Memory

[RPaladin]

While objects are perhaps not stored in VRAM, they are always stored in actual RAM - that’s how you can spawn them in later at runtime if you choose to.

@Monster

Yes, the BGE performs static loading. Once loaded the complete scene is in memory. Be aware, scenes are loaded when you switch/add to them. That is the reason, why the BGE does not provide you the names of not-loaded scenes.

It’s why professionals choose to switch scenes for levels instead of simply removing/adding in appropriate objects. LibLoad works well too for freeing RAM.

@Monster

…lights are only used on objects of the same layer

Lights are also only rendering the ones on the same layer, which means you will probably save some VRAM if they are in separate inactive layers if not being used.

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A few questions

I never used that option, but as far as I remember the BGE used to separate the layers on rendering. Which means the lights are only used on objects of the same layer … It still is like that: -> in Multitexture mode by default, ->in GLSL mode you need to switch the “This Layer only” option at the lamp settings Yes more lights = more to calculate = more processing time Yes, the BGE performs static loading. Once loaded the complete scene is in memory. Be aware, scenes are loaded when you swit…