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Sandbox.Decal instances are lightweight scene objects with no hard engine cap, so a persistent-paint system can hold thousands. The failure mode is a gradual frame-time sag driven by fill-rate/overdraw, never a crash cliff. Bound it with a convar-backed ring buffer and bench for your target hardware.
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