On 2/11/2012 19:43, Slime wrote:
> In a word, yes. It's only (relatively) easy under the assumption that a
> level can be "loaded into a block of RAM," which is probably not the case.

Actually, since most of the time seems to be spent pulling the level off the 
HD or DVD, I would think you could pre-buffer the files at least. *That* 
should be pretty trivial to implement, even if unpacking the levels into 
individual objects and such can't be done easily. I'd imagine that would 
reduce loading times a bunch.

 > If you would prefer the game without loading screens, you should suggest 
what feature you would have liked to trade that for.

That's a good question. Portal2 is pretty tight. On the other hand, if the 
loading screens took 5 minutes each, I'd bet people would balance the 
priorities differently, or even hire an extra developer to work on it, so 
it's not like I'm asking for something absurd. :-)  Plus, of course, it's 
the Source engine, so it's not like the work wouldn't be amortized over 
numerous games.

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