Jordan - It looks like you are not seeing how this is related to optimization, and why its important. You are right, players won't care and see how its set up. But you can't build a house from paper, just cause noone will see it because its inside the walls. An another thing, you should completely forget the 8k textures…
What tools do you think Maya needs to improve for UVmapping? Their forum is quite responsive and we are in good cumincation with Autodesk Soho so I could point them to this thread to help give it some validationation. Maya needs better... 1, Packing tools (need to be able to controll the different size boundaries) 2,…