Mobile Asset Creation - (Character Based)

miya-t

Hi world, I'm currently working on a couple characters for a sims like game for android/iphone, which involves customization of the characters clothing and accessories etc. My question is can anyone show the type of poly count & typology examples of clothing that help animation and performance.
please share a few a words on workflow it would be nice to hear the thoughts behind the creation method.
looking forward to the replies.
thanks.

Andreas

No better way to learn then by researching it yourself;

http://wiki.polycount.com/

Lamont

Look through the Unity site, there is a working example of this to get you started.

miya-t

Thank you sirs.

moose

One restriction you should keep in mind (if you use UE3) is how many bones can influence a vert, and overall bone count. You need to keep it to 2, otherwise you'll take a pretty decent perf hit. Vert count isn't a huge issue if you only have 2 characters visible on the screen as skeletal meshes (ala Infinity Blade, those characters actually have pretty nice vert counts).

Would start first by figuring out how many characters you want visible on the screen first, and plan for that. Bone count limitations and influence restrictions can limit your character designs, and knowing how complex your game scene is will help make smart design decisions.

miya-t

nice one moose ill bare that in mind.