The "Edit and Continue" feature of MSVC is your friend. Also try "+mat_picmip 2 -sw" to run windowed and with the low res textures. "-nosound" should help a bit as well.
- Alfred ----Original Message---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hasan Aljudy Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 10:06 PM To: hlcoders Subject: [hlcoders] loading times > When one is coding, he's probably gonna test alot, but I noticed that > loading takes a long time .. and that makes testing harder .. > often I just want to test a small little thing, then after > expereminting with it a little, I'd want to change it and test again > .. and so on. > > What can we do to shorten the time it takes to lead the game and the > levels? > I personally don't care about graphics when I'm coding, so the first > thing I did was set -dxlevel 70 I don't really know if that helps > much, but what settings can we use to shorten loading times as much > as possible? does increasing the heapsize help, or does too much heap > cause troubles? > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders

