Re: Multigen load is real slow...

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Marcus Barnes (marcus++at++multigen.com)
Tue, 19 Nov 1996 12:14:30 -0800

On Nov 18, 6:58pm, Richard McDonald wrote:
> Subject: Re: Multigen load is real slow...

[munch Richard's great explanations. Thanks!]

> ; otherwise, the loader first warns you about the problem and then proceeds
to
> try and fix it. The fix is what is probably consuming most of the load time.
> (Previous versions of the loader punted in this situation, and what you got
> was usually a bizarrly textured database).

No. The loader does not attempt to "fix" the problem. It simply calls
pfNotify() which can cause you to become shell/file output limited. This will
slow down the loader alot in this cause because texture validation is done for
each and every face in the database.

> Be sure and study the loader's warnings with care as similar to a compiler,
> most of the real problems are printed out at the beginning.

Amen to that!

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