Largest Stable Size

posted on August 27th, 2005, 10:18 pm

as it says, what size can ya go to before the map becomes unstable?

posted on August 27th, 2005, 10:53 pm

not sure of the largest size, but if you do a quick "search", you'll find the

average size map 6400x8000

quoted from Eufnoc(Nieknight) from an earlier topic.
so really just go from their, unless someone has an exact figure.

posted on August 27th, 2005, 11:34 pm

i know the ingame ones go to 18000, the large 8player ones. i can design ones at 60000 but the game crashes when i engage the enemy units.

posted on August 28th, 2005, 7:25 am

i have made some 45000 x 45000 ones before. no problem. atleast for me anyway.

posted on August 31st, 2005, 10:38 pm

45000? with no problem? Yikes.. how much RAM do u have...

[Casper]

posted on August 31st, 2005, 11:36 pm

Last edited by Casper on August 31st, 2005, 11:39 pm, edited 1 time in total.

512mb ddr, and another 128 on my video card
and my system is based on dual p4 CPUs, 2.4gh

---- edit

oh, unless i play 3 on 1, lategame gets a bit laggy, but not to bad.

posted on September 1st, 2005, 1:02 am

heh i remember making a map 100,000 squared, but it this way i got board due to the fatc it really and i mean really showed you how big space was, if fo had warp then this map would of took them about a min from cornor to cornor...

posted on September 1st, 2005, 7:15 pm

on big maps wormholes are a must though if you like long games big maps are quite nice too unless you have wormholes or not

posted on September 1st, 2005, 7:41 pm

i love long battles on huge maps, makes resource management very important

posted on September 1st, 2005, 11:56 pm

I only play big maps where Warp is possible.. I like Medium and small sized maps.. its very cozy.. with the enemy nearby..

posted on September 2nd, 2005, 12:38 am

Warp, i don't need no stink'n warp

posted on September 3rd, 2005, 8:58 pm

i found that using FOs version of armada i can go to 45000x45000 without any problems. but i cant run them over 32000x32000 on normal armada for some reason.

[Optec]

posted on September 3rd, 2005, 10:39 pm

Last edited by Optec on September 3rd, 2005, 10:40 pm, edited 1 time in total.

We did some changes to the ODF structure and the loading hirarchy to improve performance already in beta2. Although these changes where quite minor it could affect how maps are processed.. maybe we accidently fixed that crash bug

posted on September 5th, 2005, 10:39 am

its a strong possiblity

[Omondon]

posted on December 29th, 2005, 12:26 am

Last edited by Omondon on December 29th, 2005, 12:42 am, edited 1 time in total.

i'd like to try to make a large map for myself but don't know how to change the map size

Would apreciate any help

(sorry if this is a dumb question, but i've searched the forum and can't actualy find any instructions, i edit existing maps when creating my own)