I have tested single background images bigger than
to see a modern PC that will not handle it. You know
to see a modern PC that will not handle it. You know
Also it appears to be a little known fact that Mark has stated himself that he has coded a workaround for large image handling - presumably Blitz hacks large pictures into smaller ones internally, before dumping them on the vid card, and takes care of drawing them properly also internally.
Cancerian, apart from space/memory restrictions you might be placed under, go nuts if you want. Just remember:
800x600=480,000 pixels
16 bit = 2bytes, 32 bit = 4 bytes
480000x4 = 1,920,000 bytes
1920000/1024=1875 KB
Front buffer and back buffer = 2x1875 = 3.7 MB
Which means an 800x600 game in 32 bit screenmode requires a 4MB gfx card before any gfx are even loaded!
A 2400x1200 graphic at 32 bit requires an extra 11megs, so that's almost 15meg gone already. And then I suppose you want to draw other stuff onto that graphic as well ;] I'd say your minimum specs are looking at a 32MB card, maybe even 64MB depending on just how wild you go =]