GSL File size limit?

[Sander]

Hi,

There are so many GSL packages out there right now; I'm sure some of you have them all installed right now. I've made a few whoppers for myself too.
Has anyone reached some upper limit yet?

How big is yours? Your cfs2.gsl that is.....

 

[Talon]

My cfs2.gsl is 3.05 MB in my Pacific install, all others are about 1MB.

 

[Rami]

Reply...

Sander,

Depending on the install, it ranges between about 1.3mb to 1.8mb.

 

[bearcat241]

Has anyone reached some upper limit yet?

I dunno if there is one. My installs look like this so far:

6.88 mb for CFS2 '44-'45 incl DEI and Asia
6.39 mb for main AAF/SWPTO (early to midwar)
6.37 mb for main USN/ALL PTO (early to midwar)
2.15 mb for Euro Western
1.51 mb for CFS2 MAW

 

[Sander]

Ok thanks for the replies. So if we combine everything in a single install that would likely not exceed 20MB; thats peanuts.

 

[skylane]

While we are talking about GSL: Does the number of objects in a particular GSL scenery effect frame rates?

 

[Sander]

While we are talking about GSL: Does the number of objects in a particular GSL scenery effect frame rates?

Yes. In a big way.

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

Yes. In a big way.

Maskrider, sometime ago recommended not much more that 300 objects in GSL before frame rates start taking a hit.

 

[bearcat241]

Maskrider, sometime ago recommended not much more that 300 objects in GSL before frame rates start taking a hit.

...300 objects in a single gob, right?

 

[Sander]

Surely.

I've gone up to about 1600 objects in the visible area; don't remember how many gobs that covered. Anyway, what Maskrider suggested is not a hard limit but a guideline; it all depends on the complexity of the models, and whether they have good multi-LOD, the texture sizes, and the variety of objects.

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

...300 objects in a single gob, right?

That's what he implied at the time. And as Sander mentions, that is a guideline, not a rule.