Presention or playability UDK

Nemlet17 · May 2011

Hello everyone,

I was wondering (first level with UDK) if it is not a smart move to make some things high poly than should be just so presentation (higher detail) looks nicer than actually playability of the level? Is this a bad move or should I shoot for playability?

Thanks,
Zack

Oniram · May 2011

depends on the scale of the object. if its something small, dont bother making it higher poly, but for larger objects...such as rocks

... i wouldn't worry about the triangle count.

also what are the plans for the level?

Nemlet17 · May 2011

Cool, thanks for the reply.

I plan on just making it a fly through with the camera, cinematic.

Oniram · May 2011

yea then geometry isnt an issue.

Nemlet17 · May 2011

Just the words I wanted to hear! One real quick question, can I turn off the snap control in udk so objects are not snapping to the grid (yes, should be a tech talk question, sorry)?

Zipfinator · May 2011

Go to view, Drag Grid and turn off Enable Drag Grid Snap.

Oniram · May 2011

or there are also 4 icons on the bottom right of the editor.

you can toggle them or change the settings there. from left to right

Drag Grid, Rotation Grid, Scale Grid, Autosave

the checks will toggle them.

Presention or playability UDK

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