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Revision as of 02:34, 25 March 2013
Please add your engine's limits here.
This page is based on Bengt Jardrup's http://user.tninet.se/~xir870k/readmegl.txt with kind permission. Brainstorm about what other limits might be interesting (if any) is welcome on the Talk page.
TODO
- Nicer table look
* means: Check engine's readme for comments and details F means: Hard limit as a consequence of Q1 file format (typically BSP). Increasing requires a format change.
BSP
Clipnodes | Faces | Lightmaps | Marksurfaces | Nodes | Planes | Static entities | Surface extents | Texinfo | Visleafs | Vis/light data | Dimensions | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal limit | 32768 | 32768 | 64 | 32768 | 32768 | 32768 | 128 | 512/256 | 32768 | 8192 | heapsize | 4096 |
Bengt Jardrup's | 65530 F | 65536 | 1024 | 65536 | 65535 F | 65536 F | 256 | >512/256 | >32768 | 32768 | 2048M* | 4096 |
DirectQ | 65530 F | 65536 | Unlimited | 65536 | 65535 F | 65536 F | Unlimited | (max texture size * 16) - 16 | 65536 F | 32768 | Unlimited | 3.402823466e+38f |
ProQuake 4 | 32768 | 65536 | 64 | 65536 | 32768 | 32768 | 128 | 512/256 | 32768 | 8192 | heapsize | 4096 |
Quore | 32768 | 65536 | 256 | 65536 | 32768 | 32768 | 512 | 512 | 4096 | 16384 | heapsize | 4096 |
DarkPlaces | 65530 F | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | 65535 F | 65536 F | 256 | 4080 | 65536 F | 32768 | Unlimited | 1073741824 |
Fitzquake | 65530 F | 65536 | 256 | 65535 | 65535-numfaces | ? | 512 | 2000 | ? | 32768 | ? | 4096 |
MDL
Mesh commands | Mesh strips | Skin height | Triangles | Vertices | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal limit | 8192 | 128 | 480 | 2048 | 1024/2000 |
Bengt Jardrup's | 16384 | 256 | 1024 | 4096 | 4096/3984 |
DirectQ | Unused | Unused | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
ProQuake 4 | 8192 | 128 | 480 | 4096 | 4096/3984 |
Quore | 8192 | 128 | 480 | 2048 | 2048 |
DarkPlaces | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | 65536 | 65536 |
FTE | NA | NA | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Sounds
Channels | Dynamic channels | |
---|---|---|
Normal limit | 128 | 8 |
Bengt Jardrup's | 516 | 128 |
DirectQ | 516 | 128 |
ProQuake 4 | 128 | 8 |
Quore | 128 | 8 |
DarkPlaces | 1028 | 512 |
FTE | 256 | 8 |
Client/Server
Clients | Packet size (Reliable, Unreliable) | Progs globals | Runaway loop, QC | Signon buffer size | Stack size, QC | Static client message | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal limit | 16 | 8192 / 1024 | 32k | 100k ops | ~8k | 32 | 1024 |
Bengt Jardrup's | 64 | ~64k | 64k | 5M ops | ~64k | 256 | 8192 |
DirectQ | 16 | ~64k | ? (check) | 5M ops | ~64k | 2048 | 8192 |
ProQuake 4 | 16 | 8192 / 1024 | 32k | 100k ops | ~8k | 32 | 1024 |
Quore | 32 | ~32k | 32k | 1M ops | ~32k | ? | ? |
DarkPlaces | 255 | 64k / 1400 | 64k | 10M jumps | 64k | 16k | 64k |
FTE | 32 | 1k*16 / 1.4k | 4B | 100M jumps | 1k*16 | 64f,4kv | ? |
Graphics
Beams | Console background | Far clip distance | GL textures | Temporary entities | Texture size | Texture size, sky | Video modes | Visible edicts | WinQ bmodel edges | WinQ bmodel vertices | Particles | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal limit | 24 | 640x480/320x200 | 4096 | 1024 | 64 | 1200k | =256x128 | 30 | 256 | 1000 | 500 | 2048 + |
Bengt Jardrup's | 256 | 1024M* | 16384 | 2048* | 512 | 1024M* | any* | 600 | 4096 | 3000 | 1000 | 2048 + |
DirectQ | Unlimited | 640x480 + | Infinite | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | 4x2 or higher | Unlimited | 65536 | N/A | N/A | Unlimited |
ProQuake 4 | 24 | 640x480/320x200 | cvar set | 1024 | 64 | 1200k | =256x128 | 600 | 4096 | 3000 | 1000 | 2048 + |
Quore | 32 | Current resolution | Unlimited | 2048 | 256 | 1200k | =256x128 | N/A | 1024 | N/A | N/A | 32k |
DarkPlaces | 256 | Unlimited | Infinite | Unlimited | 65536 | Unlimited | =256x128 | Unlimited | Unlimited | N/A | N/A | Unlimited |
FTE | 64 | Unlimited | Infinite | Unlimited | 1024 | Unlimited | =256x128 | N/A | 1024 | N/A | N/A | 32k |
Misc.
Command/script buffer | Console buffer size | Edicts | Efrags | File handles | Models, precached | Mods, unique | Sounds, precached | Sounds, unique | Temporary files | Zone size, default | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal limit | 8k | 16k | 600 | 640 | 10 | 256 | 512 | 256 | 512 | heapsize | 48k |
Bengt Jardrup's | 64k | 256k | 4096 | 2048 | 100 | 1024 | 2048 | 1024* | 2560 | 1024M* | 320k |
DirectQ | 1024k | 256k | 65536 | N/A (unused) | N/A (unused) | 4096 | 4096 | 4096 | 512 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
ProQuake 4 | 8k | 64k | 2048 | 640 | 10 | 256 | 512 | 256 | 512 | heapsize | 1 MB |
Quore | 8k | 64k | 8192 | 2048 | 10 | 256 | 512 | 256 | 512 | heapsize | 48k |
DarkPlaces | 640k | 1048576 | 32768 | Unlimited | Unlimited | 8192 | 8192 | 4096 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
FTE | 64k(cvar) | 1024l(cvar) | 2048 | N/A | N/A | 512 | 2048 | 512 | 512 | Unlimited | Unlimited |