Clinder Sides - Gaming

jayantbhatt007

Hi guys how many sided cylinder do you use for gaming. ( Like poly )

.Wiki

Five!

No it really depends on the object. For a closeup of a gun barrel you would use more sides then for the pillars of a fence.

General rule of thumb is, if a player can get really close to a object and its a hero-object then add more polygons to it.

ant1fact

There is no hard rule. The minimum amount that looks good for the art style or the technical constraints of the game.

Example #1: The trees are 6-sided cylinders.

Example #2: The valence count of the cylindrical parts is exactly as high as it needs to be in order to eliminate a jagged look in the silhouette at the closest distance you will look at the object.

*** All images from Google Images, I take no credit for any of the above works. ***

jayantbhatt007

Even if it is a hero prop , generally I use 16 sided cylinder I think its wrong. If I'm working on a game asset my main purpose should get a clean bake without any  jaggey  edges. It 's all about situation or game style.