Rafal 'Raf256' Maj <raf### [at] raf256com> wrote:
> ...and copy of mesh[1] for each loop-pass (100*100 copies in RAM).

  10000 copies does not sound like extremely memory-intensive.
  How much memory does one copy need? Even if it required, let's say,
1 kilobyte, that would only require about 10 megabytes, far less than
the 500 megabytes you were talking about. And the copies probably need
far less than 1 kilobyte.

  If you want less memory consumption, then make the mesh patch larger
and make less copies. If you, for example, make the mesh patch twice as
large in both axes and then make 50*50 copies, that's only 2500 copies
instead of 10000. The memory requirement for the copies dropped by 3/4.

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N(D)#end#end#macro M()<mod(D,13)-6mod(div(D,13)8)-3,10>#end blob{
N(11117333955)N(4254934330)N(3900569407)N(7382340)N(3358)N(970)}//  - Warp -

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