Yea theres a way but im not entirely sure how... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Entropy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 12:13 AM Subject: RE: [hlcoders] Models and memory management
> Ken Birdwell wrote: > > 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. > > Thanks for the clarification. > > > I also recommend against loading a private copy of the model > > Any particular reason, other than not wasting RAM? At this point, I don't > really plan to, just curious. I'm trying to get the model data from within > the shared physics code, which is a bit problematic on the server, since it > appears pmove->physent[i].studiomodel is always NULL. So I see two > possible solutions: load the model file myself, or link to a C++ module > with functions to get the data from the engine and process it. (I'm > currently planning on using the latter). > > P.S. While we're at it, is there any way I can get a pointer to the > engine's copy of the bsp file? > > Thanks again. > > Jim > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
