QUEST(s), PC(s), MONSTER(s), GRAPHIC(s)...)
>
> Keep in mind that a lot of this data (graphics, monsters, etc) can be put
on
> CD and only loaded when it's needed. I expect that most of the memory
usage
> will be taken up as map data, so I would probably go for maps of at least
2MB
> (if not bigger).
>
> At 16 bits/tile, plus some overhead, this allows for a 1024x1024 map in
the 2
> MB of memory. (pretty big, FF1 was 256x256).
>
> Assume 1 MB for KOS itself (I don't believe it's nearly that big, but
might
> eventually become so in the future).
>
> Assume another 2 MB for the engine itself (much likely it'll be much
smaller
> than that, but...)
>
> This gives ~3 MB of space left for whatever sounds, images, etc. need to
be
> loaded at any given point, and fudge space in case our engine / maps grow
> larger than we expect.
>
> - Colin
>
>
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