Duplicate tiles save memory?

[alergy]

Hi,

Just thought this one could be knocked on the head fairly quickly. Would appreciate your responses, or an official MMM reply ;) ....

I've noticed the following Mapmaker hint on a few TS2 boards - if you use duplicate tiles (ie. you copy a tile that's already been laid down), you don't use as much memory as if you used a new instance of a tile.

Can this be true?

I'm thinking that it's a load of poo and thinking about memory implications it shouldn't be possible, so can someone give a definitive answer please?

Cheers,

Alergy

[The_Tax_Man]

Actually you don't have to coppy the tile only put one of the same type down i.e. you place down tile 20 and it takes up 4/10 space (example) if you place down another tile 20 it should only take up 1-2/10 space. I know that probably didn't make much sense but I hope it helped (or in other words: yes)

TTM

[alergy]

Thanks for the answer... Will go mapmapking using only large opens!