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  Very good and nice example Erico.

Indeed, recompiling the source code could be a good idea, but my code will not be portable from one version to another 
Moreover, it's unfortunate that memory allocations are static and not dynamic (no difference between a cube or a complex object) and I guess it's the same for all other resources: sprites, sounds, ... 

For now I think I will dynamically allocate / deallocate objects in real time in my program (trying not to have too much slowdown).

Thanks for the confirmation Spacefractal.

Yes 

By cons, you are right in my test program it's not 4096 but 4224 the max     

I'm going to bed, this bug gives me a headache

Thank You Hemlos.

Hmm, I think you didn't understand the problem, but perhaps I'm poorly explained.
While you were answering me I wrote a modification in my first message, maybe it's clearer no?

If you exceed the number of 4096 objects in your program, your program crashes completely.

My engine is really optimized for software, but if it interests you (and maybe others), I would make an opengl version of my 3DS loader / renderer.
But not now because I have a problem with one of my projects (see the bugs section).
A problem that could also affect this future 3DS loader

Thank you for moving the topic.

Normally, GENX_OBJ() only returns -1 if there is not enough memory but that is not the case.
It seems that GLBASIC don't allow more than 4096 3d object.

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In fact, the GENX_OBJ()  function gives 4095 at the beginning and decreases with each call, it has nothing to do with the memory, this function is probably just in relation to a memory array of 4096.
It is very restrictive that the maximum number of objects is not related to the available memory (as the help says), but only with a precalculated memory array, because a 3D world can often contain more than 4096 objects 

Very very interesting project (in purely GLBasic so very portable)

I hope you're still working on it, it's really good 

The code has a lot of INLINE functions, moreover, because of the function mem2sprite (or its faster equivalent but still too slow), this little engine is really not interesting

Your viewer is awesome! With a beautiful GUI 

Ps: I saw that the topic about your viewer was in the Beta Tests section, I think this topic should also be included in this section.
Could you move it to this section? Thank you Hemlos.

Thanks Erico 
But I gave up this software engine because of this function (although if I just finished, for the fun, a version with textures and lightmaps), maybe I'll come back to it one day

For those who are interested, it's a shader for Blender, everything is explained here :
http://www.cgchannel.com/2015/02/this-free-blender-shader-turns-3d-models-into-pixel-art/

Yes of course. In fact, I was thinking about textures, there isn't really any interest.
By cons you're right, it's very interesting to convert a 3D rendering in pixel art, like this beautiful example in Blender :

It's not really the problem. As I said above, without this function, and therefore without the use of opengl, I go from 50 to 320 on my very old PC (probably +1000 on your I5 without this function).
An option to completely disable opengl and provide only a framebuffer would be fine (even if we can't use the 2D and 3D graphics functions after that).
For example, using this type of library:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pixeltoaster/

In the future, the options to choose its graphics module (opengl, opencl, directx, vulkan, metal ... or none) would also be interesting to have a program perfectly suited to the chosen platform.
But this is much more complicated and requires the help of Master Kitty

Thanks dreamerman for your test 

Perfect for a retro 2D game 
But I don' t see too much interest in 3D Even for a retro 3D game (but I'm wrong maybe).

Thanks Mentalthink.

500? ... New record! 

Yes mem2sprite is quite slow, I use the opengl function glTexSubImage2D which is much faster (but not enough and with a lot of differences depending on the chipsets).
Qedo has created a similar (and more flexible) version than mine here:
https://www.glbasic.com/forum/index.php?topic=11107.0

Awesome ! A real help for my future best seller on steam 
I sincerely believe in GLB, there is a real demand for retro-gaming.
Just make a new generation of retro 2D game but also in 3D, the fun and just that!
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Yes Atari ST can make a perfect vertical scrolling  ! 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC4C5DJPOxA
And also a perfect horizontal scrolling ! 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp3nLGu5Wv0
Steve Bak Return !