[Freeciv-Dev] Re: zoom

[Karl-Ingo Friese <kif@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Raimar Falke wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 12:31:37PM +0100, Karl-Ingo Friese wrote:
> > Hello there,
> >
> > as some of you might already know, I added a zoom feature
> > to teamciv. Now I think about adapting that patch to CVS.
> > However, before I do, I'd like to discuss a few things:
> >
> > a) zooming takes both: memory and CPU time. CPU time at
> >    initializing, memory afterward. It might be better
> >    to add this as an optionial feature for slower machines.
> >    Any suggestions how this should be done ?
>
> Make it a command line switch? How fast/slow it is really?

The initiaizing takes about 10-20 seconds on an Athlon 800,
depending on how many zoom levels you want (currently hard-
coded).

After that, the zoom itself is smooth.

Download teamciv and try for yourself ;)

Ingo

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Karl-Ingo Friese
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