Like a beginner :)

[paddy]

Suddenly, the engine was sooooo slooooow ...
Searched during a while ...
Texture allocation in display list=no good http://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/ubb/smile.gif

glTexImage2D in a displaylist = major performance slowdown ...

[Bob]

Well of course, glTexImage2D would be called, and therefore a new texture would be uploaded, every time you call the displaylist http://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/ubb/biggrin.gif