11 Nov 10, 08:39PM
AC doesn't currently provide any useful features that do not make use of the engine at startup. Assuming you made a startscreen, anything you might want to do(Play multiplayer, play against bots, make a map, etc.) will require the engine to be loaded. So there's no sense in delaying the engine when it will be loaded when you choose what you want to do.
As for loading a map, I believe it takes ~1 second to load on my pc and about 0.1 seconds on my mac. I doubt delaying that really provides any benefit.
As for loading a map, I believe it takes ~1 second to load on my pc and about 0.1 seconds on my mac. I doubt delaying that really provides any benefit.