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What's polycount preferable in modern games? (Low and hi poly vs mid poly)
I heard that in modern games mid poly modelling (mid poly + tiny tile texture atlases, anyways...) is much more preferable than classic low poly with hi poly bake. Is that right? And if so - then how hard high polycount hit performance and how much it matters to keep it low today? -
Re: Dear Polycount, roast my env art portfolio please!
It has nothing to do with age or any of that stuff you mentioned. It's solely about portfolio. Start a thread here on polycount where you showcase a new portfolio project and seek feedback while you work on that.… -
World of WarCraft Polycount Guild
There's been discussion of creating a Polycount guild in WoW if everyone willing to join can agree on a realm to play on. The gist of it is that everyone should start a new character so we can all help each other out on quests and whatnot. The details are sketchy, but that's what this thread's for. It'd also probably be a… -
（WIP） AKM
Hey everyone, I’m getting back into 3D modeling after a long break. The last time I touched modeling was in a college elective years ago, and I used Maya back then. Now I see so many people using Blender. I’d like to ask: should I switch to Blender for my current projects? What are the main advantages of Blender compared… -
Polycount meet-up: super-sized to Poly-Con
Hello all, I've been invited to the yearly festival of nerdiness; MAGFest that takes place near Washington DC and in the first week of January 2012. What that means is we have the chance to do some panels, perhaps some talks, portfolio reviews perhaps.... whatever we'd like. I'd like to invite you all of course to come and… -
Character Polycounts in Film
I was just browsing through for an answer to this question, but don't see to much. I understand that this is a gaming forum, but it's still a relevant question in some senses. Now, as I understand it, pretty much all film models rely heavily on displacement maps for details. However, since everything is pre-rendered, are… -
Call it out, Polycount
I broke my wacom pen about a month ago and I'm ashamed to say I haven't speed sculpted in ZBrush since then. I got a replacement today and as it turns out, I've missed it. This is my first pass at a creature in a while, but i think hes going well. So polycount, What do You think his lower body should be? Humanoid?… -
Missing technical doccument that used to be in the Polycount Wiki?
There used to be a page in the polycount wiki I can't find anywhere anymore that explained how to split up your maps when you unwrap things and how smoothing groups effected vertex counts at render time, and it had all kinds of helpful diagrams with a cylinder having its caps removed, then split down the middle, and how… -
What's a good polycount limit for...
A building asset to be used in game? First of all, first post! Secondly, I know you'll need more details than just that. I'm a bit of a newbie undertaking a new project and I could do with a little help on the more technical side of things. I'm creating a city map for a game built within UDK. It'll be 3rd person so the… -
Guild Wars is gravy, polycounters unite!
I'll leave it to the copious amount of good reviews out there to convince you to pick this one up, but personally I'm having a great deal of fun with this one. It's not so much a mog as it is a monster killing field with a virtual lobby, and it all works quite nicely. The art is mazing and it's very low commitment, unlike…
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