> I'm pretty sure my posting said the exact opposite of botman's response. > > "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." > > It rarely happens, but you can't count on the pointer being valid between > subsequent calls to g_engfuncs.pfnGetModelPointer(), since the engine can > move or throw away model data if something else needs the memory. In > theory, each call to g_engfuncs.pfnGetModelPointer() could force a cache > flush and any pointers it returned earlier will no longer be valid.
Ah, I didn't realize that the cache contained a LRU list and items that hadn't been used recently would be flushed from the cache when a new item requests to be cached. I had always assumed once something is cached it's there until the level gets unloaded. I learn something new every day! Thanks Ken! :) Jeffrey "botman" Broome _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
