Geometry or Textures?

Greg DAlessandro

Which is more expensive?

Drawing the geometry, or drawing the texture?

I find that a lot of times I have to choose between the two:

1) Less Geometry, but textures are drawn behind geometry.



2) More Geometry, but textures are not drawn behind geometry.


Thank you.

Obscura

Its the same. This should be handled by occlusion culling, if you have friendly geometry that works well with it.

Greg DAlessandro

Sorry, I should have mentioned that this is in the Hammer Engine.

Greg DAlessandro

So they are equally as expensive?

Obscura

Geometry and texture behind geometry doesn't render, if its split up into pieces, and if the engine supports occlusion culling.