If you go under views>viewport configuration>Statistics. You can have it show both poly and tri count and make sure you tick Total+Selection. Don't know how to change the default behavior though on startup, would like to know that one myself
LOL did you guys not bother reading my post? I KNOW about Statistics, I LIKE statistics (vs the old "PolyCounter" which blew chunks) My problem is that every time I open a new file, I have to RE-SETUP the Statistics to show Triangles for my selection. I know I CAN, I'm wondering how to set it up so I don't have to do it…
So I actually really like 2009s poly counter. Its nice that I can just hit 7, and it shows up in the corner and stays there, isnt a separate window that I have to drag out of the way or whatever. I also really like that it can show actual triangle count instead of just polys, and can show the selection and the total at…