I found that its nothing really to do with poly/tri count as I got the numbers really low and still suffered issues. The problem seemed to go away when I collapsed the stack. Setup: Edit Poly > TurboSmooth > Edit Poly = slow editing (less than 1FPS) when selecting polys. Collapsed stack or working with first edit poly…
Textures I don't think should exceed 128x128 no matter what kind of game. Polycount kind of depends on the game and how much you are going to use up for environments and particles. From looking at the Ghost in the Shell FPS PSP game that I am playing now I don't think the polycount went much over 1500 for characters with 1…
you also have to becarefull with ergonomic furniture and periphreals. theres really no official proccess for rgonomics to be approved. so any company can make a goofy looking mouse and slap "ergonomic" on the label. i would recomend breaks thru out the day. also hit a gym a few times a week…
Thanks for the kind words all! Ericv - Yeah this is all the 'low' poly model. I did use turbosmooth to help me generate the base shape for a lot of objects though. Pixelmasher - thanks dude Skillmister - The materials are constantly being tweaked and evolving but i'll post em up once i'm satisfied with the results. Its all…
Thanks for the recommendations! I'm looking at getting these two books: Architectural Drawing: A Visual Compendium of Types and Methods (3rd edition) - Rendow Yee - [ame=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471793663/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=A6FM3138AIY0R]amazon link[/ame] Materials, Structures, and Standards: All the…
What do you mean it's taking forever...that house has about 8 Quads to unwrap...just stack the Walls in the lower half of the UV Space (if you need more tiling, cut them up) and the roof to the top half of the UV Space, then use PS to put the two textures your using at the corresponding places on one single image...done.…
well, bearing in mind that the out-of-the-box characters are between 1500-2000 triangles mostly, I think between 2000-4000 is a fair target to shoot for. Anything more than 4000-5000 and you might start alienating people who don't have the latest hardware. I guess you could get away with anything up to 8000 or even more if…