From: "Opiate" To: Reply-To: ml@qoole.com Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 02:14:54 -0500 Subject: Re: Variables (how long can the name be) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01BCCD46.A43D0B00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit i believe its probably 256 characters, but having all of your targetnames and targets like that takes up valuable entity space unnessesarily. It may not seem like alot when looking at a couple of entities, but when you have a fetish for huge levels like i do (not one under 2200 brushes so far :) ), every single bit of entity space counts since you only have 512 to work with, and you have to remember that once people are playing in a deathmatch situation, every player/bullet/body/explosion/etc is a temprary entity.. there's nothing that pisses people off more then seeing a server crash because it reached the entity limit. mabye instead of a huge targetname like that, something simple like leftdoor3_1 would suffice. later Opiate ---------- > From: Sean Adams <"porthos"@airmail.net> > To: qoole > Subject: Variables (how long can the name be) > Date: Tuesday, September 30, 1997 2:34 AM > > Say how long can the target/targetname variables(sp?) be for instance: > the_third_door_on_the_left_1 > is that to long? Got qoole 2.07 today and it is good. ------=_NextPart_000_01BCCD46.A43D0B00 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

i believe its probably 256 characters, = but having all of your targetnames and targets like that takes up = valuable entity space unnessesarily. It may not seem like alot when = looking at a couple of entities, but when you have a fetish for huge = levels like i do (not one under 2200 brushes so far :) ), every single = bit of entity space counts since you only have 512 to work with, and you = have to remember that once people are playing in a deathmatch situation, = every player/bullet/body/explosion/etc is a temprary entity.. there's = nothing that pisses people off more then seeing a server crash because = it reached the entity limit.

mabye instead of a huge targetname = like that, something simple like
leftdoor3_1
would = suffice.

later
Opiate

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> From: Sean = Adams <"porthos<nospam>"@airmail.net>
> To: = qoole <ml@qoole.com>
> Subject: Variables (how long can the name = be)
> Date: Tuesday, September 30, 1997 2:34 AM
>
> = Say how long can the target/targetname variables(sp?) be for = instance:
> the_third_door_on_the_left_1
> is that to long? =  Got qoole 2.07 today and it is good.

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