ok on the zelda mod i keep on getting complaints about the models not being detailed enough so i am going to ask this question now, there is going to be around 1000 units on the map at any given time, and the map is going to be fairly large (800 x 800) so do my models http://www.freedomstudios.net/forums...p?showtopic=26 need more detail (btw for the skinned version i want the to be cel-shaded so maybe they need more detail i have no clue) as i dont want the mod to go extremely slow
dont spare polys on buildings.... at least make them 600 polys... it wont lag trust me.... exep u have extremly slow PC and yes those models sure need more details.. especialy cuz of cellshading... spare polys on units... u wont have 1000 buildings in game but u will have units.. so...hehe
anyway on buildings spare polys only on those u know it will be built in more than 5 places
I am wondering here. If there is 1000 models around on the map, but only 100 in the viewport, will the game lag because of the high number of polys total in the map? or in the viewport?
Because a game engine should sort out the models that are to be viewed and those who are not. So only the polys in the view are what that matters?
am I right or wrong here?
I would guess that it is the number & size of the textures are what really matters, becuase these are the big objects that have to be stored in memory and shuffeled between memory on mobo and graphic card ...
hey tibmoon its me mark your team mate. right, when i sed that your model was low detail i meant low detail for the number of polys you had.
also darkslayer your correct to a degree. but the engine still has to contain the information about whats not on screen as well so the larger the slower. but if it was all one screen at the same time major lag. its all relitive
tib do you want me to do some models for u? like tha castle and what not. you make somin and ill make my version, that cool?
Generals can push a lot of polys quite happily - seeing as you're cell shaded, keep textures a lower resolution to maximise polypushing. You can comfortably get around eight thousand polys on screen on a lower-end machine before lagging takes any real effect.
i always thought it's the poly animation that causes lagging not the actual poly count. cos you can have heaps of stationary polys and it doesn't matter. but as soon as the polys become animated, like in infantry animation, thats when the engine starts to struggle.
yes but thats because nothing isnt moving and u cant see lag but in most cases polycount isn't what makes game lagging... particle count is... but that doesnt mean that u can make ur models high poly count (just look what hapens when u fire 3 nukes near each other) ...and animation shouldt make ur game lagging...
poly question
and yes those models sure need more details.. especialy cuz of cellshading... spare polys on units... u wont have 1000 buildings in game but u will have units.. so...hehe 
