High Res Details

travisdreams

So i noticed for the high res models of games, there's alot of attention to detail to capture the realism of the model as shown in The Last of Us:

http://media.officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk/files/2013/07/ellie-03.jpg

I was wondering how high in polys are the modelers going per object/subtool?

I usually stop dividing my model once it reaches around 1 million in zbrush but i see they're able to get really nice details in their models.

Could it be their models are higher in topology (maybe 4 million per subtool?) or it just has such an efficient amount of even topology distribution?

Eric Chadwick

I bet their machines are maxed on on CPU/GPU/RAM (they can afford it!) so the high poly counts are not that big a deal.

travisdreams

That would make sense. Its kind of unfortunate on my side then but i guess i'll work with what i got

Eric Chadwick

To get a higher poly sculpt, you could also break it down into subtools and poly groups, and just display the parts you're working on. Then you can crunch it down to a manageable size before exporting to the baking tool of your choice.

TheQuietPotato

If your having trouble you could use the technique used is this post from Zbrush Central,http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?178308&p=1023635&viewfull=1#post1023635. To manage all the super high poly objects, he created them in separate scenes after blocking them out. Then used Decimation Master once they were complete to bring down the poly count, and manage all the sub tools in one scene.