On 2003-08-01 14:11, Faustus wrote:
- Previously each planet would dynamically create it's hex information at load time. Since this data was basically static, I created a new 3D node called a PathMap, which I inserted into all the 3D scenes of all planets. This ended up reducing the memory footprint of the servers by 5MB, since now planets of the same type are sharing hex information instead of creating their own copies. The PathMap object is kinda neat, in that it's a generic path finding class, that could be used for ANY kind of 3D scene, including interiors, terrain, etc... from that I derived a class call PathMapPlanet, which creates a spherical node map (the drop points on the planets). I did NOT add PathMap objects to the gas giants or inferno's, so you'll no longer see drop points for those planets.