Compress File Size

[Munchinater]

I have Eclipse Stable DL-ed on my computer and I'm thinkin about buildin my game. I've got lots of stuff already on paper and have been tryin to get it started. The problem is the file size. I really want a lot of maps, and large maps (I'm hopin to get maps at 500x500 tiles). But with the calculations I'll be pullin off a file size of 15 gigs or more (probably more cause that's just the maps). Is there a way to compress the mmo once it's done or once I've got all the maps generated by the server? I kindof don't wanna promise an awesome game that's gonna take up who knows how many gigs of space. Is there anythin I can do to compress the mmo once I've generated everythin?

[Homicidal Monkey]

dont make huge maps; if you were to decompress that, its going to utilize 15gigs of ram.

[Carim123]

Use EO. It was made for that kind of thing, was it not?

[Munchinater]

So if I used EO instead would it be a much smaller file size? And I do kindof wanna go with big maps but now I'm startin to wonder if I should just go with standard 30x30.

[Carim123]

Why are you not using EO, anyway?
Plus, you can make the maps dynamic as well.

[Munchinater]

Wasn't aware of the difference or what EO was exactly. I know ES and E2.7 but not much about EO. Is there a post that'll tell me more about it?

[Munchinater]

Oh and if I am gonna go with smaller maps (standard 30x30 or so), how many would be a decent number? I really want a large world and kindof want like 1000 maps (at least, especially if I'm goin with 30x30 instead of larger).

[Carim123]

Bleh. There you go.

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