testing savegame limits

[digdug]

Since the last succession savegame got corrupted, I decided to try to find out if the savegame file has limits with the spaceobjects.

TESTs conducted with this:

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(setq TSO (lambda (number)
		(block (shipCounter)
			
			(for a 0 number
				(block Nil
				(sysCreateShip &scViking; Nil &svPirates;)
				(setq shipCounter (add shipCounter 1))
				(printTo 'console shipCounter)
				(setq a (add 1 a))
				)
			)
		)))

10000: successfully spawned 10000 ships and saved the game. Game reloaded ok.

66000: successfully spawned 66000 ships. Didn't try to save the game as game session was too laggy. (I waited patiently for a couple of minutes for 1 tick )

Conclusion: there is no practical limit to the number of spaceobjs that can roam a single system, just the power of your pc.

[TVR]

It's likely the only on-screen limit to number of spaceObjects is the 32-bit integer limit, but the save file limit may be different.