standalone path generator

[thesleepless]

how feasable would it be to make a standalone path generator that uses the same code as spring that can be called from the lobby?
so while we're waiting for an hour between games we can generate all the path files so we don't need to wait when we're actually about to play the game.

[lurker]

Or you could just launch spring on the map. And how often do you actually wait that long on a new map?

[Tobi]

Modify your lobby client so it runs 'spring /minimize /quit 1' while the battle isn't started, or something.

I suppose a commandline option /onlygeneratepath may be nice though.

[AF]

theres a script.txt tag that makes spring quit after a certain amount of time. Start it minimized and make it quit at 0 and itll load and autoquit in the background

[zerver]

Sorry, but the new multithreaded pathing takes no time...

[lurker]

That's BS and you know it. I don't care how many cores you have, if it takes 'no time' you're either using too fast of a processor to care anyway, or you need to try a bigger map.

[Otherside]

Pathing does take time but as a one off thing per map its not neccesary imo to make a standalone path generator.

i path maps 2-3 seconds (big maps) but i got a quadcore 3.6

My laptop is a dualcore 2.4 and it path's in 5-8 seconds (big maps)

[thesleepless]

Or you could just launch spring on the map. And how often do you actually wait that long on a new map?

sometimes it takes quite awhile and by the time i get in game people have already started without me.
for some reason it often generates paths for maps i've already played.

Sorry, but the new multithreaded pathing takes no time...

great if you have a multicore cpu, not so great if you don't.

i'm using an athlon XP 2000+ and athlon 64 3000+ and it can take more than a minute sometimes.

i might have a play with making a command line option to just generate paths.

[BrainDamage]

for some reason it often generates paths for maps i've already played.

paths are tired to the unit's movement types ( dunno if 100% the right term but i think it gives the idea of what it is ), so if the mod changes certain values related to how unit move, the path caches are invalidated

EDIT: taken out unrelevant part of quoted text

[lurker]

Psst, there's a reason this forum doesn't bother marking edits in the last post of a thread.

[zerver]

Make a bat file that starts spring with every map and insta-quits...

Edit: Oh, BTW if pathing really takes that long it might indicate you are trying to play a map that is bigger than your 286SX can handle.