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148 points ibobev | 1 comments | 06 Sep 25 20:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.199s | source

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lisp2240[dead post] ◴[06 Sep 25 22:26 UTC] No.45153466[source]▶

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EGreg ◴[07 Sep 25 02:18 UTC] No.45154801[source]▶

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Hey is Carmack’s megatexture madness still a thing un the industry? I think he jumped the shark when he came up w those

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1. TinkersW ◴[07 Sep 25 02:41 UTC] No.45154924[source]▶

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I don't think any current games use megatextures-- it takes too much memory, and you can compose tiling textures at runtime for good results, that additionally supports dynamic modifications.

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Shipping textures as PNGs is suboptimal