diff --git a/port/linux/include/halo_port_capacity.h b/port/linux/include/halo_port_capacity.h
index 91d11a25..f602cb7a 100644
--- a/port/linux/include/halo_port_capacity.h
+++ b/port/linux/include/halo_port_capacity.h
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ objects, noncollideable objects, lights) */
 #define HALO_PORT_MAXIMUM_AREA_OF_EFFECT_OBJECTS 256 /* (64) */
 /* object references shared by all script object lists */
 #define HALO_PORT_MAXIMUM_LISTED_OBJECTS_PER_MAP 1024 /* (128) */
+/* widgets (light volumes, antennas, flags, glows, lightning), each made with
+its object and kept for its life: an assault rifle's flashlight beam, held or
+dropped, and a plasma bolt's light volume; a full pool draws the object
+without its widget */
+#define HALO_PORT_MAXIMUM_WIDGETS 2048 /* (64) */
+#define HALO_PORT_MAXIMUM_LIGHT_VOLUMES 2048 /* (256) */
 
 /* ---------- effects, particles, lights and sounds */
 
diff --git a/source/objects/widgets/light_volumes.c b/source/objects/widgets/light_volumes.c
index d6f36778..c0cca264 100644
--- a/source/objects/widgets/light_volumes.c
+++ b/source/objects/widgets/light_volumes.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static struct light_volume_globals light_volume_globals = {0};
 void light_volumes_initialize(
 	void)
 {
-	light_volume_globals.light_volume_data = game_state_data_new("light volumes", 256, 8);
+	light_volume_globals.light_volume_data = game_state_data_new("light volumes", HALO_PORT_MAXIMUM_LIGHT_VOLUMES, 8);
 	if (!light_volume_globals.light_volume_data)
 	{
 		display_assert(
diff --git a/source/objects/widgets/widgets.c b/source/objects/widgets/widgets.c
index 7c04f7e5..8be006c4 100644
--- a/source/objects/widgets/widgets.c
+++ b/source/objects/widgets/widgets.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ symbols in this file:
 
 enum
 {
-	MAXIMUM_WIDGETS_PER_MAP = 64
+	MAXIMUM_WIDGETS_PER_MAP = HALO_PORT_MAXIMUM_WIDGETS
 };
 
 /* ---------- macros */