[Dukester]

I added another upgrade to my mod, and now every time I start Worldbuilder I get this message: "ASSERTION FAILURE: Can't have over 128 types of upgrades and have a Bitfield function."

Whatever that means, it doesn't seem to be too serious. The game runs normally as far as I can tell, but just the same if anyone knows what this message is talking about let me know.

[IraqiPeopleRocks]

How many upgrades did u do? because C&C Generals or ZeroHour have a 128 upgrade limit try reducing it to 123

PS: it that does not work i cant help

[Dukester]

I have no idea, but I would guess 129 since only the last one I added triggered the message. Why is there a limit on upgrades and why doesn't this seem to make much difference?

[Waraddict]

beats me why the heck there's a limit on upgrades, that means that for some strange reason EA decided to hop back in time and create a limited storage structure.

What on earth are these guys on? Ever heard of Linked Lists??

[mastermind2003]

The limit on upgrades is because they use a 128 bit integer for upgrades. They then simply have to logically or the bitmask of the upgrade with the current upgrade mask, and they have a very fast cheap way to add upgrades. It's a clever optimization, as an upgrade check requires a single logical and. It also means that there is a hard limit somewhere for the number of upgrades. 128 bits is a good choice, as it is a multiple of 32 bits, which is what most processors like to work in. It's a matter of fast code versus expandability. They picked a limit that would provide everything that they need, and used it.