Re: Opinion Poll: File Size vs Loading Time?


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Re: Opinion Poll: File Size vs Loading Time?

Posted By: Forrest of B.org Date: 9/19/06 3:52 p.m.
In Response To: Re: Opinion Poll: File Size vs Loading Time? (treellama)

: I recommend DXTC DDS (which, in a zip file, are approximately the same size
: as JPEG) for weapons and most textures, and RGB DDS (which are huge) for
: landscapes. Unfortunately, Aorta doesn't save uncompressed (RGB) DDS yet,
: and its compressed DDS quality isn't as high as nvidia's tools.
Ah. Maybe that's what happened... I saw that the landscaped were horribly grainy and figured it was using the lores versions from the Shapes file (i.e. not loading the DDS hires textures). But maybe DXTC DDS files are just too compressed for use in landscapes... though that makes me wonder how poorly it'll make the geometry textures look.
: I'm downloading Alpha 2 as we speak, so I'll have a look at the textures and
: see what I can do. My build here has the smoother-loading progress bar, so
: that should make it easier to see what's taking so long :)
Coolness, thanks. :-)
: Why did you choose .sit? :(
Windows users, when decompressing .sit files with StuffIt Expander, get all the original files as well as files ending in .rsrc. They can then delete all of these .rsrc files besides Map and Images, as well as the original Images, and then delete the ".rsrc" from the "EternalImages.imgA.rsrc" file's name, and have an install that should work with the Windows version of Aleph.
This method has worked consistently in the past, but not when I used .zip, so I use .sit so that people like Blake can continue to easily adapt Mac releases to work on their Windows boxes.
The final release will be unimap, cross-platform, and distributed in .zip files.

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: Ah. Maybe that's what happened... I saw that the landscaped were horribly : grainy and figured it was using the lores versions from the Shapes file : (i.e. not loading the DDS hires textures). But maybe DXTC DDS files are : just too compressed for use in landscapes... though that makes me wonder : how poorly it'll make the geometry textures look. : Coolness, thanks. :-) : Windows users, when decompressing .sit files with StuffIt Expander, get all : the original files as well as files ending in .rsrc. They can then delete : all of these .rsrc files besides Map and Images, as well as the original : Images, and then delete the ".rsrc" from the : "EternalImages.imgA.rsrc" file's name, and have an install that : should work with the Windows version of Aleph. : This method has worked consistently in the past, but not when I used .zip, so : I use .sit so that people like Blake can continue to easily adapt Mac : releases to work on their Windows boxes. : The final release will be unimap, cross-platform, and distributed in .zip : files.

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Opinion Poll: File Size vs Loading Time?	Forrest of B.org	9/19/06 2:06 p.m.
Faster load times over file size NM	Blake37	9/19/06 2:11 p.m.
Same here. NM	newreagan64	9/19/06 2:15 p.m.
Agreed NM	kyjel	9/19/06 2:51 p.m.
Re: Agreed NM	D-M.A.	9/20/06 12:48 a.m.
Re: Opinion Poll: File Size vs Loading Time?	treellama	9/19/06 3:16 p.m.
Re: Opinion Poll: File Size vs Loading Time?	Forrest of B.org	9/19/06 3:52 p.m.
Re: Opinion Poll: File Size vs Loading Time?	treellama	9/19/06 4:14 p.m.
Re: Opinion Poll: File Size vs Loading Time?	Forrest of B.org	9/19/06 5:53 p.m.
Re: Opinion Poll: File Size vs Loading Time?	treellama	9/20/06 2:54 a.m.
Re: Opinion Poll: File Size vs Loading Time?	Forrest of B.org	9/20/06 8:32 a.m.
Re: Opinion Poll: File Size vs Loading Time?	RyokoTK	9/20/06 5:36 a.m.
Re: Opinion Poll: File Size vs Loading Time?	Forrest of B.org	9/20/06 8:34 a.m.
Re: Opinion Poll: File Size vs Loading Time?	treellama	9/20/06 3:06 p.m.
Re: Opinion Poll: File Size vs Loading Time?	Forrest of B.org	9/21/06 5:48 p.m.
Re: Opinion Poll: File Size vs Loading Time?	treellama	9/21/06 6:26 p.m.
Re: Opinion Poll: File Size vs Loading Time?	Forrest of B.org	9/21/06 10:40 p.m.
Re: Opinion Poll: File Size vs Loading Time?	treellama	9/22/06 2:14 a.m.
Re: Opinion Poll: File Size vs Loading Time?	treellama	9/24/06 5:24 a.m.
Re: Opinion Poll: File Size vs Loading Time?	Blake37	9/19/06 4:28 p.m.



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