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Published inOct 2016
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Dr. Edward Lavieri
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Dr. Edward Lavieri is a veteran software engineer and developer with a strong academic background. He earned a Doctorate of Computer Science from Colorado Technical University, an MS in Management Information Systems (Bowie State University), an MS in Education (Capella University), and an MS in Operations Management (University of Arkansas). He has been creating and teaching computer science courses since 2002. Edward retired from the U.S. Navy as a Command Master Chief after 25 years of active service. He is the founder and creative director of three19, a software design and development studio. Edward has authored more than a dozen technology books, including several on Java.
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Memory handling


Amazon Lumberyard is intended for building AAA games, which implies high-quality, memory-intensive games. Memory, as it applies to our games, can be grouped into three broad categories: physical memory required for the game, memory requirements on the player's console or computer, and cloud-based storage requirements. In this section, we will briefly look at each of these three categories.

Physical memory for the game

It might not seem that how much physical disk space a game takes is an issue worth writing about. Remember, we are talking about AAA games, which are usually very large. If you are developing your game for a mobile device or a gaming console, then you will have to deal with additional restrictions. Mobile platform distribution networks, such as Apple's App Store and Google Play, have restrictions on the size of binary files uploaded to their respective stores. In additional, some consoles require a game to be playable within a specific amount of time once selected...

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Published in: Oct 2016Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781786460868

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Dr. Edward Lavieri

Dr. Edward Lavieri is a veteran software engineer and developer with a strong academic background. He earned a Doctorate of Computer Science from Colorado Technical University, an MS in Management Information Systems (Bowie State University), an MS in Education (Capella University), and an MS in Operations Management (University of Arkansas). He has been creating and teaching computer science courses since 2002. Edward retired from the U.S. Navy as a Command Master Chief after 25 years of active service. He is the founder and creative director of three19, a software design and development studio. Edward has authored more than a dozen technology books, including several on Java.
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