Problem with compiling p3d, concerns about CPU usage

[InsanityForce]

I managed to make it all work just before I saw your message, but you explained a few things better than I had

I had read in the manual that textures links Inside the .egg were automatically taken care of when making a .p3d. I still copied that maps folder to be safe, and it worked. panda3d.org/manual/index.php/Using_packp3d

• Any model files that your application loads from some source outside of the application folder won’t be found. You must ensure that these are copied into the application folder and loaded from there. (However, texture files that are referenced by egg or bam files within the application folder will automatically be copied into the p3d file, no matter where they were found on disk.)

At first I thought it has something to do with the ModelPath (interesting stuff on prc model directories, looks like you helpa lot here) . I’m still not quite sure what had happened, but satisfied enough to sleep. Finally.

However, there’s an easier way. Since this is part of the default set of models, you may use “-r models” on the packp3d command-line. This will make packp3d automatically include the default set of models.
One caveat is that you need to then remove the “models/” prefix from the path when loading them in the Python file which is needed for packp3d to find them in the default models set.

so -r moves copies the default models to the “root” of the p3d file ?

Anyway, thanks a lot for your answers, in other threads too ;D