Can you include .3MF to the list of re-compressible formats?

[spwolf]

@nikkho wrote this in for PA 2018 :)

btw, hows closing speed of alpha?

[nikkho]

@spwolf Closing speed is perfect. It happens instantaneously.

[spwolf]

@nikkho thanks for letting me know.

[AluminumHaste]

@spwolf for the image loading, since streaming data off HDD can be slow compared to handling images in memory, would combining all the images into an image atlas (one large image) and mapping the pixel locations to things instead be faster on startup?
Similar to how minecraft stores it’s game textures in one large image file. Then you’re only loading 1 image file off the hard drive instead off hundreds.

[spwolf]

@aluminumhaste said in Faster startup and close times in PA 2017:

@spwolf for the image loading, since streaming data off HDD can be slow compared to handling images in memory, would combining all the images into an image atlas (one large image) and mapping the pixel locations to things instead be faster on startup?
Similar to how minecraft stores it’s game textures in one large image file. Then you’re only loading 1 image file off the hard drive instead off hundreds.

so how come you dont have PA 2018 preview already? Should I send it over. Its fast. Faast!

[AluminumHaste]

@spwolf I used to try the Alpha a few years ago, don’t know why I stopped. Sure, glad to try it out.

[AluminumHaste]

Loading testing completed:
Powerarchiver 2017
1.38 sec
1.46 sec
1.35 sec

Powerarchiver 2018 - Alpha
0.53 sec
0.63 sec
0.60 sec

Closing has always been fast on my computer, 2018 is almost instant.

[spwolf]

@aluminumhaste thats pretty fast for 2017 too… when memory gets more fragmented during days of use, 2018 will go to 0.8s while 2017 will do something like 2.3-2.5s. At least from my experience.

Then if disk is doing something else in the background, we could have 2018 doing 1.3-1.5s while 2017 does 3.5-4s on same computer and ssd.

thanks for testing, how does it feel?

[AluminumHaste]

Snappy, fast, quick.

[AluminumHaste]

I tried PA 2017 portable, on work computer takes about 5 seconds to open

[spwolf]

@aluminumhaste said in Faster startup and close times in PA 2017:

I tried PA 2017 portable, on work computer takes about 5 seconds to open

should be less than 2s in PA 2018… i dont think Portable is any slower, it is just different computer and possibly memory fragmentation after long running.

[AluminumHaste]

This is a work computer so yeah, also was loading that off of a USB flashdrive.

[spwolf]

Check latest PA 2018 build, and compare the speeds to 2017, 2016, etc.

New version: PowerArchiver 2018 18.00.23 - BETA 1
Download: http://dl.powerarchiver.com/2018/powarc180023.exe

thanks!

[nikkho]

@spwolf Indeed much faster!