Enemy Memory Usage
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Each enemy in Pikmin 2 uses a different amount of memory, with this chart, you can theoretically know exactly what your limits are on what can be present at once. The size of the enemy heap is constant, so your available space will never change, regardless of anything else about the level. Note that in story mode, the enemy heap is a total of 2099.2 kilobytes, for both caves and above ground. In Challenge mode, the enemy heap is smaller, at 1536.0 kilobytes. In Versus mode, the enemy heap is 1843.2 kilobytes.
Having one of a single enemy means its model and animations need to be loaded, so it will use far more memory compared to any subsequent instances of that enemy. Both the first and additional enemy sizes will be used here. To calculate what your level needs, use the formula
Size = x + (y * (s-1))
Where x is the single instance size, y is the subsequent instance size, and s is the number of the enemy in your level.
Note that for some enemies, their existence will automatically allocate another enemy. The size here should include these enemies, although there are some odd cases involved, I will try to clarify in notes when I can, although some specific enemies may be inconsistent and depend heavily on what else is in the level.
Some enemies, such as the pellet posy and Titan Dweevil, spawn objects such as pellets with their existence, these objects aren't put in the enemy heap, and aren't accounted for in this chart, since they wouldn't affect the limit on enemies.
Naturally, all of these sizes reflect the vanilla game, but they are subject to be different in mods, a general way to get an idea of a custom enemies size is to look at the combined size of its model and animation archives when not compressed. These sizes were gotten with loading an empty cave set to spawn one of the given enemy, or two for the subsequent size.
Certain enemy types can share assets, meaning if one is loaded, the other can be loaded without needing to add its initial size, and instead going right to its subsequent size, these cases will be noted where possible.
Contents
Files
| Enemy Name | Usage For Initial Instance | Usage for Subsequent Instances | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Geyser | 14.8 kb | 2.8 kb | |
| Gas Pipe | 15.1 kb | 2.8 kb | |
| Paper (Chiyogami) | 21.2 kb | 2.9 kb | |
| Electric Wire | 22.1 kb | 5.7 kb | |
| Clover | 23.4 kb | 2.9 kb | |
| Small Shoot | 24.3 kb | 2.8 kb | |
| Small Dead Figwort | 25.5 kb | 2.8 kb | |
| Breadbug House | 26.4 kb | 1.9 kb | |
| Iridescent Flint Beetle | 27.5 kb | 4.0 kb | If a single Flint/Glint/Doodlebug exists, any others will count as subsequent |
| Iridescent Glint Beetle | 27.5 kb | 4.0 kb | If a single Flint/Glint/Doodlebug exists, any others will count as subsequent |
| Doodlebug | 27.5 kb | 4.0 kb | If a single Flint/Glint/Doodlebug exists, any others will count as subsequent |
| Horsetail | 28.6 kb | 2.9 kb | |
| Fiddlehead | 29.0 kb | 2.8 kb | |
| Glowstem (Red) | 30.0 kb | 3.3 kb | |
| Glowstem (Green) | 30.0 kb | 3.3 kb | The two glowstems have fully seperate models/animations |
| Small Figwort | 31.0 kb | 2.8 kb | |
| Bomb Rock | 31.1 kb | 3.2 kb | |
| Wogpole | 31.8 kb | 3.4 kb | |
| Dandelion | 37.0 kb | 3.1 kb | |
| Common Glowcap | 38.0 kb | 3.1 kb | |
| Large Dead Figwort | 38.5 kb | 3.2 kb | |
| Seeding Dandelion | 40.4 kb | 3.3 kb | The plants are all excluding any potential Spectralids |
| Female Sheargrub | 47.0 kb | 3.6 kb | |
| Male Sheargrub | 47.5 kb | 3.8 kb | Both Sheargrubs share animations, but not model. So using both will save some memory, but not the full amount of the single instance. |
| Margaret | 47.8 kb | 3.0 kb | |
| Foxtail | 48.5 kb | 3.0 kb | |
| Ravenous Whiskerpillar | 48.6 kb | 3.4 kb | |
| Bulborb Larva | 49.1 kb | 3.6 kb | |
| Large Shoot | 49.5 kb | 2.8 kb | |
| Pellet Posy | 50.7 kb | 4.4 kb | All sizes of pellet are the same amount of memory |
| Large Figwort | 51.7 kb | 3.2 kb | |
| Skitterleaf | 52.8 kb | 3.7 kb | |
| Anode Beetle | 53.4 kb | 3.9 kb | |
| Waterwraith Tires | 53.9 kb | 5.3 kb | |
