Problem with collection.max_instances

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#1

I’m trying to write a bunny mark but I can’t get it to work. First I got an error about the maximum number of sprites, then I increased it to 65536. Then I got another error: ‘collection.max_instances’.

If I put any value above 32k the game won’t even launch and I got this line on the console: ‘FATAL:ENGINE: Failed to set max instance count for collections (-7)’.

Some seconds later an error window shows up: https://i.imgur.com/9dwMIJk.png

Does anyone knows where can I find info about it? There is nothing on the docs specifying a limit to those settings.

PS: I know that I won’t be able to put more than 30k bunnies on the screen since even with luajit + raylib I only got ~50k. But would be nice to have some details about the ‘limits’.

#2

After digging through the engine code, the max value for that setting is 32765 (set by this constant which is checked here). It should definitely be added to the docs. A better solution could be a way to set a max value for a project setting and have the editor/Bob check it?

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#3

Yes, we shouldn’t accept a value that is too large.

I created such a test, with some variations here:

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#4

Amazing :open_mouth:

Thanks @Potota