loading time

[cassius]

When I load up my test level both in the editor and in vc++ it takes a hell of a long time to run considering its just a small test level. Anyone had this happen?

[Mumbles]

How large are your texture sizes, and how many unique textures do you have in the level?

 

4096x4096 takes a little while in itself and with several of them, load time suffers badly...

[cassius]

Two textures 512 square with normal maps.The level is a flat plain with a stairway and a tunnel.

[AggrorJorn]

Are you using the debug or release version? Debugger takes longer for me in comparison with release. But overall speed is a bit low for simple levels existing purely out of geometry.

[cassius]

debug mode

[AggrorJorn]

Not much we can do about that ourselves really. The only improvements we can do ourselves:

• Multithreading: advanced topic
  
• Sound, large textures should be loaded after the level is loaded.
  
• Assets that are used multiple times in code should be copied rather than created.
  

But you are right! I think this process can be a lot quicker.

[cassius]

Yeah. My le2 game has a large terrain, three castles and a medieval village plus six characters but loads and runs quicker than my le3 project.But I use codeblocks for le2 project. It also builds faster than vc.