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 Sep 21 2015, 1:17 pm
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I figured out why my memory footprint was so high. Icons shown to the client hang around for a while, regardless of whether or not they are deleted or have all references to them set to null. I did away with the preview of the icon being created, and my memory footprint for some generations dropped from 1600MB before DS crashed to maybe 50MB or so... Yeah, that's a bit better.
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Sep 21 2015, 1:19 pm
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Ter13
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Yep, dynamic icons do this and it's by design. There's really no such things as a temporary icon because the icons are assigned a reference number internally.
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Yeah, wish I'd have realized that a while ago ;) Generations that wouldn't even get half done before now finish with no problem at all.
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So, this particular effect used to kill DS if I tried to make it seemless with 20 particles per wave. Now, this is with 500 per wave...
 It's not a very good one, and it still took a while to generate, but it worked. :) | |
I'm actually glad that you made this thing, Flick. I've been wanting to make something like this for a long time, but I just haven't been able to sit down and dedicate the time. It's a great tool and I'll be using the crap out of it.
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Good to hear. :) I hope quite a few people get some use out of it. If you, or anyone, has any requests feel free to post them. I've got quite a few more ideas and my implementation of some features is questionable at the moment, but I'm still enjoying it so I can see myself working on it for a while.
I would suggest everyone gets their requests in now while I'm still motivated though ;) | |
It kind of makes me wish I continued doing my particle generator. No matter how many times I told Ter I would clean it up, I always put it off.
Good work, Flick. | |
Ditto. Thought the same way back.
Was lacking in knowledge at that point but I'm glad someone got around to it as well. | |
Making some of the more generic requests freely accessible would serve you well in saving time later.
Fires, Explosions, Lasers, Lights, Maybe some bushes/trees/rocks/foliage/etc. The basics! | |
This will make special effects much easier and prettier to boot. (:
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Wow, this is awesome... +1
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