Iphone Technical Restraints

Cyph3r

How many tri's/textures can an Iphone/Ipod Touch handle on screen at once? What about limits for individual objects/characters ect for an RTS game (thatd have very few characters on screen) ?

Eric Chadwick

Sorry, no details, but I do know the iPhone runs on the PowerVR chipset. They offer some tools here, not sure if they work with iPhone content specifically, but it's a start.
http://www.imgtec.com/powervr/insider/powervr-utilities.asp

Also might be some specs in this thread:
Low Poly Hardware Specs (on going)

TheSplash

Texture wise the largest res you can have is 1024, and you can have up to 24mb total of textures in memory. Not sure about the polygons on screen, but I hear it's around 3000 tris? I'm guessing probably less than that.

arshlevon

sega has said it is more powerful than the dreamcast was... so i can imagine it can do a lot for a hand held.

rul119

I´using unity3d for developing a game for the iphone and the limit with this engine is 7000triangles on screen

sketch81

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[FONT=&quot]I want to add some low poly iphone models to my portfolio (500tris with 512textures).[/FONT][FONT=&quot]I am using Maya as the modelling package, with the intention of importing the models into the Unity engine.
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[FONT=&quot]Do these models need additional maps such as normal and spec?
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[FONT=&quot]When using vertex painting to add in shadows, do I need to setup any lighting?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Once the models are finished and polished, is the presentation of the model the same as any other 3D model?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] I hope I've made myself clear, but any info would be great.
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[FONT=&quot]Thank you for taking the time to read my questions
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sketch81

Hey guys,

Great thread and I'm a big fan of iphone art... Just wondering what the estimated model/texture specs are for characters and vehicles.

Thanks

brandycarson

I am afraid this is not easily possible, the current resolution for iPhone does not meet the requirements of 1024. But hopefully they could work on this.