Changed: Removed the splitting of large Patch and Raw format graphics into two textures. Back when this was implemented the maximum texture dimensions supported by many GL implementations was considerably smaller than is common today. So to preserve quality Doomsday would split "large" graphics up into two smaller parts. This resulted in several architectural issues as drawing these graphics necesitated the use of dedicated methods for the purpose. Today with maximum texture dimensions so much larger and support for non-power-of-two textures being common place, this splitting is no longer useful for 99% of systems and has now been removed.
Added by danij over 14 years ago
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Changed: Removed the splitting of large Patch and Raw format graphics into two textures. Back when this was implemented the maximum texture dimensions supported by many GL implementations was considerably smaller than is common today. So to preserve quality Doomsday would split "large" graphics up into two smaller parts. This resulted in several architectural issues as drawing these graphics necesitated the use of dedicated methods for the purpose. Today with maximum texture dimensions so much larger and support for non-power-of-two textures being common place, this splitting is no longer useful for 99% of systems and has now been removed.