POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.programming: Image cache and decals: Re: Image cache and decals

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From: Peter J Holzer
Date: 30 Apr 2000 10:02:00
Message: <slrn8gobq9.jea.hjp-usenet@teal.h.hjp.at>

On Sun, 30 Apr 2000 13:03:02 +0200, Davide Libenzi wrote:
>1) I've noted that if You've a texture image invoked in more places
>inside PovRay scene
>it'll be loaded more times wasting machine memory.

Yes, I've noticed this, too, when I coded a szene with a few hundred
blob people :-(.

>I've implemented an image caching system that will load images ( all
>kinds ) only once.

I think this would be a valuable addition.

	hp

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