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Faces, Solids and Texture memory

by Jeff Trier · in Artist Corner · 11/14/2001 (10:33 pm) · 6 replies

I know that TGE has a recommended poly count per player, weapon and vehicle model, but what about Worldcraft Objects?

How many faces, solids and what amount of texture memory should I limit myself too?


Thanks guys and gals,
-Jeff
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    Torque 3D Owner Phil Carlisle
    #1
    11/15/2001 (2:59 am)
    There isnt really a worthwhile limit for these things. If your buildings are mostly underground, then you can generally do more complex work (as you can make sure its portalised and wont get rendered much).

    Best bet, is to do something like T2 (get T2 if you havent got it, its a great starting point).

    Phil.

    Torque Owner Jeff Trier
    Simple Distractions Software
    #2
    11/15/2001 (5:52 am)
    So basically limits don't matter, it's just how many faces are seen at any given time?

    Torque 3D Owner Phil Carlisle
    #3
    11/15/2001 (9:13 am)
    Its a bit of a moving goalpost, but yeah. The engine itself does fairly well at removing unseen poly's from structures that use portals properly. Generally stuff where you cant see directly into the room will be culled out.

    So for instance, if youre building a large structure building, put an entrance hall in between the main open space and the rest of the building, use that as a portal and it should be faster than just connecting everything out into the world.

    Phil.

    Torque Owner Jeff Trier
    Simple Distractions Software
    #4
    11/15/2001 (1:21 pm)
    Great. Thanks a lot :)

    Torque Owner Daniel Neilsen
    #5
    11/15/2001 (3:26 pm)
    Phil,

    Is there a sample worldcraft object to show how to do portals? I know there was supposed to be but I could never find it.

    Torque Owner Tim "Zear" Hammock
    #6
    11/16/2001 (7:41 am)
    You'll want the file named t2wc_docs.zip found here.