Hex Symbols instead of polygons

[Deleted User] · April 2015

Can anyone tell me if it is better as far as siza and speed of redraw whether to use in a hex map, either:
1: Just Hex symbols as given in two annuals; OR
2: Use polygons, covering many hexes of the same type, and filling it with the same bitmap. Each polygon may have over 30 points.
I am recreating the Mystara maps for my own purpose, and so far have used approach no 2.

[Deleted User] · April 2015

The Current size of the FCW map is 5.67MB

Ralf · April 2015

It will generally be better to have pyolgons than individual hex symbols. The fewer entities your map has, the smaller it will be and the faster it will display (usually). The only problem might be huge polygons or mulitpolys with many thousands of nodes, but that will normally only affect fractalized polygons.

[Deleted User] · April 2015

Thanks, Ralf. I thought that each symbol was a one off thing, no matter how many times you used it. I guess I was wrong.

Ralf · April 2015

They are, but there is still a reference to each hex and they all need to be drawn. And drawing many individual entities is slower (usually) then drawing one big one.

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Hex Symbols instead of polygons

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