[Bf-committers] BIG_MESH

Chris Want bf-committers@blender.org
Sun, 07 Dec 2003 11:30:54 -0700


> well, Tuhopuu isn't a crossplatform maintained fork, so....
> yeah, i have no clue if it's ok. 

that's not true .. it has compiled on irix since the start

> i don't understand the implication you imply in p.s.s. below..

It means that people have asked "Why don't you use
an unsigned int for face indices and get a 4 billion vert
max?" ... the p.p.s is my reply to that question. In a
nutshell though, laziness: 2 billion verts is ridiculously
easy to do, 4 billion is a lot of work.

Chris