How do i know that it has to many Triangles?

padican491

Hello,

I'm always confused from where I should know if a Prop i modelled have too many Triangles i would appreciate every answer
Thank you for your help!

Greetings,
Ryan

Tiles

Hi padican,
It always depends of your target platform and your goal. For a game character and game assets you need to care for performance and poly count. For a still you might not. It's also a thing of personal experience. In my experience you will automatically use fewer geometry the longer you model. Goes faster, is easier to model, the topology is easier to judge.

As a rule of thumb, if a face does not add to the silhouette or the shading, then chances are that this face is not needed.
Kind regards
Tiles

padican491

Tiles said:

Hi padican,
It always depends of your target platform and your goal. For a game character and game assets you need to care for performance and poly count. For a still you might not. It's also a thing of personal experience. In my experience you will automatically use fewer geometry the longer you model. Goes faster, is easier to model, the topology is easier to judge.

As a rule of thumb, if a face does not add to the silhouette or the shading, then chances are that this face is not needed.
Kind regards
Tiles

Thanks for your answer and your Time!

Eric Chadwick

http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Polygon_Count