In the Weeds, but Important (aka While I remember!)

So, boy oh boy, this is an update that's deep in the code. The code that no-one will ever see, other than the game should stay running nicely and not hog up more and more memory on your device.

I've finally written up the code that will load needed bitmaps for all the monsters and player characters on the fly, and just as importantly, drop them back out when they are no longer needed (until they are needed again, when this starts over). Similar code also works for the various animated landscape things (torches, trees etc).

I'm not getting into any deeper discussion on how it works, cause it's just not needed. The good news for me, is that it finally, does, indeed work. Which in turn means that you, or me can go legging it around the world, and there can be all manner of different monsters and things about the place, and the app will happily render all that's needed without the Android system underneath it cracking it with how much memory is being used up as more and more is loaded into various things.

With some luck, tomorrow I'll tweak the lighting system to make a few changes to how lights are displayed. I'd like to have a max differential between the ambient lighting in an area and a light source as well as a cap on a light source luminosity. That will make for better looking effects, but also allow me to make some items better in different areas. It makes sense in my head currently, and that's what I'm working towards!

Oh, and we're looking at the Floren Lowlands just to the north of one of the starting zones.