You ideally never want to have multiple material assignments on a single mesh. If you combine, use a trim or mask approach, if you have multiple materials, then split
i generally dont combine unless there is a compelling reason to do. separate things are relatively easy to combine, but once you combine it's more hassle to uncombine later if you need to. And for an environment kit for games, you have more flexibility to change position of windows if they are their own entity. As far as…
Here are some potential problems with not combining a mesh: * Some engines have problems with lighting when you have open edges on a mesh. You get light leaking. * Some engines will be creating LODs automatically for your buildings. Having open edges can confuse the LOD algorithm and create a bad LOD. * If your engine uses…
less materials is better in general but it doesn't make any difference whether the mesh has multiple materials on it or not cos it'll get broken up by material when rendered anyway separate parts is a generally a good idea for stuff like windowframes or anything relatively dense since you can re-use it an thus save memory…
Hey everyone, I'm currently working on a 3D modeling project for a game and I'm wondering about the best workflow for attaching windows to a building. Should I merge the vertices of the window with the building (which would consequently add edges to the base of the building, making it a single composite part), or would it…