Reskined eagles

[Jinx]

to put it simple

its weighing up the size ( that is the pure filesize of the mod ) and the beneficial effect of changes.

a secondary issue is that freelancer ( from what i know ) doesn t store or preload skins but uploads them each time they appear in visual range - thats probably why ( on slower systems ) there are miniscule freeze-ups when new ships appear.

the more we customize skins, meshes etc. - the more often the program attempts to reload stuff. - i believe that its client side - but i m not sure there.


primarily - the main issue is to keep the general modsize as small as possible. - that means ... avoiding superlarge .mat files, overly complex and huge .cmp files etc.

a ship consisting of the following files : mesh ( .cmp ), skin ( .mat ), hitbox ( .sur ), cockpit.ini, shiparch.ini entry, goods.ini entry, purchase locations. can blow up to quite a size. ( especially when we re talking about an entire shipline.

maybe all in all its just 500kb ... multiply it by 4 ( light fighter, heavy fighter, VHF, bomber ) and you get another 2mb. - add in other factions that will ask for the same fair treatment ( hence asking for their line, too ) and you might end up with a dozen megabytes.

and then you gotto ask - how much does it benefit the roleplay, the understanding of the faction and the mod in general.

in MOST cases, it benefits the mod. - cause features = fun, no doubt there. but a modsize too large can also scare people away - ( not everyone has a perfect connection and can download the modfile in a few seconds )



edit: it was a lie - i failed to put it "simple"

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