Hi Jeff,
There is no theoretical limit to the size of your module, however, there are a
couple of practical considerations:
1. The maximum size of a module that can be hosted on the VASSAL engine site it
12Mb. If it larger than this, then you need to either host it at a different
site or break it into pieces. If one of the maps is an optional scenario you
could break it up using extensions.
2. Larger modules are more difficult for dial-up users to download.
3. Memory considerations. This depends not on the size of the map on disk, but
on the size of the map in pixels. Multiple very large maps will require large
amounts of physical and page memory on your system and may blow the Maximum
Java Heap size. General performance will deteriorate. Startup time will be
slow. If you only use one map at a time, this may well not be a problem.
What is the pixel size of your 9Mb maps? What format have you save them in? Can
you get decent quality using indexed color, or when using JPG's?
Cheers,
Brent.
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>On 8/08/2006 at 12:40 AM wolfwolf4242 wrote:
>Is there a limit on how big a module can be? I have 3 maps, 9 MB
>each. Am I pushing any limits?
>
>Thanks
>
>Jeff
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