| Falling Rock | 56.4 kb | 4.3 kb | Also the rock shot by cannon beetle larva |
| Any Candypop Bud | 58.3 kb | 5.1 kb | All Candypop Buds are the same internally, one being loaded will make all others use subsequent size. |
| Cloaking Burrownit | 63.8 kb | 4.2 kb | |
| Water Dumple | 64.4 kb | 4.3 kb | |
| Shearwig | 66.3 kb | 4.0 kb | |
| All Four Elemental Dweevils | 71.9 kb | 4.9 kb | All four main dweevils share the same model/anims. Having one counts as the initial for all 4. |
| Swooping Snitchbug | 78.3 kb | 4.7 kb | |
| Antenna Beetle | 81.9 kb | 5.1 kb | |
| Fiery Blowhog | 84.1 kb | 6.0 kb | |
| Watery Blowhog | 84.1 kb | 6.0 kb | Fiery/Watery share the model/animations, so either being present counts as the first instance. |
| Yellow Wollywog | 91.8 kb | 4.7 kb | |
| Mamuta | 92.4 kb | 5.7 kb | |
| Bumbling Snitchbug | 94.4 kb | 4.8 kb | |
| Dwarf Bulbear | 95.2 kb | 4.5 kb | Animations are are shared with other dwarves, but not model. So only partly paired with them. |
| Dwarf Red Bulborb | 96.0 kb | 5.3 kb | If a single dwarf red/orange/snow Bulborb exists, any others will count as subsequent |
| Dwarf Orange Bulborb | 96.0 kb | 5.3 kb | If a single dwarf red/orange/snow Bulborb exists, any others will count as subsequent |
| Snow Bulborb | 96.0 kb | 5.3 kb | If a single dwarf red/orange/snow Bulborb exists, any others will count as subsequent |
| Gatling Groink | 99.9 kb | 6.9 kb | Both walking and stationary |
| Volatile Dweevil | 103.0 kb | 8.1 kb | This dweevil is bigger than the other 4 due to the Bomb Rock. |
| Wollywog | 105.7 kb | 4.9 kb | The two Wollywogs are fully separate internally. |
| Bulbmin | 110.2 kb | 6.4 kb | The babies do not count toward the enemy heap |
| Puffy Blowhog | 110.9 kb | 6.1 kb | |
| Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat | 113.8 kb | 4.9 kb | |
| Greater Spotted Jellyfloat | 114.0 kb | 5.3 kb | |
| Group of Unmarked Spectralids | 116.1 kb | ??? kb | Same issue as with Mitites, hard to test an individual entity |
| Spotty Bulbear | 119.8 kb | 6.1 kb | |
| Red Bulborb | 126.4 kb | 7.4 kb | If a single red/orange/hairy Bulborb exists, any others will count as subsequent |
| Orange Bulborb | 126.4 kb | 7.4 kb | If a single red/orange/hairy Bulborb exists, any others will count as subsequent |
| Hairy Bulborb | 127.1 kb | 7.5 kb | Hairy Bulborb is a tad bigger than the other two because of the hair effects. |
| Fiery Bulblax | 127.4 kb | 9.1 kb | |
| Burrowing Snagret | 128.8 kb | 9.3 kb | |
| Withering Blowhog | 129.5 kb | 6.5 kb | |
| Hermit Crawmad | 131.7 kb | 7.3 kb | Includes its nest |
| Breadbug | 136.1 kb | 5.7 kb | Including its house |
| Giant Breadbug | 141.8 kb | 6.9 kb | Including its house |
| Creeping Chrysanthemum | 145.6 kb | 5.9 kb | |
| Set of 10 Mitites | 145.6 kb | ??? kb | Mitite allocation is very strange and doesn't follow normal rules, so I cant say what an individual ones size is yet. |
| Pileated Snagret | 148.1 kb | 9.8 kb | |
| Beady Long Legs | 154.6 kb | 15.3 kb | This is without any Spectralids, as Beady is in vanilla. |
| Egg | 163.4 kb | 2.8 kb | Including the 10 Mitites, they make eggs deceptively huge on memory. |
| Ranging/Toady Bloyster | 176.2 kb | 8.5 kb | Both bloysters are basically the same thing internally, and count as the same initial use |
| Man-at-Legs | 180.5 kb | 13.9 kb | |
| Careening Dirigibug | 192.2 kb | 11.6 kb | Including the 3 bomb rocks it allocates per bug! |
| Honeywisp | 206.6 kb | 6.7 kb | Including the egg and the eggs Mitites! |
| Waterwraith | 207.6 kb | 15.1 kb | Including its tires |
| Armored Cannon Beetle Larva | 222.8 kb | 28.0 kb | Including 5 of the rock object per beetle! Also note that models/anims are shared for the 3 beetle larva enemies. |
| Buried Cannon Beetle Larva | 222.8 kb | 28.0 kb | Note above |
| Decorated Cannon Beetle | 222.8 kb | 28.0 kb | Note above |
| Raging Long Legs | 330.4 kb | 18.3 kb | This is with the 30 Mitites. |
| Emperor Bulblax | 446.2 kb | 11.8 kb | |
| Empress Bulblax | 541.3 kb | 192.7 kb | Including 50 bulborb larva per-empress |
| Titan Dweevil | 595.7 kb | 53.6 kb | |
| Segmented Crawbster | 664.0 kb | 8.1 kb | The biggest size award of all award |
