omg, it is true. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Flor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 11:09 PM Subject: [hlcoders] help
> > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 3:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: hlcoders digest, Vol 1 #719 - 1 msg > > > Send hlcoders mailing list submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than > "Re: Contents of hlcoders digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. RE: Lots 'o precaching. (Ken Birdwell) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > From: Ken Birdwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED] '" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [hlcoders] Lots 'o precaching. > Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 04:17:27 -0700 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Precacheing only allocates a name slot for model. It doesn't force it > to be in memory. The HL engine demand loads model data only when > needed. > > To further help reduce memory footprint, use $externaltextures (though > this only really helps in software) and use $sequencegroupsize to break > the .mdl file into multiple smaller chunks so that blocks of animation > data are also demand loaded. > > http://www.thewavelength.net/oldsite/models/reference/qcscript.html > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Koppes > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10/12/2002 7:39 AM > Subject: [hlcoders] Lots 'o precaching. > > I have a rather big problem. > > I need some way to precache ~200 models.... but I cannot think of anyway > to do this. > > I can't guarantee that any of them won't be in a level, but loading all > of them would be a terrible waste of memory (even @ 500k per model > thats 100mb of ram gone). > > All attempts I have made were (mostly) met with that horrible > 'Precaching can only be done in Precache function' > > Does anyone have any ideas? > > (If this seems vague, I blame it on 4am). > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > --__--__-- > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > End of hlcoders Digest > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
