Texture memory question

[rthorvald]

If two objects use the same texture, and both are visible, will Celestia load the texture once, or will it treat it as two different files?

The question is really: if two asteroids, for example, share one texture, is this more memory-efficient than using two different textures?

- rthorvald

[Bob Hegwood]

If two objects use the same texture, and both are visible, will Celestia load the texture once, or will it treat it as two different files?

The question is really: if two asteroids, for example, share one texture, is this more memory-efficient than using two different textures?

- rthorvald

Don't know for sure, but this is already being done in Celestia. A wide variety
of objects are currently mapped to a single texture, "asteroid.cms" and
"asteroid.jpg" I think?

One would have to assume that it *would* be more memory efficient if the
same texture only has to be in memory once to be displayed on a variety of
different objects. Yes?

Take care, Bob