#Limiting Datastructures
19-Feb-95 06:41:27
Sb: #Limiting Datastructures
Fm: David Gould 100424,2533
To: Bruce McGlasson 73160,1312
I did some tests to determine what memory gains could be made by adjusting the
shaper and lofter settings in 3DS.SET. I came to these results:
A) Standard Version 3DS.SET with default settings
B) Slimmed 3DS.SET with:
SPLINE-MAX = 1
SHAPE-MAX = 1
MOD-MAX = 1
PATH-MAX = 2
DEFORM-MAX = 2
C) Bloated 3DS.SET with:
SPLINE-MAX = 9999
SHAPE-MAX = 9999
MOD-MAX = 500
PATH-MAX = 9999
DEFORM-MAX = 9999
There was only about 50byte difference between the slimmed version and the
standard one, but there was a 4M difference between the bloated version and the
slim version. So unless you are using the maximum settings you aren't going to
get much of a memory reduction by changing these values.
Jonas: In the docs, it states the minimum for both PATH-MAX and DEFORM-MAX to
be 1, but 3DS won't run with this setting, instead they must be set to a
minimum of 2. Just needs a document correction.
David "Setting=infinity" Gould