>   Have you actually measured the parsing speed difference?
>   I haven't and I would be interested in knowing some percentages...

Not with the same mesh. However, I commonly use mesh2's, and face parsing
speeds of maybe about 5-10 seconds (long enough to make me a tiny bit
annoyed just as the parsing finished). Recently, I had to use the original
mesh format for a model with a similar amount of detail (similar number of
triangles). I could go to the bathroom and return well before the parsing
had finished. I ended up making a low-res version of it for testing
purposes, which would take a reasonable length of time (5-10 seconds), using
the other version for only overnight renders.

In any case, the difference is large enough that it's worth caring about.
Sorry I can't give any solid numbers.

 - Slime
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