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Question: Continuity vs Multiple Elements
I seem to see a lot more continuous meshes (B) rather than multiple element designs (A.) Is there reason to the madness? As far as I can see as long as the texture is mapped correctly, (A) would use less polygons and be preferable to (B.) Which should be used in a portfolio? (Yes this is for my port, I'll be sure to pimp… -
Re: Question: Continuity vs Multiple Elements
yes, creating it in a modular way would be the right thing to do... -
Re: Question: Continuity vs Multiple Elements
I think you're modules are too small and you need to think about entire sections and floors of the building as a module. I think Guriamo is closer but I think the overall shape is not really set up to handle even sized modules. -
Re: Question: Continuity vs Multiple Elements
just a quick overpaint how i would connect the edges... -
Re: Question: Continuity vs Multiple Elements
sprunghunt: Thanks, that explains a lot. I thought the problem, if any, would be engine related. So deleting a poly that doesn't affect the vert count is not effective? Guriamo: I don't think I understand your suggestion. Are you suggesting that geometry B get cut across to make the tris more consistent and proportioned?… -
Re: Question: Continuity vs Multiple Elements
Sprunghunt, actually no. If the mesh was smooth shaded then that would be true, but since this is all hard edges you actually save quite a few vertices by doing like in figure A. Vertex lighting would be f-cked, true, but that is not used as much in current gen games though. On the other hand, you would probably get… -
Re: Question: Continuity vs Multiple Elements
you should also consider adding a span to connect the seperate window columns, you got very thin and long tris there which is bad... and it wouldnt really add too many polygons. -
Re: Question: Continuity vs Multiple Elements
Figure A is a false economy. Game engines don't store faces they store vertices. So you could bridge across the vertices without affecting how big your model is in memory. Also a long face like in figure A will light badly (when using vertex lighting) due to the lack of vertex splits to define shadows. I suggest you try…
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