Server memory question

I had a question about the memory that areas would take on a server. Excuse me if this has been answered before or can’t be answered yet.

Which of these scenarios would take more of the memory (RAM) of a server? One 32×32 area with two characters, or two 16×16 areas with one character each? (or are they equal?)

The server doesn’t even need a vid card in fact ;-). That’s because the server app doesn’t display any graphics, only the player and DM clients do that (except in the case of the single player game where the machine runs a hybrid server/client exe, then you need the vid card). Also, the graphics on the player client will only load and display the graphics of one area at a time because of texture limits.

Basic break down of duties for multi player NWN-

Server- Does all the processing and sends display commands to the player clients.

Player/DM Client- Displays the results sent from the Server and acts as a GUI to send requests for processing to the Server.

Server does all the thinking, Clients do all the showing and asking ;-).
Cord Grimwinder-8d