1para{god-father} 105 Posted May 22, 2014 OK so my terrain has grown to 1.5GB is that to BIG ? I am thinking that is just Huge for a terrain I was using :- 2048 x 10 = 600 MB Now i am using this : - 4096 x 5 = 1.5 GB only 864K objects so far but still a huge amount to add! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
egilsandfeld 7 Posted May 22, 2014 Me too. I'm at 1.3 for the island it self and 600mb for objects. For me the Sat and Normal map takes up a loooot of space, but it's nice to live in an era, where these sizes are not too bad for our end fellow users :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bushlurker 46 Posted May 22, 2014 If you use the 5 or 6 colours option then you're using 32 bit mask tiles instead of the usual 24 bit - that adds a fair bit to the Layers folder size. If you're using the 5 colours + Normals option then you have all the Normals files in Layers too - adding a whole lot more. Its the downside of bigger and/or more detailed terrains - they can get Big. Just to be sure, you could unpack your PBO sometime and take a peek - make sure no .png's have been copied over alongside the .paa's - it can happen occasionally with a faulty pack. Some packers are better than others... ;) 1-2GB isn't a huge amount for a good sized and detailed terrain - especially with all these fancy extras. If you're using custom objects then a separate .pbo for them of course. You might also want to try experimentally rar'ing your runtime .pbos - that'll give you an idea of actual download size for your end user... My current Terrain Builder Tester is 4096x12.5 (51km) - 6 colours so its using alphas on the mask tiles, but no normals layer. I've got the Layers folder & textures, etc and the actual terrain wrp+extras in two separate pbo's - currently 870Mb and 246Mb... 1.06GB in total... not unreasonable really... 2GB is the Limit for a single .pbo file and it's unlikely anyone will hit that barrier... Packed to a rar, a user can expect a fairly hefty 936MB download for my terrain when it's done... a few extra objects and it might make the 1GB download size :) Big MEANS Big - it's just the way it is... If its an attractive terrain, people won't worry too greatly about the download... What they might get annoyed about is - frequent huge updates! - so plan carefully and test thoroughly guys! B Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
